July 7th I met with the Twelve & many officers in coun-
cil at the Star Office whare much important business
was transacted & council given. a place of labour in the
vineyard was assigned to each officer untill the next con-
ference. I dined in Company with Br & Sister Richards at
Brother Bewsher No 4 Gray street we then met the 12
in front of the Infirmary & we walk to a paper storehouse
whare Elders Young & Pratt had made a Contract for
Paper sufficent to Print 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon after seeing the Paper weighed & Paid for which
amounted to £107. we then walked to Br Millers & eat
& drank with about 20 Elders which was a plesant time we
then walked to the Star Office & the quorum of the Twelve
sat in Council & voted that P. P. Pratt might go to New York
& get his family. & Elder Theadore Turley should
lead a company of Saints from England to commerce
in the USA. & after some other business the Council
adjourned untill tomorrow morning to meet at this room
I spent the night with Elder Fielding at Sister Ann Booth
{Distance of the day} 6 miles
July 8, 1840 ~ Wednesday
8th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe {I spoke of some thing I should send
her by Elder Taylor} I spent the Day in Manchester & the night
with Elder Tailor at Brother Greens
July 9, 1840 ~ Thursday
9th I wrote a letter for the Star spent the night
at Br Walker at No 10 Cookson street
11th I spent the day mostly at the Star Office in wri
ting {I purchased several small articles to send to Phebe}
in the evening I assisted Elder B. Young & several
of the Sisters in doing Up (325) of the 3rd No of the
Millennial Star which was sent to Liverpool for P P. Pratt to take with him to New York
July 12, 1840 ~ Sunday
12th I attended meeting at the Joiners Hall Manchester with the
Saints B. Young preached in the morning we communed with
the Saints in the afternoon & I preached in the evening we con
firmed 4 & Blessed 2 children I spent the night 149 oldham road
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," July 7, 1840 - July 12, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed June 25, 2022, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/ca36e462-9a76-4f56-bf7a-1a4375d96e06/page/4c11aa44-cce2-4b1f-8ea7-60a2c873a399