my chin, my corn up to my arms ground mellons & formerly filled with
weeds this year scearsly none at all & we have never had so large
crops throug this Territory as this season & this has been promised
us through our presidency & we have been told to lay up wheat & all
the grain we can against the day of Famine.

July 8, 1857 ~ Wednesday

8^th I spent the day in the office writing on the History

July 9, 1857 ~ Thursday

9^th I bought a pair of French Poneys to day of Brother Wright
paid him $180. I had my horses stolen by the Indians & have
lived some 2 months without a team & find it vary inconvenient

July 10, 1857 ~ Friday

10^th I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House &
the afternoon in the office writing

July 11, 1857 ~ Saturday

11^th I spent the day in my field

July 12, 1857 ~ Sunday

12^th Sunday I attended meeting in the Tabernacle. Thomas Smith
Edmund Elsworth & H. C. Kimball spoke in the forenoon Brother
Kimball cursed the wicked & Blessed the wrighteous in the afternoon
Brother Banks & A. Lyman spoke we had a good meeting
I attended the prayer circle. The council spoke of the Delegate
to Washington J. M. Bernhisel was Nominated. In company
with Edmond Elsworth I called upon Franklin Richards & Admin-
istered to his wife who was vary sick

July 13, 1857 ~ Monday

13^th I spent the day in the office writing A Lyman called upon
us & wished some Dates

July 14, 1857 ~ Tuesday

14 I spent the day in the office writing on the History of the Twelve

July 15, 1857 ~ Wednesday

15 I spent this day writing in the office I sent sister Eliza R. Snow
A poem the production of my pen directed to herself
As a Poetess in Zion

July 16, 1857 ~ Thursday

16^th I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
we gave 56 their endowment in the Afternoon I fin-
ished copying into my Autobyiography A long letter from
my Brother Azmon & Thompson Woodruff Aug 9, 1834
And my Answer to it of Nov 29 1834

July 17, 1857 ~ Friday

17 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
the latter part I spent in the office

July 18, 1857 ~ Saturday

18^th I spent the day Haying

July 19, 1857 ~ Sunday

19^th Sunday A. Carrington T. O. Angel and President B Y
all spoke in the fore part of the day in the Afternoon D H.
Wells D Fulmer Joseph A Young & A Lyman spoke I attended
the prayer circle in the evening

July 20, 1857 ~ Monday to July 21, 1857 ~ Tuesday

20 & 21 I spent the time Haying

July 22, 1857 ~ Wednesday

22nd I took my family in my waggon & started for the mouth of
the big Cotton wood canyon to attend the great picknick party
of President Young & company at the Head waters of the Big Cotton wood

my chin, my corn up to my arms ground mellons & formerly filled with weeds this year scearsly none at all & we have never had so large crops throug this Territory as this season & this has been promised us through our presidency & we have been told to lay up wheat & all the grain we can against the day of Famine.

July 8, 1857 ~ Wednesday

8th I spent the day in the office writing on the History

July 9, 1857 ~ Thursday

9th I bought a pair of French Poneys to day of Brother Wright paid him $180. I had my horses stolen by the Indians & have lived some 2 months without a team & find it vary inconvenient

July 10, 1857 ~ Friday

10th I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House & the afternoon in the office writing

July 11, 1857 ~ Saturday

11th I spent the day in my field

July 12, 1857 ~ Sunday

12th Sunday I attended meeting in the Tabernacle. Thomas Smith Edmund Elsworth & H. C. Kimball spoke in the forenoon Brother Kimball cursed the wicked & Blessed the wrighteous in the afternoon Brother Banks & A. Lyman spoke we had a good meeting I attended the prayer Circle. The council spoke of the Delegate to Washington J. M. Bernhisel was Nominated. In company with Edmond Elsworth I called upon Franklin Richards & Administered to his wife who was vary sick

July 13, 1857 ~ Monday

13th I spent the day in the office writing A Lyman called upon us & wished some Dates

July 14, 1857 ~ Tuesday

14 I spent the day in the office writing on the History of the Twelve

July 15, 1857 ~ Wednesday

15 I spent this day writing in the office I sent sister Eliza R Snow FIGURES A poem the production of my pen directed to herself As a Poetess in Zion

July 16, 1857 ~ Thursday

16th I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House [FIGURE] we gave 56 their Endowment in the Afternoon I finished copying into my Autobiography A long letter from my Brother Azmon & Thompson Woodruff Aug 9, 1834 And my Answer to it of Nov 29 1834

July 17, 1857 ~ Friday

17 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House the latter part I spent in the office

July 18, 1857 ~ Saturday

18th I spent the day Haying

July 19, 1857 ~ Sunday

19th Sunday A. Carrington T. O. Angel and President B Y all spoke in the fore part of the day in the Afternoon D H. Wells D Fulmer Joseph A Young & A Lyman spoke I attended the prayer Circle in the evening

July 20, 1857 ~ Monday to July 21, 1857 ~ Tuesday

20 & 21 I spent the time Haying

July 22, 1857 ~ Wednesday

22nd I took my family in my waggon & started for the mouth of the big Cotton wood canyon to attend the great picknick party of President Young & company at the Head waters of the Big Cotton wood