24 ^^ I received 8 Letters ^2^ from 2Jaques, Sarah, Clara, Azmon Electa W, F. D. RichardsJ McAllister I went onto the Pond in the Afternoon Brother Thompson came to me &
Brought me the above Letters And I lay awake all Night
thinking upon varios subject I wrote 1 Letter to Jaques
~ Thursday to ~ Friday
24. I arose this morning feeling quite unwell having lain
awake all night I spent most of the day writing
~ Friday
25 I am suffering with a severe cold I spent most
of this day writing
~ Saturday
26 I wrote a Letter to F. D. Richards I was quite
poorly all day with a cold I walked out a Little I
wrote to J Jaques
28 I wrote a Letter to Heber J. Grant in answer to
his question "do you know of any reason in case of the
death of the President of the Church why the Twelve Apostles
should not choose some other Person besides the President
of the Twelve to be the President of the Church?" I Answered
him that I know several vary strong reasons why they
should not. 1, Because at the Death of the President of
the Church The Twelve Apostles Became the Presiding Authorit[ies]
of the Church, And the President of the Twelve was virtulally
the President of the Church by virtue of his office as
~ Tuesday
March 22 1887
I was quite poorly this morning I wrote 4 Letters to Bulah,
[FIGURE] Ella, Willie & Birdie Betie
24 FIGURES I received 8 Letters 2 from Jaques, Sarah, Clara, AzmonElecta W, F. D. RichardsJ McAllister I went onto the
Pond in the Afternoon Brother Thompson came to me &
Brought me the above Letters And I lay awake all Night
thinking upon varios subject I wrote 1 Letter to Jaques
~ Thursday to ~ Friday
24. I arose this morning feeling quite unwell having lain
awake all night I spent most of the day writing
~ Friday
25 [FIGURE] I am suffering with a severe cold I spent most
of this day writing
~ Saturday
26 [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to F. D. Richards I was quite
poorly all day with a cold I walked out a Little I
wrote to J Jaques
28 [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Heber J. Grant in answer to
his question "do you know of any reason in case of the
death of the President of the Church why the Twelve Apostles
should not choose some other Person besides the President
of the Twelve to be the President of the Church?" I Answered
him that I know several vary strong reasons why they
should not. 1, Because at the Death of the President of
the Church The Twelve Apostles Became the Presiding Authorities
of the Church, And the President of the Twelve was virtually
the President of the Church by virtue of his office as
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," March 22, 1887 - March 28, 1887, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lRA7