May 5th
I received 2 letters from Sarah and
J W Crosby I wrote Letters to Sarah Sent $10 to [her]
I set apart Theadore Brandley to a Mission to the
Mennonites at Minnosota & other places Br F D Richards
ordained Wittewer a seventy and set him apart for
the same Mission. I ordained John R. Tilby to the office
of A seventy, & set him apart to go on Mission to the
Sandwich Islands. My Daughter Bell came home to
day from Cottonwood quite Poorly I administered to her
& she returned. I also ordained Leonard John
Nuttall Jr to the office of seventy and set him apart
for a Mission to Great Britain I had quite an inter-
esting conversation with President Taylor upon the Iron works
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