21. [FIGURES] Sunday I received a Letter from Sarah giving an account of
the birth of a son to Wilford & Emily Jane Woodruff also a letter from Peter O Hanson at Copenhagen upon the subject of importing the spawn
of the red spotted flounder from China to our waters
I wrote 3 letters to R T Burton, Wilford, & Sarah. I met with my
Quorum at Noon Preached in the 14 ward in the Afternoon & met
with the Twelve in the Evening
23rd Dec Joseph Smith, Birth day Born Dec 23 1805 I Attended a
Party in the 14 ward in celebration of his birth day. A speech was
made by Orson Pratt giving a history of the Prophet Joseph Smith
of the dealings of God with him in the Early rise of the Church &
the Revelations of God to him Elder John Taylor gave an account of
[FIGURE] the death of Joseph Smith in Carthag Jail 27 June 1844
the procedes of this Party went to the Editorress of the womans Exponent
26 [FIGURE] I received 3 letters I took cars rode to the point of the mountain visited
the canal & dam to take out water cost the county $60,000. distance of the day 60 Mile
Dec 14, 1873
Funeral serm of a Grand child of Elder John Taylors I spoke
at the funeral some 40 Minuts
21. FIGURES Sunday I received a Letter from Sarah giving an account of
the birth of a son to Wilford & Emily Jane Woodruff also a letter from
Peter O Hanson at Copenhagen upon the subject of importing the spawn
of the red spotted flounder from China to our waters
I wrote 3 letters to R T Burton, Wilford, & Sarah. I met with my
Quorum at Noon Preached in the 14 ward in the Afternoon & met
with the Twelve in the Evening
23rd Dec Joseph Smith, Birth day Born Dec 23 1805 I Attended a
Party in the 14 ward in celebration of his birth day. A speech was
made by Orson Pratt giving a history of the Prophet Joseph Smith
of the dealings of God with him in the Early rise of the Church &
the Revelations of God to him Elder John Taylor gave an account of
[FIGURE] the death of Joseph Smith in Carthag Jail 27 June 1844
the procedes of this Party went to the Editress of the womans Exponent
26 [FIGURE] I received 3 letters I took cars rode to the point of the mountain visited
the canal & dam to take out water cost the county $60,000. distance of the day 60 Mile
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," December 15, 1873 - December 26, 1873, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/AP1j