Aug 4, 1887 I received Letters from Asahel, Sarah, Roskelley
I wrote Letters to Sarah sent $10 To Sylvia & sent $10
& sent $10 to Emeline& sent $10. I met in council
at 10 oclock with the Apostles 10 of us The Constitution
for a State Government was discussed John W Youngs
Letter was Read and $5000 dollars was voted to send
to him Auditing Committee was Appointed viz
Wilford Woodruff Joseph F SmithErastus SnowF D Richards M ThatcherF M Lyman & John ^&^ Henry Smith we voted
to increase the wages of Wm H Thompson from $1200
to $1500 as the Engeineer of St George Temple $100
dollars was appropriated to him to bear his travelling Expenses
in carrying me through the country which was Paid
me and I paid the same to him we adjourned to meet
on the 12 I wrote to George Teasdale
~ Friday
5 I receivd ^2^ Letters from J McAllister, James
H Gline. I wrote Letters to J McAllister Judge Elias
Smith called for me & took me to his Fathers House whare
I spent the night I had an interview with Judge Elias
Smith 83 years old we talked over old times
Aug 4, 1887
FIGURES I received Letters from Asahel, Sarah, Roskelley
I wrote Letters to Sarah sent $10 To Sylvia & sent $10
& sent $10 to Emeline. I met in council
at 10 oclock with the Apostles 10 of us The Constitution
for a State Government was discussed John W Youngs
Letter was Read and $5000 dollars was voted to send
to him Auditing Committee was Appointed viz
Wilford Woodruff Joseph F SmithErastus SnowF D RichardsM ThatcherF M Lyman & John & Henry Smith we voted
to increase the wages of Wm H Thompson from $1200
to $1500 as the Engineer of St George Temple $100
dollars was appropriated to him to bear his travelling Expenses
in carrying me through the country which was Paid
me and I paid the same to him we adjourned to meet
on the 12 [FIGURE] I wrote to George Teasdale
~ Friday
5 FIGURES I receivd 2 Letters from J McAllister, James
H Gline. I wrote Letters to J McAllister Judge Elias
Smith called for me & took me to his Fathers House whare
I spent the night I had an interview with Judge Elias
Smith 83 years old we talked over old times
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," August 4, 1887 - August 7, 1887, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 15, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/LZNj