October 10, 1849 ~ Wednesday

Oct 10^th I recieved two letters one from Brothers
Marryweather & Miles & one from Brother Wm Evans who
was cut off afrom the Church at New York He confesses his
sins and wants to return to the Church I advised him to
make satisfaction to the New York Branch & come in by
the door I wrote two letters one to Evans & one to Jacob
Gibson. I recieved also one letter from Br gibson
During the evening we had the Happy privilege of going
down into the water of Baptism & administering the
ordinance of Baptism to Sister Shuah C. Moulton Mrs
Woodruff own sister this makes another one of the family
who is in the Church. Now Father & Mother Carter & four of
his daughters are in the Church. Father Joseph Smith sen the
first Patriarch of the Church when he gave Phebe W. Woodruff
her patriarchal blessing he promised that she should have
her Fathers Household with her in the kingdom of God she
has now one sister & three Brothers out of the Church And
my prayer to God is that they may yet embrace the gospel

October 11, 1849 ~ Thursday

11^th I wrote 3 letters to JIra Foss, Father Carter and
Freedom Moulton

October 12, 1849 ~ Friday

12^th I spent the day in Boston I called upon Brother
Barnes while I was there A man was run over by the rail
car & killed instantly. was cut into I saw the body it was
in A Horrible mangelled form

October 13, 1849 ~ Saturday

13^th ^ ^ I wrote two letters to day one to Allexander
Badlam at San Francisco & one to Orson Pratt of Liverpool
I sent A copy of the New York Herral weekly of Oct 13
to Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde, Allexander Badlam,
& Joseph Russell. This paper contained An eaccount
of the Saints organizing themselves into An Independent
sovreign state called the state of Deseret And appointing
their Govornor & other officers. Brigham Young was
elected Governor. This is certainly an important erie in the
History of the Church & kingdom of God. There has been
more written in the New York Herrald, Tribune, Sun, Boston
papers & many papers in the United States in favor of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints than has
been written before for many years. The editors of papers
begin to see that the Saints will prosper, rise up & build
Zion, nowithstanding all there efforts to crush us & destroy us
from off the Earth & when they now find us organized
into a State Government holding in our hands the Key of
the North American continant And that we lwill not die
but live & rise up in the midst of all our oppressions they begin
to speak in our favor & the world marvel at our prosperity
And one remarkable fact is that thousands of men who had
A hand in expelling us from the United States & drove us into
the wilderness have this season while on there way to the gold
digings have had to come bending unto the Saints & have had to look
to them to save them from starvation & death

October 10, 1849 ~ Wednesday

Oct 10th FIGURES I recieved two letters one from Brothers Marryweather & Miles & one from Brother Wm Evans who was cut off from the Church at New York He confesses his sins and wants to return to the Church I advised him to make satisfaction to the New York Branch & come in by the door I wrote two letters one to Evans & one to Jacob Gibson. I recieved also one letter from Br gibson [FIGURE] During the Evening we had the Happy privilege of going down into the water of Baptism & administering the ordinance of Baptism to Sister Shuah C. Moulton Mrs Woodruff own sister this makes another one of the family who is in the Church. Now Father & Mother Carter & four of his daughters are in the Church. Father Joseph Smith sen the first Patriarch of the Church when he gave Phebe W. Woodruff her Patriarchal blessing he promised that she should have her Fathers Household with her in the kingdom of God she has now one sister & three Brothers out of the Church And my Prayer to God is that they might yet embrace the gospel

October 11, 1849 ~ Thursday

11th [FIGURE] I wrote 3 letters to Ira Foss, Father Carter and Freedom Moulton

October 12, 1849 ~ Friday

12th [FIGURE] I spent the day in Boston I called upon Brother Barnes while I was there A man was run over by the rail car & killed instantly, was cut in to I saw the body it was in A Horrible mangelled form

October 13, 1849 ~ Saturday

13th FIGURES I wrote two letters to day one to Allexander Badlam at San Francisco & one to Orson Pratt of Liverpool I sent A copy of the New York Herral Weekly of Oct 13 to Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde, Allexander Badlam, & Joseph Russell. This Paper contained An account of the Saints organizing themselves into An Independent sovreign state called the state of Deseret And appointing their Govornor & other officers. Brigham Young was Elected Governor. This is certainly an important erie in the History of the Church & kingdom of God. There has been more written in the New York Herrald, Tribune, Sun, Boston papers & many papers in the United States in favor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints than has been written before for many years. The Editors of papers begin to see that the saints will prosper, rise up & build Zion, nowithstanding all there Efforts to crush us & destroy us from off the Earth & when they now find us organized into a State Government holding in our hands the Key of the North American continant And that we will not die but live & rise up in the midst of all our oppressions they begin to speak in our favor & the world marvel at our prosperity And One remarkable fact is that thousands of men who had A hand in expelling us from the United States & drove us into the wilderness have this season while on there way to the gold digings have had to come bending unto the saints & have had to look to them to save them from starvation & death