January 30, 1849 ~ Tuesday

30^th I went to Boston And bought A coking stove paid $12.

January 31, 1849 ~ Wednesday

31^st I wrote two letters one to Samuel Brannan &
one to James Fergeson to send by the hand of A.
Badlam who is About to start for the bay of San
Francisco I Also wrot Elder Allexander ^B.^ two
recommends one to Samuel Brannan And one to B.
Young And council in Zion I Also wrote Br Badlam
A letter of Memorandom making knows my wishes of
him while He is gone. I Also sent S Brannan 5 Papers
by Br Badlam

February 1, 1849 ~ Thursday

Feb 1^st I arose early in the morning Accompanied Elder
Badlam to the ship Corsiar whare He takes passage to
Panama And goes on Coto the Bay of San Francisco to visit his
Brother in Law Samuel Brannan to try to get some gold
to meet his liabilaities & to remove his family to the gathering
place of the Saints. He has Acted in concert with the
Presidency of the Church for years past And has stret-
ched out his hand so liberally to try to Assist in rolling
on the general cause of Zion untill He became involved
several Hundred dollars in dept. And men of the world
now stept fourth And offered to Advance money to pay
his depts And support his family if he would accompa-
ny some of their sons young who ware going to the
Bay of San Francisco to try to get gold at the mines
this being the ownly opening which He could see to
pay his depts He considerd it an omin that the hand
of the Lord was in therefore he Accpepted it this is the
cause of his going It snowed hard to day And the
ship dind not go out there were 104 passengers on
board they sent most of their provisions around
Cape Horn on board of the Pharsailia Br Badlam came
home And sepnt the night He And Br Wm Page spent the night
at my house untill 10 oclok & went home. I recieved two letters
one from Wm Low one from A. W. Babbitt I wrote two
letter one to Wm Low one to Eldridge

February 2, 1849 ~ Friday

2nd I wrote A long letter to Freedom & Shuah Moulton
I Recieved the 24 No o[f] vol X of the Millennial Star of Dec 15^th
it was truly an interesting paper it contained interesting letters
from the valley of the Salt Lake the following is an extract from A
letter written by P. P. Pratt in August of 1848 "We are blessed in
gardens, in wheat, in corn And in all things I have set my hands
unto. I have raised some sixty bushels of good wheat without
Irrigations A few bushels of rye & oats, And my corn in the field looks
as well as any corn I ever saw in the states. the wheat crop exceeds
all expectation. Oats do better than in the States—say 60 bushels to
one of sowing on sod ground every kind of vegetable suited to the
northern latitudes does well. Levi Hancock sowed eleven pounds wait
of calafornia wheat on the 14^th April And reaped twenty two bushels
the latter part of July. He sowed half a bushel of common English
wheat on An Acre And A half And reaped upwards of twenty bush-
els's one grain of seven eared wheat produced seventy two ears. Barley
that was sown ripened And was reaped And carried off. the land then
was irrigated And produced from the roots A fresh crop four times
the quantity of the first crop. Oats that were sown produced a

January 30, 1849 ~ Tuesday

30th I went to Boston And bought A coking stove paid $12.

January 31, 1849 ~ Wednesday

31st [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Samuel Brannan & [FIGURE] one to James Fergeson to send by the hand of A. Badlam who is About to start for the bay of San Francisco I Also wrot Elder Allexander B. two recommends one to Samuel Brannan And one to B. Young And council in Zion I Also wrote Br Badlam A letter of Memorandom making knows my wishes of him while He is gone. I Also sent S Brannan 5 Papers by Br Badlam

February 1, 1849 ~ Thursday

Feb 1st I arose early in the morning Accompanied Elder Badlam to the ship Corsiar whare He takes passage to Panama And goes onto the Bay of San Francisco to visit his Brother in Law Samuel Brannan to try to get some gold to meet his Liabilaties & to remove his family to the gathering place of the Saints. He has Acted in concert with the Presidency of the Church for years past And has stretched out his hand so liberally to try to Assist in rolling on the general cause of Zion Untill He became involved several Hundred dollars in dept, And men of the world now stept fourth And offered to Advance money to pay his depts And support his family if he would accompany some of their sons young who were going to the Bay of San Francisco to try to get gold at the mines this being the ownly opening which He could see to pay his depts He considerd it an omin that the hand of the Lord was in therefore he Accepted it this is the cause of his going It snowed hard to day And the ship did not go out there were 104 passengers on board they sent most of their provisions around cape Horn on board of the Pharsailia. Br Badlam came home And sepnt the night He And Br Wm Page spent the night at my house untill 10 oclok & went hone. I recieved two letters FIGURES one from Wm Low one from A. W. Babbitt I wrote two letter one to Wm Low one to Eldridge

February 2, 1849 ~ Friday

2nd FIGURES I wrote A long letter to Freedom & Shuah Moulton I Recieved the 24 No of vol X of the Millennial star of Dec 15th it was truly an interesting paper it contained interesting letters from the valley of the Salt Lake the following is an Extract from A letter written by P. P. Pratt in August of 1848 "We are blessed in gardens, in wheat, in corn And in all things I have set my hands unto. I have raised some sixty bushels of good wheat without Irrigations A few bushels of rye & oats, And my corn in the field looks as well as any corn I ever saw in the states, the wheat crop exceeds all expectation. Oats do better than in the States, say 60 bushels to one of sowing on sod ground every kind of vegetable suited to the northern latitudes does well. Levi Hancock sowed Eleven pounds wait of calafornia wheat on the 14th April And reaped twenty two bushels the latter part of July. He sowed half a bushel of common English wheat on An Acre And A half And reaped upwards of twenty bushels's one grain of seven eared wheat produced seventy two ears. Barley that was sown ripened And was reaped And carried off, the land then was irrigated And produced from the roots A fresh crop four times the quantity of the first crop. Oats that were sown produced a