May 22, 1843 ~ Monday

[FIGURE] 22 May I have had for several days
past some conversation with a number
of the brethren concerning Building a hous
for myself & family As I had spent most of
my time in the vineyard for the last ten years
& would probably spend much of my time
to come in the same way I desired to have a
house for my family to abide in & be comfortable
in my absence several of the Brethren proffer[ed]
to assist me to Brick & other materials & help me
put it into a house Br John Fidoe would
superintend the building, so on this 22^nd of May
we went on to the ground & staked out the
ground for my house the dimentions of which
are as follows laid out in Lot No 1 in Block
106 in the city of Nauvoo frunting Durfee
Street on the east it is to be 32 By 20 in the clear
two stories high built of Brick

23 I cleared away my ground & commenced
digging my suller for my house

May 23, 1843 ~ Tuesday

23^rd I dug in my suller in the forenoon &
[FIGURE] Attended a conference of the Twelve in the
afternoon & we had an interesting time
& transacted some important Business
viz we set apart 1 Elders Noah Rogers, Addison
Pratt, Benjamin F. Grouard & Knowlton
Hanks to take a mission to the Sandwich
Islands the spirit of the Lord was with us while
we lade hands upon them & blessed them &
we also set apart Elders Hedlock & J. Carnes
to go to England Elder Hedlock to preside
the blessings that were pronounced upon the
heads of the Brethren were written By Elder Richards

May 22, 1843 ~ Monday

[FIGURE] 22 May I have had for several days past some conversation with a number of the brethren concerning building a hous for myself & family. As I had spent most of my time in the vineyard for the last ten years & would probably spend much of my time to come in the same way I desired to have a house for my family to abide in & be comfortable in my absence several of the brethren proffered to assist me to brick & other materials & help me put it into a house Br John Fidoe would superintend the building, so on this 22nd of May we went on to the ground & staked out the ground for my house the dimentions of which are as follows laid out in Lot No 1 in Block 106 in the City of Nauvoo frunting Durfee Street on the east it is to be 32 By 20 in the clear two stories high built of brick

I cleared away my ground & commenced digging my suller for my house

May 23, 1843 ~ Tuesday

23rd I dug in my suller in the forenoon & [FIGURE] attended a Conference of the Twelve in the afternoon & we had an interesting time & transacted some important business viz we set apart 1 Elders Noah Rogers, Addison Pratt, Benjamin F Grouard & Knowlton Hanks to take a mission to the Sandwich Islands the spirit of the Lord was with us while we lade hands upon them & blessed them & we also set apart Elders Hedlock & J. Carnes to go to England Elder Hedlock to preside the blessings that were pronounced upon the heads of the Brethren were written By Elder Richards