At the close of the meeting I returned home & found sister sayers & sister
cob at my house. Sister sayers wished me to Bless her as she was going on
her Mission I lade hands upon her & blessed her as she was going East on
her mission the spirit bore testimony that all should be right with
her & that she should prosper on her Journey & return in peace

September 8, 1856 ~ Monday

8^th I visited Brother Lamberts garden & saw his plums he had red &
yellow & they looked vary well I budded a few buds of two kinds
of his plums & I put in several buds into my locus of of his
I spent most of the day in the office on history & writing I wrote
[FIGURE] A letter to Dr Asa Fitch of New York & sent him a box of
insects from Utah including one Tarantula, 2 bugs called scorpeans Miller
1 Tobaco worm Miller one small spider several grass hoppers {President Young called to see us}
Dr Asa Fitch, Salem Washing County New York is his Address

September 9, 1856 ~ Tuesday

9^th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to
Sir W^m J. Hooker, Director Royall Gardens Kew London England
& sent him a tin box soelberd [soldered] up tight I sent him the
Black & yellow Mountain currant of Mr Hemmingways I sent
some service berries. I Also sent one paper of muskeet seed & one
paper Mus screw the Latter I could not describe. The Muskeet
grows from 10 to 20 feet high is a desert shrub grows in dry ground
has the Appearance of the black locus has thorns that resemble the
prickly Ash

I spent the day in the office on history I called upon President
Young & asked him if we should send out circulars to the bishops
for the cencus &c He said once a year would do. He said we might move
into our new office tomorrow

September 10, 1856 ~ Wednesday

Wednesday
Sept 10^th 1856 Elder Thomas Bullock took his leave of us &
started upon his mission to England Brother Leo Hawkins went
with him over the mountains & spent the night with him
[FIGURE] We moved the Historians office or all the Contents of it up to the
new office opposite Presidents Young House we had 3 large
secretaries filled with Books & papers they were 6 feet wid
8 feet high 18 inches deep beside about 20 other secritaries Desks
tables &c & about 1 cord of papers which Dr Willard Richards
& G. A. Smith had gathered together I was vary weary at night
President Young rode out

September 11, 1856 ~ Thursday

11^th I spent the day in the office regulating Books & papers I rode
to the Sugar house ward with my Family & sister Smoot. I preached
in the evening in the school house upon the subject of home manufactur
at the close of the meeting I returned home 8 miles

President Young went up City Creek & saw 2 bears Brother Kesler killed one of them

September 12, 1856 ~ Friday

12^th I spent the day in the office. The Presidency B. Young H. C. Kimball &
J. M. Grant called into the office & spent some 30 minutes with us Br
Kimball said may the Blessings of God rest upon this place from this time
Hence forth & forever we overhaled some papers during the day. Dr Richards
had taken great pains to lay up files of all papers he could get & red

September 13, 1856 ~ Saturday

13^th Br Kimball said he wanted to know a certain thing so He inquired by the
^{President Young and} HCK. {both had that gift}^
I spent the day in the office I had an interview with Preston Thomas
who arived last night from Texas. President Young has finished his
ston wall to day to the south East Corner the barn which president
Kimball is building sfor president Young 102 By 60 feet built of Cobble
stone laid in our mountain lime mortar which makes a good cement
is getting along well

At the close of the meeting I returned home & found sister sayers & sister cob at my house. Sister sayers wished me to Bless her as she was going on her Mission I lade hands upon her & blessed her as she was going East on her mission the spirit bore testimony that all should be right with her & that she should prosper on her Journey & return in peace

September 8, 1856 ~ Monday

8th I visited Brother Lamberts garden & saw his plums he had red & yellow & they looked vary well I budded a few buds of two kinds of his plums & I put in several buds into my locus of of his I spent most of the day in the office on history & writing I wrote [FIGURE] A letter to Dr Asa Fitch of New York & sent him a box of insects from Utah including one Tarantula, 2 bugs called scorpeans Miller 1 Tobaco worm Miller one small spider several grass hoppers {President Young called to see us.} Dr Asa Fitch, Salem Washing County New York is his Address

September 9, 1856 ~ Tuesday

9th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Sir Wm J. Hooker, Director Royal Gardens Kew London England & sent him a tin box soldered up tight I sent him the Black & yellow Mountain currant of Mr Hemmingways I sent some service berries. I Also sent one paper of muskeet seed & one paper Mus screw the Latter I could not describe. The Muskeet grows from 10 to 20 feet high is a desert shrub grows in dry ground has the Appearance of the black locus has thorns that resemble the prickly Ash

I spent the day in the office on history I called upon President Young & asked him if we should send out circulars to the bishops for the cencus &c He said once a year would do. He said we might move into our new office tomorrow

September 10, 1856 ~ Wednesday

Wednesday Sept 10th 1856 Elder Thomas Bullock took his leave of us & started upon his mission to England Brother Leo Hawkins went with him over the mountains & spent the night with him [FIGURE] We moved the Historians office or all the Contents of it up to the new office opposite Presidents Young House we had 3 large secretaries filled with Books & papers they were 6 feet wid 8 feet high 18 inches deep beside about 20 other secritaries Desks tables &c & about 1 cord of papers which Dr Willard Richards & G. A. Smith had gathered together I was vary weary at night President Young rode out

September 11, 1856 ~ Thursday

11th I spent the day in the office regulating Books & papers I rode to the Sugar house ward with my Family & sister Smoot. I preached in the evening in the school house upon the subject of home manufactur at the close of the meeting I returned home 8 miles

President Young went up City Creek & saw 2 bears Brother Kesler killed one of them

September 12, 1856 ~ Friday

12th I spent the day in the office. The Presidency B. Young H. C. Kimball & J. M. Grant called into the office & spent some 30 minutes with us Br Kimball said may the Blessings of God rest upon this place from this time Hence forth & forever we overhaled some papers during the day. Dr Richards had taken great pains to lay up files of all papers he could get & red

September 13, 1856 ~ Saturday

13th Br Kimball said he wanted to know a certain thing so He inquired by the {President Young and} HCK. {Both had that gift.}

I spent the day in the office I had an interview with Preston Thomas who arived last night from Texas. President Young has finished his ston wall to day to the south East Corner the barn which president Kimball is buildingfor president Young 102 By 60 feet built of Cobble stone laid in our mountain lime mortar which makes a good cement is getting along well