[FIGURE] I spent the [fore part] of the day at home
the afternoon I spent in company with
my counsellors viz Elders Hedlock & Ward
at my house I lade my hands upon their
heads & ordained them as counsellors & they
laid hands upon me & blessed me. We partook
of the sacrament together & then called
upon God our heavenly Father by prayer in
unity for hHim to bless us & frustrate the
designs of our enemies & othver throw the plans
which they have lade to rob the Church &
injure the cause of God we had a good time
together the spirit of God was with us
In the evening I went to the Music Hall
& Preached from the 5 ch of Mathew & had
a good time
I wrote a letter to Elder B. Young &
gave him an account of affairs in this
land gave him to understand that Brother
Hedlock had filled orders from the Presideny
& the Twelve since he had been agent for
the Twelve in England to the amount of
[blank] Pounds [blank] Shillings & [blank] Pence
equal to [blank] dollars [blank] cts most of this
was expended in emigrating the poor which
the Twelve have sent for & emigrated to
America free of cost to the poor but have
had to bear the burthen & expens of it themselve
which shows the charity of the Twelve which
has been to the impoverishing of themselves
Also Hedlock had to pay in buying out Clark & Fielding £120— [blank]— [blank] taking all
thes things together with £[blank]— [blank]— [blank]
which was expenses of the office, taxes, rent
labour &c during the time making a sum
Total of £[blank]— [blank] s— [blank] D
[FIGURE] I spent the fore part page smudged of the day at home
the afternoon I spent in company with
my counsellors viz Elders Hedlock & Ward
at my house I lade hands upon their
heads & ordained them as counsellors & they
laid hands upon me & blessed me. We partook
of the sacrament together & then called
upon God our heavenly Father by prayer in
unity forHim to bless us & frustrate the
designs of our enemies & over throw the plans
which they have lade to rob the Church &
injure the cause of God we had a good time
to gether the spirit of God was with us
In the evening I went to the Music Hall
& Preached from the 5 ch of Mathew & had
a good time
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder B. Young &
gave him an account of affairs in this
land gave him to understand that Brother
Hedlock had filled orders from the Presideny
& the Twelve since he had been agent for
the Twelve in England to the amount of
[blank] Pounds [blank] Shillings & [blank] Pence
equal to [blank] dollars [blank] cts most of this
was expended in emigrating the poor which
the Twelve have sent for & emigrated to
America free of cost to the poor but have
had to bear the burthen & expens of it themselve
which shows the charity of the Twelve which
has been to the impoverishing of themselves
Also Hedlock had to pay in buying out
Clark & Fielding £120— [blank]— [blank] taking all
thes things to gether with £[blank]— [blank]— [blank]
which was expenses of the office, taxes, rent
labour &c during the time making a sum
Total of £[blank]— [blank] s— [blank] D
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