February 26, 1859 ~ Saturday

Feb 26

It commenced in the night to snow vary hard and continued to
snow till about 10 oclok I spent the day in the office on history & the
evening I met with the Board of Agricultural & Manufacturing
Society. The inhabitants of Provo County had organized
a Branch of the society sent us their constitution and wished
us to sanction it the members did not exactly agree as to
the management of the matter our agent seemed to stand
in the way it was refered to a committee of three W Woodruff
W. C. Stanes J. R. Winder

February 27, 1859 ~ Sunday

27^th Sunday I attended the meeting at the Tabernacle
W^m. I. Appleby Preached a gospel & Historical serman. I
met with my Quorum. A. O. Smoot Prayed R Bentley was
Mouth. I met with the Quorum of the Twelve F. D. Richards
Prayed. O Hyde was pmouth we talked abut the spirits of men the
varius glories, & come to the conclusion that all things was right
with the Lord & that there was but few of the spirits of men who
were capable of receiving a celestial glory and the Telestial glory
was broad enough to catch evry thing that ought to have any kind
of salvation

February 28, 1859 ~ Monday

28^th It commenced snoowing in the night & snowed hard all
day till near night I spent the day in the office on History
and the night at home conversing with Brother Stocking
& my family upon the different glories & reading in the
Doctrins & Covenants

March 1, 1859 ~ Tuesday

March 1^st 1859 This is my birth day I am 52 years
old this day I was born on the 1^st day of March 1807
thus I have lived over half a centaury I pray the
Lord to preserve me through through the present year & in
all time to come and enable me to be useful during the rem-
ainder of my days and fill me with wisdom & understa-
nding and preserve me from all presumptious sins and
unwrighteousness, that I may stand approved in the sight
of God & my Brethren which I ask in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

It is a warm plesant morning the sun shines bright &
warm upon about 1 foot of snow. Joseph Young called
into the office & we conversed upon the dedication of the
Temple & the dedication Prayer which Joseph Young offered
I spent most of the day looking up Fills [files] of Papers I met
with the committee in the evening on the Business of the
Provo Branch of the D.A. & M. society I was unwell in
the evening

March 2, 1859 ~ Wednesday

2nd A Plesant day. The mail came in about 9 oclok brough[t]
me two Letters from J. M. Bernhisel I spent the day in
the office on office business

March 3, 1859 ~ Thursday

3rd I was quite sick with a severe cold on my lungs and
was confined through the day mostly to my bed and House

March 4, 1859 ~ Friday

4^th I called at the office in the morning was poorly in Health
I wrote 2 letters to J M B 1 to H. S. Eldridge. We have a tremen-
dious snow storm I spent most of the day on History

February 26, 1859 ~ Saturday

It commenced in the night to snow vary hard and continued to snow till about 10 oclok I spent the day in the office on history & the evening I met with the Board of Agricultural & Manufacturing Society. The inhabitants of Provo County had organized a Branch of the society sent us their constitution and wished us to sanction it the members did not exactly agree as to the management of the matter our agent seemed to stand in the way it was refered to a committee of three W Woodruff W. C. Stanes J. R. Winder

February 27, 1859 ~ Sunday

27 Sunday I attended the meeting at the Tabernacle W. I. Appleby Preached a gospel & Historical serman. I met with my Quorum. A. O. Smoot Prayed R Bentley was Mouth. I met with the Quorum of the Twelve F. D. Richards Prayed. O Hyde wasmouth we talked abut the spirits of men the varius glories, & come to the conclusion that all things was right with the Lord & that there was but few of the spirits of men who were capable of Receiving a celestial glory and the Telestial glory was broad enough to catch evry thing that ought to have any kind of salvation

February 28, 1859 ~ Monday

28th It commenced snowing in the night & snowed hard all day till near night I spent the day in the office on History and the night at home conversing with Brother Stocking & my family upon the different glories & reading in the Doctrins & Covenants

March 1, 1859 ~ Tuesday

March 1st 1859 This is my birth day I am 52 years [FIGURE] old this day I was born on the 1st day of March 1807 thus I have lived over half a centaury I pray the Lord to preserve me through the present year & in all time to come and enable me to be useful during the remainder of my days and fill me with wisdom & understanding and preserve me from all presumptious sins and unwrighteousness, that I may stand approved in the sight of God & my Brethren which I ask in the name of Jesus Christ Amen

It is a warm plesant morning the sun shines bright & warm upon about 1 foot of snow. Joseph Young called into the office & we conversed upon the dedication of the Temple & the dedication Prayer which Joseph Young offered I spent most of the day looking up Fills files of Papers I met with the committee in the evening on the Business of the Provo Branch of the D. A. & M. society I was unwell in the evening

March 2, 1859 ~ Wednesday

2nd A Plesant day. The mail came in about 9 oclok brough [FIGURE] me two Letters from J. M. Bernhisel I spent the day in the office on office business

March 3, 1859 ~ Thursday

3rd I was quite sick with a severe cold on my lungs and was confined through the day mostly to my bed and House

March 4, 1859 ~ Friday

4th I called at the office in the morning was poorly in Health [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to J M B 1 to H. S. Eldridge. we have a tremendious snow storm I spent most of the day on History