4th of July we met in the morning at the prayer room &
W Woodruff Anointed John Rowbury & his 2 wives to
their 2nd Anointing we had a great celebration of
the 4. All the Sunday & day schools marched from
their words [wards] & were seated in the Bowery some 10000 peopl
were present & were addressed by several persons. we
rode to the race course in the Afternoon & saw 2 Horses trot
one heat the other 3 heats runing the last time was made in 3 m[inu]t[es]
I attended a party at the Theater in the night about 700 person
present 200 danced at a time
7. Sunday I did not attent Meeting in the forenoon
President WellsHenry W Miller & Joseph F Smith
spoke in the Afternoon I attended Meeting & G A Smith
spoke 53 Minutes John Taylor spoke 20 minutes &
Bishop Hunter spoke 10 Minutes President Brigham & Joseph Young & G Q Cannon spoke at Big Cotton
wood ward to abot 2000 people we met for prayer in the Ev[en]ing ^12 & {President Young}^
~ Monday
July 1st 1867
I spent the day laboring at my house
~ Tuesday
2nd I spent the day laboring at home. I met in the morning &
G. A. Smith Anointed [blank] Atkin & wife to their seconed Anointing
~ Wednesday
3rd I spent the day laboring at home at my house I met at
the Prayer Circle in the Morning & G. A. Smith anointed
Brother [blank] Selwood & wife
~ Thursday
4th of July we met in the morning at the prayer room &
W Woodruff Anointed John Rowbury & his 2 wives to
their 2nd Anointing we had a great celebration of
the 4. All the Sunday & day schools marched from
their wards & were seated in the Bowery some 10000 people
were present & were addressed by several persons, we
rode to the race course in the Afternoon & saw 2 Horses trot
one heat the other 3 heats runing the last time was made in 3 minutes
I attended a party at the Theater in the night about 700 person
present 200 danced at a time
~ Friday
5 I met at the Prayer room at 8 oclok & G. A. Smith
Anointed Brother Ridolah & wife I went to the Temple
Block in the Endowment House & sealed Broth Thomas
Clark & wife we then met at the Prayer room & I gave
Thomas Clark & wife their seconed Anointing
7. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the fore noon
President WellsHenry W Miller & Joseph F Smith
spoke in the Afternoon I attended Meeting & G A Smith
spoke 53 Minutes. John Taylor spoke 20 minutes &
Bishop Hunter spoke 10 Minutes. President Brigham &
Joseph Young & G Q Cannon spoke at Big Cotton
wood ward to abot 2000 people we met for prayer in the Evening 12 & Y
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," July 1, 1867 - July 7, 1867, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 9, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XDrW