March 26, 1843 ~ Sunday

March 26^th Sunday I spent the day at home
I looked over the Mail that brought our
exchange papers & found them mostly
vary destitute of news of interest except
the case of Mackenzie which is still exciting
the public mind & will probably be the longest
before it is closed of any case ever tried in
the United States in consequence of the hanging
Spencer, Small & another person on board
of the Sommers in consequence of an exp-
ected mutiny. Their is also some wars
& rumours of wars earthquakes & fires &
stormes, & murder throughout the land

March 27, 1843 ~ Monday to March 31, 1843 ~ Friday

27, 28, 29, 30, & 31. I spent this week
in the printing office as usual. It still holds
cold weather & no prospect yet of river
opening

March 31, 1843 ~ Friday

On the 31^st friday I spent the Afternoon
at Mr Lucian Woodworth's in company
with Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, Heber
C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, A Br Chase with our
wives we had a feast of a fat turkey &
had a good time

April 1, 1843 ~ Saturday

April 1^st It is a pleasent day & thaws some
it is expe[c]ted there will be a great rise of wate[r]
in the Missisippi this spring as there is
5 or 6 feet of snow on a level up the river

April 2, 1843 ~ Sunday

2 Sunday we have another snow storm
to day the river has is still frozen
over so that teams cross

March 26, 1843 ~ Sunday

March 26th Sunday I spent the day at home I looked over the Mail that brought our exchange papers & found them mostly vary destitute of news of interest except the Case of Mackenzie which is still exciting the public mind & will probably be the longest before it is closed of any case ever tried in the United States in consequence of the hanging Spencer, Small & another person on board of the Sommers in consequence of an expected mutiny. Their is also some wars & rumours of wars earthquakes & fires & stormes, & murder throughout the land

March 27, 1843 ~ Monday to March 31, 1843 ~ Friday

27, 28, 29, 30, & 31 I spent this week in the printing office as usual. It still holds cold weather & no prospect yet of river opening

March 31, 1843 ~ Friday

On the 31 friday I spent the afternoon at Mr Lucian Woodworth's in company with Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, Heber C. Kimball Orson Hyde, a Br Chase with our wives we had a feast of a fat turkey & had a good time

April 1, 1843 ~ Saturday

April 1st It is a pleasent day & thaws some it is expected there will be a great rise of water in the Missisippi this spring as there is 5 or 6 feet of snow on a level up the river

April 2, 1843 ~ Sunday

2 Sunday we have another snow storm to day the river is still frozen over so that teams cross