Sept 25 1893
I met with Mr Maples in the office also
Mr Green. I gave Mr Maples A large Print
of Book of Mormon Doctrins & Covenants The
History of Utah By Whitneythe seervoice of
warning & key to Theology He wanted to inves-
tigate Mormonism He spent an hour in
conversation He is publishing a Paper and said
He would do what He could for us We received
a Draft of $10000 from our sugar factory
on the Islands we divided it up & Paid Debts with
it as far as we could
27. I spent the day in the office & sufferd with sore throat
~ Thursday
28. I am quite Poorly M Thatcher & H B Preston L Snow with others of the Twelve called upon us we
adjourned our Meeting at the Temple in consequence
of my State of Health
~ Friday
29. I went to the office & Met with Brother Cederstrom
& several other Brethren from Utah Lake concerning
A Quiry [quarry] of Onyx They had not means to Devellop
it & called upon to assist them which we thought
of trying to do Also my son Marion in connexion
with sever[al] other men was inventing & Preparing
A new saw to saw rock which would saw 10 times as fast as the old way
~ Monday
Sept 25 1893
I met with Mr Maples in the office also
Mr Green. I gave Mr Maples A large Print
of Book of Mormon Doctrins & Covenants The
History of Utah By Whitney the seer voice of
warning & [FIGURE] key to Theology He wanted to investigate Mormonism He spent an hour in
conversation He is publishing a Paper and said
He would do what He could for us We received
a Draft of $10000 from our sugar factory
on the Islands we divided it up & Paid Debts with
it as far as we could
27. I spent the day in the office & sufferd with sore throat
~ Thursday
28. I am quite Poorly M Thatcher & H B PrestonL Snow with others of the Twelve called upon us we
adjourned our Meeting at the Temple in consequence
of my State of Health
~ Friday
29. I went to the office & Met with Brother Cederstrom
& several other Brethren from Utah Lake concerning
A Quiry of Onyx They had not means to Devellop
it & called upon to assist them which we thought
of trying to do Also my son Marion in connexion
with several other men was inventing & Preparing
A new saw to saw rock which would saw 10 times as fast as the old way
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," September 25, 1893 - September 29, 1893, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6BRO