May 28th 1888 I went to the office in the Morning had a Meeting
with F. D. RichardG Q CannonH J Grant & J R
Winder we decided to have the Funeral of Erastus Snow in the Big Tabernacle on Wednesday
May 30, at 12 oclok conducted By the Twelve Apostles
and have Everything covered in white instead
of Black G. Q. Cannon & myself visited Brother Snows
Body or his habitation I saw the body Brother
Cannon did not we returned to our room
I signed 22 Recommends. I receeved 14 Letters I wrote Letters to Jaques, Delight, Whitney
& Sarah I spent the night at the Gordo 5 Mile
~ Tuesday
29. I signed 12 Recommends, I received 8 Letters I spent
most of the day in council with the Twelve we wrote
an Address to the saints for and in behalf of those
of the Twelve who could not Attend And made arang-
ements for the Funeral tomorrow I went to the Theater a
short time in the Evening I was quite unwell through
the day went to Bed quite Poorly
~ Wednesday
May 30 1888 The funeral of Apostle Erastus
Snow was held in the big Tabernacle to day we held a
Meeting with the Twelve & Legrand Young A plan was discussed
to form a settlement with Peters & Dyer of our suits
with United States Courts to rob the Church of their
Property. There were 47 carriages Behind the Hearse that
carried Erastus Snows Body to the grave we saw
the prosession pass by the Gordo House In company with G. Q. C. & M. Thatcher I visited the Tabernacle and Temple
~ Monday
May 28th 1888
[FIGURE] I went to the office in the Morning had a Meeting
with F. D. RichardG Q CannonH J Grant & J R
Winder we decided to have the Funeral of
Erastus Snow in the Big Tabernacle on Wednesday
May 30, at 12 oclok conducted By the Twelve Apostles
and have Everything covered in white instead
of Black G. Q. Cannon & myself visited Brother Snows
Body or his habitation I saw the body Brother
Cannon did not we returned to our room
I signed 22 Recommends. I receeved 14 Letters
[FIGURE] I wrote Letters to Jaques, Delight, Whitney
& Sarah I spent the night at the Gordo 5 Mile
~ Tuesday
29. I signed 12 Recommends, I received 8 Letters I spent
most of the day in council with the Twelve we wrote
an Address to the saints for and in behalf of those
of the Twelve who could not Attend And made arangements for the Funeral tomorrow I went to the Theater a
short time in the Evening I was quite unwell through
the day went to Bed quite Poorly
~ Wednesday
May 30 1888 FIGURES The funeral of Apostle Erastus
Snow was held in the big Tabernacle to day we held a
Meeting with the Twelve & Legrand Young A plan was discussed
to form a settlement with Peters & Dyer of our suits
with United States Courts to rob the Church of their
Property. There were 47 carriages Behind the Hearse that
carried Erastus Snows Body to the grave we saw
the prosession pass by the Gordo House In company with
G. Q. C. & M. Thatcher I visited the Tabernacle and Temple
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," May 28, 1888 - May 30, 1888, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PjR2