Oct 12, 1877
^^ I received 2 letters from Baliss & Hill I received No 18
and wrote No 25 I spent most of the day in council
it was voted to give the Twelve $1500 a year Except Orson Pratt was to have $35600 a year
~ Saturday
13. we took cars & rode to Provo and attended Meeting at 10 ock A O Smoot spoke 6 Minuts Reports of the Different Stakes
were then read By the clerk rather the Branches of that stake Erastus Snow then spoke 50 Minuts Afternoon L. J. Nuttall
Prayed A O Smoot spoke 11 M[inutes] W Woodruff 50.
~ Sunday
14. Sunday Met at 10 oclok John Brown Prayed President John Taylor spoke One hour and 30 Minuts W Woodruff
bore Testimony 5 Minuts Afternoon J Taylor & W Woodruff
Returned home E. Snow and J. W. Young attended Meeting 96 M[iles]
~ Monday
15 I received 1 Letter, and wrote 3 to McAllister & Sarah
No 26. I spent a part of the day in council
~ Tuesday
16. I wrode with J Taylor & Grow to my farm to see what we were
doing or could do to prepare the House for winter. I met with the Board
of Z.C.MI to transact som business as come before us I went to a funeral of Sister White that I Baptized in Herrif-
ordshire in March 1840 I returned to the Historians office 6 Mils
I wrote No 27, 6, v. 1 Letter
~ Wednesday
17 I received 1 Letter & wrote 1 Letter. I spent most
of the day in council
~ Thursday
18. I received 1 Letter & wrote 1, 28. I spent the day in council
~ Friday
19. I took cars Rode to York, Then coach to Nephi
and spent the night with Br Teasdale at Bishop Grover 90 M[iles]
I sent a Telegram to St George & received one in return
Oct 12, 1877
[FIGURE] I received 2 letters from Baliss & Hill I received No 18
and wrote No 25 I spent most of the day in council
it was voted to give the Twelve $1500 a year
[FIGURE] Except Orson Pratt was to have $3600 a year
~ Saturday
13. we took cars & rode to Provo and attended Meeting at 10 ock
A O Smoot spoke 6 Minuts Reports of the Different Stakes
were then read By the clerk rather the Branches of that stake
Erastus Snow then spoke 50 Minuts Afternoon L. J. Nuttall
Prayed A O Smoot spoke 11 Minutes W Woodruff 50.
~ Sunday
14. Sunday Met at 10 oclok John Brown Prayed President
John Taylor spoke One hour and 30 Minuts W Woodruff
bore Testimony 5 Minuts Afternoon J Taylor & W Woodruff
Returned home E. Snow and J. W. Young attended Meeting 96 Miles
~ Monday
15 FIGURES I received 1 Letter, and wrote 3 to McAllister & Sarah
No 26. I spent a part of the day in council
~ Tuesday
16. I wrode with J Taylor & Grow to my farm to see what we were
doing or could do to prepare the House for winter. I met with the Board
of Z.C.MI to transact som business as come before us I
[FIGURE] went to a funeral of Sister White that I Baptized in Herrifordshire in March 1840 I returned to the Historians office 6 Mils
[FIGURE] I wrote No 27, 6, v. 1 Letter
~ Wednesday
17 FIGURES I received 1 Letter & wrote 1 Letter. I spent most
of the day in council
~ Thursday
18. FIGURES I received 1 Letter & wrote 1, 28. I spent the day in council
~ Friday
19. I took cars Rode to York, Then coach to Nephi
and spent the night with Br Teasdale at Bishop Grover 90 Miles
I sent a Telegram to St George & received one in return
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," October 12, 1877 - October 20, 1877, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 16, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/N9WD