I was Appointed Assistant Historian & comm-
enced labour in the office on the 15 day of April 1856
& spent my whole time in the office except while
in the Legislature up to this date. I was called
upon to preside over the Missionaries in the City of
the Great Salt Lake & I attended of ^a meeting^ some kind
nearly evry evening in the week during the winter
[FIGURE]
A Synopsis of my Labours in 1856
I Travled four hundred & sixty four 464 Miles
I Attended 55 Meetings 55 Meetings
I Preached 47 Discourses 47 sermons
I Attended 2 General Conferences 2 Conferences
I Attended the prayer circle with the Presidency & 12 25 Times
I Baptized 7 Persons 7 Baptize
I confirmed 268 persons 268 Confirmed
I Ordained 1 Elder 1 Elder
I Ordained 22 Seventies 22 Seventies
I set apart & Blessed 130 Missionaries 130 Missionaries
I administered unto 11 sick persons 11 sick
I spent 40 days in the Legislature 40 days
I spent 7 evenings with the Regency 7 evenings
I spent 30 days making Manuscript for Deseret Alphabet 30 days
I Held 7 meeting with the Horticultural society 7 Meetings
I Recieved 28 Letters 28 Recieved
I wrote 61 Letters 61 Letters
I was Appointed Assistant Historian & commenced labour in the office on the 15 day of April 1856
& spent my whole time in the office except while
in the Legislature up to this date. I was called
upon to preside over the Missionaries in the City of
the Great Salt Lake & I attended of a meeting some kind
nearly evry evening in the week during the winter
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," December 31, 1856, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/KO6M