November 1, 1841 ~ Monday

NOV 1^st I was sick & confined to
my bed through the day The City Counci
l met for business. I was not able to attend

November 2, 1841 ~ Tuesday

2^nd I was still sick & confined to the
house Br Hodson assisted me in some tempo
ral business

November 3, 1841 ~ Wednesday

3^rd I am some better able to do some business

November 4, 1841 ~ Thursday

4^th I am gaining in strength it is quite cold

November 5, 1841 ~ Friday

5^th I wrote a letter to Dr Bernhisel & also
one to Father & Mother Carter

November 6, 1841 ~ Saturday

6^th [FIGURE] [Joseph Smith Papers Document] I attended the City Counsel for the
first time & was sworn into my aoffice as
counsellor I found that those meetings will
be a profitable school unto me in giving me
a knowledge of parliamentary rules law &c

November 7, 1841 ~ Sunday

7^th [Joseph Smith Papers Document] Sunday I first called upon Br Joseph
with some of the Twelve from thence to B.
Young from thence to the meeting ground near
the Temple whare I found many hundreds of
Saints Elder W^m Clark preached about 2
hours when Br Joseph arose & reproved him as
pharisaical & hypocritical & not edifying
the people Br Joseph then deliverd unto us an
edifying address showing us what temperance
faith, virtue, charity & truth was he also said
if we did not accuse one another God would not
accuse us & if we had no accuser we should enter
heaven he would take us there as his back load
if we would not accuse him he would not accuse us
& if we would throw a cloak of charity over
his sins he would over ours for charity coverd
a multitude of sins & what many people called
sin was not sin & he did many things to break down
superstition & he would break it down he spoke
of the curse of ham for laughing at Noah while in
his wine but doing hino harm [Genesis 9:20-27]

November 1, 1841 ~ Monday

NOV 1st I was sick & confined to my bed through the day. The City Counci l met for business, I was not able to attend

November 2, 1841 ~ Tuesday

2nd I was still sick & confined to the house Br Hodson assisted me in some tempo ral business

November 3, 1841 ~ Wednesday

3rd I am some better able to do some business

November 4, 1841 ~ Thursday

4th I am gaining in strength it is quite cold

November 5, 1841 ~ Friday

5th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Dr Bernhisel & also one to Father & Mother Carter

November 6, 1841 ~ Saturday

6th [FIGURE] I attended the City Counsel for the first time & was sworn into my office as Counsellor I found that those meetings will be a profitable school unto me in giving me a knowledge of parliamentary rules law &c

November 7, 1841 ~ Sunday

7th Sunday I first called upon Br Joseph with some of the Twelve from thence to B. Young from thence to the meeting ground near the Temple whare I found many hundreds of Saints Elder Wm Clark preached about 2 hours when Br Joseph arose & reproved him as pharisaical & hypocritical & not edifying the people Br Joseph then deliverd unto us an edifying address showing us what temperance faith, virtue, charity & truth was he also said if we did not accuse one another God would not accuse us & if we had no accuser we should enter heaven he would take us there as his back load if we would not accuse him he would not accuse us & if we would throw a cloak of charity over his sins he would over ours for charity coverd a multitude of sins & what many people called sin was not sin & he did many things to break down superstition & he would break it down he spoke of the curse of ham for laughing at Noah while in his wine but doing no harm