January 1, 1839 ~ Tuesday
JAN. 1st 1839. As I am now labouring with my hands for a temporal support for a season I shall not keep
a daily Journal for a short time but merely note such things as I may deem necessary. During the last two days
I have been repairing a grist mill 10
January 20, 1839 ~ Sunday
20th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Father of . I have spent this month at hard labour I have not as
yet seen any of the brethren from to know how they get along
February 3, 1839 ~ Sunday
Feb 3rd [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to sister & the other to Elder in . I now learn
that persecution still rages in Zion the Prophet with all the presidency & many of the Elders are in
bonds & imprisionments & counted among transgressers
February 18, 1839 ~ Monday
18th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Brothers & I spoke of death &c
February 22, 1839 ~ Friday
22nd [FIGURE] I received a letter from Father of Dated Feb 7th. It has been exceding dry & warm during
this month I have laboured hard for the last few days choping & spliting rails 10
March 1, 1839 ~ Friday
March 1st This is my birth day I am 32 years of age I spent the day choping & spliting rails with Brother it is friday
March 4, 1839 ~ Monday
4th I receieved a letter from [FIGURE] my Dated Feb 8th 1839
March 7, 1839~ Thursday
7th I made preperations to attend the conference in
March 8, 1839 ~ Friday
CONFERENCE
Ill Friday March 8th 1839
Minutes of a conference of Elders Priest &c held in Springfield in the brick meeting house occupied by the Campbellites
commencing on the day of the date above. At about 11 oclock the house was called to order by the
Presiding Elder of the Springfield branch who lead the house to the choice of a moderater. Elder was
chosen to act as moderator & Elder Edwin P Merriam as clerk. Elder Wilford Woodruff opened the conference by prayer
The conference was composed of eight of the quorum of seventies 6 Elders 3 Priests 3 Teachers 1 Deacon & 3 members
The moderator then requested the Brethren present to give in there views their feelings & determinations in
regard to things pertaining to the kingdom of God & if they had any hardness or grievances against any of the