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& went to the mouth of the canyon to visit them & take minutes of
their organization. President arived at 1/2 past 10 oclock
& organized the company by appointing captain
Captain of the guard Elder Chaplain
clerk. He gave them some instruction concerning
their Journey, & gave them his parting blessing. Br
reported his speech. W Woodruff took a list of the names of those
going to the States & found them to be 36 in number
Professor goes to to to take the place of Hon Delegate from is in route for
. He in connection with Hon will urge
Utah's claims to be numbered with the states. Elder is on
his way to take the presidency at & publish the Luminary
Marshall & others is on an official trip to washington they
left in good spirits. I returned to the & still found all
the clerks busy making out the papers for Hon G A Smith I slept
till midnight in the office I wrote a letter to G A Smith &
sent him a package of papers most of the clerks remained all
[FIGURE] night to get the Cencus papers ready
April 23, 1856 ~ Wednesday
23rd At 8 oclok this morning John Sharp starts as an express
with the cencus & other papers to Hon I spent most of
the day at home
April 24, 1856 ~ Thursday
24th John Sharp returns to day Brought me a letter from
[FIGURE] Hon I spent a part of the day in the office we had
a hard snow storm in the fore part of the day peach & Apple trees
in full bloom snow soon melted
April 25, 1856 ~ Friday
25th A vary cold day raw winds. I went into the field planted
15 square rods of potatoes I was quite unwell through the night with
pain in my left side.
April 26, 1856 ~ Saturday
26th I am unwell this morning I am broaken out all over my
body my family think it is the measels but I had the measels
when I was a boy. I spent a part of the day at the office. During
the evening I broak ouat all over with sumthing resembling the
Hives I Just begin to understand what it is that is making me sick
I had an ox die on the 21st it was supposed that he died with poison he was
mortified while assisting in skining him i scratched my wrist
sufficient to innoculate myself with the poison which is now begining
to affect my system
April 27, 1856 ~ Sunday
27th Sunday I was quite unwell & did not Attend meeting the
cut upon my Arm began to gather poison & turn dark
April 28, 1856 ~ Monday
28th [FIGURE] I have been a marked victem as an attack
for the power of the destroyer from my infancy up to the present
day. I have faced Accident, misfortune, & apparently death so many
times & in so many shapes & forms from my childhood through
life thus far that it has become a proverb with me to say that
there has seemed to be two powers constantly watching me & at work
with me one to kill & the other to save me thus far the power to save me
& preserve my life has prevailed. How long I shall be blessed with this
preserving power & care time must determin. I have never untill now
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"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," April 23, 1856 - April 28, 1856, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 2, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/rOB