May 25, 1856 ~ Sunday

25^th Sunday I attended meeting in the Bowery P. P. Pratt preached was
followed by Father Morley & President Young. In the afternoon A
Lyman & Joseph Young preached I attended the prayer Circle

May 26, 1856 ~ Monday

26^th The Calafornia Mail Came in & b[r]ought me 2 letters from
[FIGURE] J. M. Bernhisel & 5 standards & 8 mormons

May 27, 1856 ~ Tuesday

^[FIGURE]^ 27 I wrote J. M. Bernhisel A letter on family affairs my sickness &c

May 28, 1856 ~ Wednesday

28^th I spent the day at the Historians office writing

May 29, 1856 ~ Thursday

29^th [FIGURES] I spent the day at the Historians office writing
to correspondance I write a Letter to Sir W^m J.^ackson^ Hooker Director Royal Gardens [Kew] London
In answer to a letter from him wishing
to open correspondence with us in order to get an exchange
of seed, flours, herbs, or any thing that grows in our Territory
I also wrote Letters to Hon^rs J. M. Bernhisel, John Taylor G A
Smith, Erastus Snow, The Western Standard, C. C. Rich &
O. Pratt, & A. Bablam

May 30, 1856 ~ Friday

30^th I read to President Young the Letter we received from
Sir William Jackson Hooper. He requested us to write an
answer thought we had better get Brother Sprague & Phineas
Young should bring us flowers & we should forward him
seeds &c

May 31, 1856 ~ Saturday

31^st I arose at 1 oclok watered my Garden till 4 oclok
then rode down to my pasture returned home went to office
at 11 oclok & spent the day in writing

June 1, 1856 ~ Sunday

June 1^st Sunday President Young is 55 years old to day we
met in the Bowery. Leonard I Smith returned missionary
from South Africa Preached in the morning was followed By
Brother Kimball in the afternoon. Brother Grant spoke followed by
Presidents Kimball & Young in consequence of the water wfailing
President Young wished all the able bodied men in the city to
go immediately to work & finish the canal to bring big cotton
wood creek to water the 5 Acre lots He requested the Bishops
of each ward to stand up & all the men of the ward that could
go to dig on it and 333 names were obtained the 14 ward
had the most men offered to go of any ward in the city they
obtained at their evening meeting 45 names

I attended the prayer circle in the evening the subject of the
kansas question was spoken of W. Woodruff asked B Young
President Young if He remembered his dream that He had
several Years since. He said did not recollect it. He said
several years since that He dreamed he saw two Armies
met one came from the south & another from the East & met
& fought & as fast as they were killed they continued to have
new recruits from the East & South & I Wilford Woodruff
testify that I herd President Young relate this dream
several years ago but cannot state the Date

June 2, 1856 ~ Monday

2nd The mail started out this morning for the East. President
Young rode to the cotton wood canal to lay out the work to bring
the water to this City. He was followed by hundreds of men