After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve
& High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was
brought up B Young says shall I Break the
word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of
tea: No wisdom is justified of her children [Luke 7:35]. the subject
was discused in an interesting manner all concluded
that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters accor-
ding to the wisdom which God gave that a
forced abstainance was not making us free but
we should be under bondage with a yoak [yoke] upon
our necks. I walked out & spent the night at
Br Allexanders

November 8, 1841 ~ Monday

8^th A rainy day I worked upon my house

November 9, 1841 ~ Tuesday

9^th I went to Peter Shirts lime kill [kiln]

November 10, 1841 ~ Wednesday

10^th I drew about 800 lath for my house

November 11, 1841 ~ Thursday

11^th I spent the day in lathing my house

November 12, 1841 ~ Friday

12^th I drew home a load of lime & boards

November 13, 1841 ~ Saturday

13^th I spent the day in lathing & night in the City Council

November 14, 1841 ~ Sunday

14^th Sunday I met in counsel with the Twelve
visited the sick spent the evening at Malitire
Luce from fox Islands had an interview
with Capt Justus Ames & Elders Benbow
Oakey & J Hill dined at my house I am now
in the midst of hundreds that I have Baptized
throughout America, the Islands of the
Sea England &c that have been gatherd
together to Nauvoo through the influ
ence of the gospel. Joseph preached to
a large congregation at the Temple

November 15, 1841 ~ Monday

15^th I laid a floor in my bedroom

November 16, 1841 ~ Tuesday

16 I run 12 bushels of lime for plastering & rode in
company with J. H. Hale 2 1/2 miles on the prairie
to Br Zerah Pulsipher^s I bought four acres of land
of him in section 32 for [FIGURE] $44 dollars I paid him

After this meeting closed I met with the Twelve & High Priest quorum: the word of wisdom was brought up B Young says shall I Break the word of wisdom if I go home & drink a cup of tea: No wisdom is justified of her children Luke 7:35, the subject was discused in an interesting manner all concluded that it was wisdom to deal with all such matters according to the wisdom which God gave that a forced abstainance was not making us free but we should be under bondage with a yoak upon our necks. I walked out & spent the night at Br Allexanders

November 8, 1841 ~ Monday

8th A rainy day I worked upon my house

November 9, 1841 ~ Tuesday

9th I went to Peter Shirts lime kiln

November 10, 1841 ~ Wednesday

10th I drew about 800 lath for my house

November 11, 1841 ~ Thursday

11th I spent the day in lathing my house

November 12, 1841 ~ Friday

12th I drew home a load of lime & boards

November 13, 1841 ~ Saturday

13th I spent the day in lathing & night in the City Council

November 14, 1841 ~ Sunday

14th Sunday I met in Counsel with the Twelve visited the sick spent the evening at Malitire Luce from fox Islands had an interview with capt Justus Ames & Elders Benbow Oakey & J Hill dined at my house I am now in the midst of hundreds that I have Baptized throughout America, the Islands of the Sea England &c that have been gatherd together to Nauvoo through the influ ence of the gospel. Joseph preached to a large congregation at the Temple

November 15, 1841 ~ Monday

15th I laid a floor in my bedroom

November 16, 1841 ~ Tuesday

16 I run 12 bushels of lime for plastering & rode in company with J. H. Hale 2 1/2 miles on the prairie to Br Zerah Pulsiphers I bought four acres of land of him in section 32 for [FIGURE] $44 dollars I paid him