March 16, 1888 ~ Friday

March 16 1888
^ ^ I signed 20 recommends I received 18 Letters I wrote 12 Letters
I was in council with the 12 all day I wrote 12 Letters
I went to the farm & spent the night {[illegible shorthand]} 3 Miles

March 17, 1888 ~ Saturday

17 I wrote 3 Letters to Sarah & G Teasdale & Jaques
I spent the day at the farm I helped unload 4500
lb of Hay in the Barn

March 18, 1888 ~ Sunday

18 Sunday I spent the day in the House {I saw the coward that told the lie}
{I consecrated a seers stone that} Joseph {found in a well.}

March 19, 1888 ~ Monday

19. signed 8 Recommends I received 25 Letters I wrote
10 Letters to Jaques, Hall, Romney, Wilford & Bulah I spent
the day in the office I had an interview with Asahel &
Hall then with Wilford Hall and Asahel talk of going
in partnership in taking the valley House I went to the
Theater in the Evening

March 20, 1888 ~ Tuesday

20 I signed 25 Recommends I receivd 15 Letters I
wrote 4 public Letters I am sorry to have to record in
^ ^ my Journal that there is quite a Division in the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Most of the younger
Brethren are Bringing Accusations against G Q Cannon
but He proves them all to be fals. We spent a painful
Day A spirit of Jealously has crept into the Quorum
I presented the importance of organizing the first
Presidency the following Names sustained it. W Woodruff
Lorenzo Snow F D Richard B Young & John W Taylor
^& D H Wells^ And the following Name opposed it Erastus Snow
Moses Thatcher F. M. Lyman John Henry Smith
& Heber J Grant we had a vary unpleasant day I
could not sleep at night

March 16, 1888 ~ Friday

March 16 1888 [FIGURE] I signed 20 recommends I received 18 Letters I wrote 12 Letters I was in council with the 12 all day I wrote 12 Letters I went to the farm & spent the night {2 illegible words} 3 Miles

March 17, 1888 ~ Saturday

17 [FIGURE] I wrote 3 Letters to Sarah & G Teasdale & Jaques I spent the day at the farm I helped unload 4500 lb of Hay in the Barn

March 18, 1888 ~ Sunday

18 Sunday I spent the day in the House {I saw the coward that told the lie} FIGURES {I consecrated a seers stone that} Joseph {found in a well.}

March 19, 1888 ~ Monday

19. [FIGURE] signed 8 Recommends I received 25 Letters I wrote 10 Letters to Jaques, Hall, Romney, Wilford & Bulah I spent the day in the office I had an interview with Asahel & Hall then with Wilford Hall and Asahel talk of going in partnership in taking the valley House I went to the Theater in the Evening

March 20, 1888 ~ Tuesday

20 [FIGURE] I signed 25 Recommends I receivd 15 Letters I wrote 4 public Letters I am sorry to have to record in FIGURES my Journal that there is quite a Division in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Most of the younger Brethren are Bringing Accusations against G Q Cannon but He proves them all to be fals. We spent a painful Day A spirit of Jealously has crept into the Quorum FIGURES I presented the importance of organizing the first Presidency the following Names sustained it. W Woodruff Lorenzo Snow F D Richard B Young & John W Taylor & D H Wells And the following Name opposed it Erastus Snow Moses Thatcher F. M. Lyman John Henry Smith & Heber J Grant we had a vary unpleasant day I could not sleep at night