December 9, 1843 ~ Saturday

^9^th^ We met in council at the store with the quorum
Elders W. W. Phelps Levi Richards & C Lott
met with us. ^received their anointing^ Their was a meeting of
the citizens in general & the ordinance passed
yesterday was read before the multitude &
speaches made by several persons the last of
which was President Joseph Smith who gave
an interesting address to the assembly spoke of our
persecutions, the manner that our rights & libertis
had been trampled upon & that it was time it was
stoped, they all sanctioned the speach of the
general & were dismissed in good order & returned
to their homes

December 10, 1843 ~ Sunday

10^th Sunday I spent the day at home Elder
G. A. Smith & his wife spent the day with me
In the evening I met with the quorum Br
Joseph was not present. B Young was called to
the chair who addressed the meeting in a vary
feeling manner & interesting to our minds, he
reasoned clearly that we should follow our
file leader & our savior in all his law & command
ments without asking any questions why they were
so He was followed by P. P. Pratt & others who
expressed their minds freely several sick were Prayed for

December 11, 1843 ~ Monday

11^th I spent the day at home

December 12, 1843 ~ Tuesday to December 15, 1843 ~ Friday

12, 13, 14, ^&^ 15. I spent the week at work on
my house

December 16, 1843 ~ Saturday

16 I met with the quorum. President Young
& others took the lead of the meeting

December 17, 1843 ~ Sunday

17^th I met with the quorum Br Samuel
Smith met with us ^received his first anointing^ President Joseph Smith
met with us also we received good instruction

December 9, 1843 ~ Saturday

[FIGURE] 9th We met in council at the store with the quorum Elders W. W. Phelps Levi Richards & C Lott met with us. received their anointing Their was a meeting of the citizens in general & the ordinance passed yesterday was read before the multitude & speaches made by several persons the last of which was President Joseph Smith who gave an interesting address to the assembly spoke of our persecution, the manner that our rights & libertis had been trampled upon & that it was time it was stoped, they all sanctioned the speach of the general & were dismissed in good order & returned to their homes

December 10, 1843 ~ Sunday

10th Sunday I spent the day at home Elder G. A. Smith & his wife spent the day with me In the evening [FIGURE] I met with the quorum Br Joseph was not present. B Young was called to the chair who addressed the meeting in a vary feeling manner & interesting to our minds, he reasoned clearly that we should follow our file leader & our savior in all his law & command ments without asking any questions why they were so. He was followed by P. P. Pratt & others who expressed their minds freely several sick were Prayed for

December 11, 1843 ~ Monday

11th I spent the day at home

December 12, 1843 ~ Sunday to December 15, 1843 ~ Friday

12, 13, 14, & 15. I spent the week at work on my house

December 16, 1843 ~ Saturday

16 [FIGURE] I met with the quorum. President Young & others took the lead of the meeting

December 17, 1843 ~ Sunday

17th [FIGURE] I met with the quorum. Br Samuel Smith met with us. Received his first anointing President Joseph Smith met with us also we received good instruction