Aug 28, 1889
I went to the Gardo and signed 41 Recommends I received
15 Letters; I wrote ^1^ Letters to Nellie went to the farm. 6 m
~ Thursday
29 I signed 16 Recommends I received 13 Letters
I attended the Prayer Circle & went to the farm 6 M
~ Friday
30 I signed 17 Recommend I received 11 Letter
^[FIGURE]^ I wrote 5 Letters to Sarah, Sylvia, MaryMaud
& H B Clawson Our Saltair Pump in salt Lake
throws into the floom 22000 gallons of Salt water
a Minute
~ Saturday
31 I signed 24 Recommends I receivd 12 Letter
[FIGURE] I wrote 10 public Letters I met a company of
Brethren at 4 oclock upon the subject of our political
situation I went to the farm & spent the night 6 M
~ Sunday
Sept 1. Sunday I attended the quarterly Conference of
the Salt Lake Stake of Zion in the Big Tabernacle Wm C Dunbar prayed G Q Cannon spoke
one Hour & 18 M. Afternoon G Godard Prayed
W Woodruff spoke 46 Minuts was quite unwell Found
quite hard work to talk J M Grant spoke 38 Minuts
There was a Meeting in the Evening I did not attend
several of the Elders spoke I spent the night at the farm
~ Monday
2 I signed 36 Recommends I receivd 27 Letters
I met at the Conference at 10 oclok Joseph Horn
Prayed Statistical Reports read There were 20000
Adults in the Stake & 7463 children under 8 years of age
Total 27463 Souls A M Cannon made a verbal
report of the Stake & spoke 25 M. Joseph J Talmage
spoke 20 M & Edward Stephenson 15 Minuts
~ Wednesday
Aug 28, 1889
I went to the Gardo and signed 41 Recommends I received
15 Letters; I wrote 1 Letters to Nellie went to the farm. 6 m
~ Thursday
29 I signed 16 Recommends I received 13 Letters
I attended the Prayer Circle & went to the farm 6 M
~ Friday
30 I signed 17 Recommend I received 11 Letter
[FIGURE] I wrote 5 Letters to Sarah, Sylvia, MaryMaud
& H B Clawson Our Saltair Pump in salt Lake
throws into the floom 22000 gallons of Salt water
a Minute
~ Saturday
31 I signed 24 Recommends I receivd 12 Letter
[FIGURE] I wrote 10 public Letters I met a company of
Brethren at 4 oclock upon the subject of our political
situation I went to the farm & spent the night 6 M
~ Sunday
Sept 1. Sunday I attended the quarterly Conference of
the Salt Lake Stake of Zion in the Big TabernacleWm C Dunbar prayed G Q Cannon spoke
one Hour & 18 M. Afternoon G Godard Prayed
W Woodruff spoke 46 Minuts was quite unwell Found
quite hard work to talk J M Grant spoke 38 Minuts
There was a Meeting in the Evening I did not attend
several of the Elders spoke I spent the night at the farm
~ Monday
2 I signed 36 Recommends I receivd 27 Letters
I met at the Conference at 10 oclok Joseph Horn
Prayed Statistical Reports read There were 20000
Adults in the Stake & 7463 children under 8 years of age
Total 27463 Souls A M Cannon made a verbal
report of the Stake & spoke 25 M. Joseph J Talmage
spoke 20 M & Edward Stephenson 15 Minuts
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," August 28, 1889 - September 2, 1889, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/J80l