May 5, 1888
I spent the day at the Farm I signed 5 Recommends
I receivd 6 Letters My Daughter Clara had
a Daughter born at 9 oclock in the Evening that weighed
10 lbs all doing well
~ Sunday
6 Sunday I spent the day in the House reading it
was a vary cold windy day I was Nearly sick with cold
~ Monday
7 I signed 43 Recommends I received 27 Letters
I wrote 5 Letters to Jaques, D News, SchettlerEmma
and Phebe C Scholes I sent her $10. I spent most of the day
in council I signed 30 circulars to the Presidents of
stakes Br Erastus Snow is failing
~ Tuesday
8. I signed 13 Recommends I received 20 Letters
I wrote Letters to Emma & Jaques In company
with G Q CannonA M Cannon & Bateman I went to
Br John Gallighers & Eat an oyster supper
I eat on the shell 14, G Q C 24, A M C 18
10 I signed 8 Recommends I received 6 Letters
I wrote 2 Letters to Jaques & Emma I attended a Bank Meeting at Z.C.M.I. And apointed a
Board of Directors, President & vice President
cashier assistant cashier I spent the night at E Smith
~ Friday
11 I signed 65 Recommends. I received 35 Letters I
wrote 18 Letters 138 Pub & 1 private to Jaques sent $10.
I attended Z.C.M.I Bord Meeting went to the farm
& spent the Night 3 Mils
~ Saturday
[FIGURE] May 5, 1888
I spent the day at the Farm I signed 5 Recommends
I receivd 6 Letters [FIGURE] My Daughter Clara had
a Daughter born at 9 oclock in the Evening that weighed
10 lbs all doing well
~ Sunday
6 Sunday I spent the day in the House reading it
was a vary cold windy day I was Nearly sick with cold
~ Monday
7 [FIGURE] I signed 43 Recommends I received 27 Letters
I wrote 5 Letters to Jaques, D News, SchettlerEmma
and Phebe C Scholes I sent her $10. I spent most of the day
in council I signed 30 circulars to the Presidents of
stakes Br Erastus Snow is failing
~ Tuesday
8. [FIGURE] I signed 13 Recommends I received 20 Letters
I wrote Letters to Emma & Jaques In company
with G Q CannonA M Cannon & Bateman I went to
Br John Gallighers & Eat an oyster supper
I eat on the shell 14, G Q C 24, A M C 18
10 [FIGURE] I signed 8 Recommends I received 6 Letters
I wrote 2 Letters to Jaques & Emma I attended a
FIGURES Bank Meeting at Z.C.M.I. And apointed a
Board of Directors, President & vice President
cashier assistant cashier I spent the night at E Smith
~ Friday
11 I signed 65 Recommends. I received 35 Letters I
wrote 18 Letters 18 Pub & 1 private to Jaques sent $10.
I attended Z.C.M.I Bord Meeting went to the farm
& spent the Night 3 Mils
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," May 5, 1888 - May 11, 1888, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 8, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/3y1p