an unsettelled state And within a few days past the French
Minister at Washington has been dismissed & his Pasports
offered him & He is invited to return home. Also High
words have passed between the American & British Minister
And what the result of these things will be time must
determine but one thing is certain wars & dreadful
Judgments Await the Nations of the Earth. The destroying
Angel in the form of the cholera has slain its tens of thou-
sands during the past seasons both in Europe & America

September 24, 1849 ~ Monday

24^th [FIGURES] I wrote 5 Letters to day to James Burgess, Solomon
Mack, Merrill C. Pevey, Joseph Crapo, And Wm Carpenter Esqr
for Wm Page I invited the two Brother Peveys at Lowell
to Emigrate next spring to the valley to work in the Iron
Foundery

September 25, 1849 ~ Tuesday

25^th I dug my small crop of potatoes to day in my garden I had
A little over A Bushel. Sister Shuah Moulton arived
at our House at night to pay us A visit she is Mrs W.
sister

25^th In company with Sister Moulton we visited
Mount Auburn & went well over it Br Cannon
called upon me in the evening & informed me that
Dr Burnhisel had arived in Boston from the Salt
Lake City

September 26, 1849 ~ Wednesday

26^th [FIGURE] I wrote A letter to Elder W^m Sweat

September 27, 1849 ~ Thursday

27^th Brother John M. Bernhisel called upon me today
And we spent several hours together & had a good time
I Asked him many questions concerning the salt Lake
Valley the situations of the saints there &c.

September 28, 1849 ~ Friday

28^th [FIGURE] I wrote A wrote A foolscap sheet full to John Benbow
city of the great Salt Lake great Basin Upper Calafornia via
Chicago Desmoin & Kaneville Iowa Paid 10 cts

September 29, 1849 ~ Saturday

29^th Elder Burgess from Gilsom called upon me & talked over
his difficulties which He had lately had in that place

September 30, 1849 ~ Sunday

30^th Sunday I met with the saints in that place Cambridge-
port Dr John M Bernhisel wmet with us & gave A rehersal of
Affairs in the valley which was interesting I followed him
with remarks. He has come East as A representative from
the valley to Washington Bearing our petition to Congress
for a Territorial Government, in the Great Basin of the
Rocky Mountains. At the close of the Meeting A collection
was taken up to defray his expenses toon the way of $22.05
[FIGURE] I wrote A letter in the evening to the Bradford Branch
Recommending to the Bradford Branch Br Burnhisel

October 1, 1849 ~ Monday

^[FIGURE]^ Oct 1^st [FIGURE] I wrote A letter to Iria Foss, our Equinoxial
storm is uppon us this morning I Attended A funeral this after
noon of Brother Stewart of Charleston who died of the Cholera
after 6 Hours sickness He is the ownly member of the Church
who has died of the Cholera in this country this season