February 16, 1849 ~ Friday
16th [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from spent the day writi[ng]
February 17, 1849 ~ Saturday
17th I visited And obtained the New York weekly Her[ald]
I[t] was full of news on , gold digings, &c large Extra[cts]
from the Calafornia Star. Advertisment of & merchantman took gold at $16 per oz. Murders were spoke
of And Exhertion to form A government
February 18, 1849 ~ Sunday
18th Sunday I met with the Saints at Br And had A good
meeting I preached upon Zion, read 60th Chapter of Isaiah
I read A letter sent to Br , from &
they wished him to send them $1000 dollars to help them away
in the spring said there was A conspiracy getting up to take thei[r]
lives And Elder & wished to move with their families in the
spring.
During the Evening I had A lengthy conversation with
Mr A Jentleman from He had bee[n]
in this country two years spoke considerable English I preached
the gospel to him. He seemed to believed it & thought He woul[d]
Embrace it
February 19, 1849 ~ Monday
19th [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from Br I wrote 4 letters
[FIGURES] to the following persons & ,
, &
February 20, 1849 ~ Tuesday
20th [FIGURE] I wrote 3 letters to day to ,
February 21, 1849 ~ Wednesday
21st [FIGURE] I wrote 1 letter to & one
to I ^went^ through with to
get him A chance in some organization to go to the
gold Mines we went on board of the Sea Eagle &
Bark Emma Isidora the last I prefered
February 22, 1849 ~ Thursday
22nd I went through to day again with to
get him A chance in some company we finally fixed our min[ds]
upon the Bay State Company who have bought the ship
Arcatus 550 tons
[FIGURE] I have written to day to &
in Answer to their letter spoke of Br , & Capt
&c
February 23, 1849 ~ Friday
23rd I went with to And assisted
him to secure his passage ticket & share in the and
& MTreading & Mining company who go to Calafornia on
Board of the ship Arcatus 559 tons the company consist
of $50 each share to cost $350, which gives An equal rig[ht]
to the ship And all its contents And to all the income after
they get there. I recieved two letters one from
[FIGURES] And one from I wrote one letter
to . Br Appleby inform me that is an
imposture & has collected $70 of the New Haven Branch &c
February 24, 1849 ~ Saturday
24th [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from , says he has got
the carrying of the Mail offrom to the 6 times in A year I recieved the New York Herald
of 24th nothing vary important