28th I Preached at the 13th ward school House in
the forenoon & wrote in the Afternoon thill 4 ock then Attended the prayer circle withe the presidcy
And prayerTwelve. The president called upon me
in the evening with several others & spent A little time
with us. Sister Mary Meek Giles took up her abode
with us As a Boarder ^And was sealed to W Woodruff
for time & eternity^
~ Monday
289th I spent the day at home writing I wrote two Letters one to I F Carter one to A O Smoot with
an inclosed letter of Sister Smoots.
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
30 & 31st I spent the time in the field ploughing & sewing
oats
~ Thursday to ~ Saturday
1, 2, & 3rd I spent the time ploughing oats& sewing oats
except the 1st day of April I Attended a party at
the Bath House, about 50 JGentlemen & 100 Ladies present
I Addressed the assembley at 8 oclock in the evening &
returned Home The presidency & Twelve & those that Had been at work in the Council House assisted in the endowmts
were washed & annointed I did not get word of it & was
not present. The eastern Mail arived this evening which
had been anxiously looked for for many weeks the
Mail was large I Received 34 letters one from Azmon Woodruff one from Thompson & one from Ozem Woodruff & one from I. F. Carter. A large Amount of Papers were Received &
contained much news from various sources. A Fire in
~ Friday to ~ Saturday
12 & 13 I spent the time at home
~ Sunday
14th Sunday I Preached at the Council House in the after
noon & was followed By O Pratt & H. C Kimball we had the
spirit of the Lord
~ Monday
15th I spent the day in the Council House with my Brethrn
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
16, 17 I spent the time settelling my Accounts
~ Thursday
18th I commenced ploughing in the Big field
~ Friday
19th we had a snow storm I remained at home
~ Saturday
20 [FIGURE] I planted 8 wine grape slips large on the East & 7
Rhode island grape slips small on the west. I spent the dayin the
Big field ploughing
~ Sunday
21st Sunday I preached in the 14th ward school House to
a large congregation & had the spirit of Preaching
~ Monday to ~ Friday
22, 23, 24, 25, & 26th I spent the week ploughing &
putting in wheat I put in five acres of wheat at
Parley Pratts House
28th I Preached at the 13th ward School House in
the forenoon & wrote in the Afternoon thill 4 ock
[FIGURE] then attended the prayer Circle withe the presidcy
and Twelve. The president called upon me
in the Evening with several others & spent a little time
with us. Sister Mary Meek Giles took up her abode
with us And was sealed to W Woodruff
for time & Eternity
~ Monday
29th I spent the day at home writing I wrote two
[FIGURE] Letters one to I F Carter one to A O Smoot with
an enclosed letter of Sister Smoots
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
30 & 31st I spent the time in the field ploughing & sewing
Oats
~ Thursday to ~ Saturday
1, 2, & 3rd I spent the time ploughing & sewing oats
Except the 1st day of April I attended a party at
the Bath House, about 50 Gentlemen & 100 Ladies present
I addressed the assembly at 8 oclock in the Evening &
returned Home. The Presidency & Twelve & those that had
[FIGURE] been at work in the Council House assisted in the Endowmts
were washed & annointed I did not get word of it & was
not present. The Eastern Mail arived this Evening which
had been anxiously looked for for many weeks the
Mail was large I received4 letters one from Azmon Woodruff
[FIGURE] one from Thompson & one from Ozem Woodruff & one from
I. F. Carter. A large amount of Papers were received &
contained much news from various sources. A Fire in
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," March 12, 1852 - April 3, 1852, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 12, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/2kEA