July 7, 1840 ~ Tuesday

July 7^th 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

8^th [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

9^th I wrote a letter for the Star spent the night
at Br Walker at No 10 Cookson street

July 10, 1840 ~ Friday

10^th [FIGURES] I wrote 4 Letters directed to the following
persons, Ezra Carter, Eunice Woodruff, Ilus. F.
Carter. Lucian R. Foster & forwarded to
New York by P. P. Pratt who was going to New York
to Bring his family to England. I spent the night
with Elder Kimble at 76 Loom street at Allise Whipp

July 11, 1840 ~ Saturday

11^th 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 3^rd 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

12^th 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