If the {United States send their troops here} they will have to behave themselves {If
volunteers start to come here they will soon get notice not to enter this territory. If they do they must
take what follows. They do not know what to do with us. They are} determined to make
us conspicuous in all the world

President Young asked Brother Rich if He had any thing He wished
to lay before that council brother Rich then said that concer[ni]ng
their debts in that place that they were paying 3 per cent per
Month for their mony had now got it for 2 1/2 per cent. they we have
Now reduced our debt to $20,000 & our city is released & all
good lands as fast as we pay we think we shall negociate a loan
of mor for less interest & nearer home. Their is a few men
in that place who have turned mob & ^Jerong M^ Benson is at the Head of it
I told them if they began it their should not be a man of them
left alive

June 15, 1857 ~ Monday

June 15^th 1857 I spent the day in the office with G. A. Smith.
we read Samuel Smith History

June 16, 1857 ~ Tuesday

16 I spent the day in the office we finished reading Samuel Smiths
History & found the History of David Papton Samuel Smith & Joseph
Smith the Prophet all written by their own hands & we did not
know that they were in the office we were glad to get these
Journals

June 17, 1857 ~ Wednesday

17^th I spent most of the day in the office on the History
of the Twelve in the afternoon I attended the 14^th ward female
relief society at my House with Robert Campbell we both
addressed the meeting there were about 50 present sewing knitting
sewing carpet rags making quilts &c it is a laudable undertaking
all the females in the ward meet at my house each wednesday
afternoon they open & close with prayer Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff
is Presentident & Mrs Pratt Secretary they clothe all the poor in
the ward & during the last Quarter they made a Donation to
the perpetual Emigrating fund of $126. I wish all go & do
like wise

June 18, 1857 ~ Thursday

18^th I spent the day in the office writing the History [of] T. B. Marsh ^&^ W^m Smith

June 19, 1857 ~ Friday

19^th I spent the day in the office writing the History of the Twelve
tabby & another Indian called upon me to get pay for trying to
get my horses I gave them some Articles

June 20, 1857 ~ Saturday

20 I spent the fore part of the day in the office the after noon
at home

June 21, 1857 ~ Sunday

21 Sunday I attended meeting in the bowery Abel
Lamb spoke in the bowery gave a long panorama of the History
of man from Adam to this day took us through the garden of
Eden the flood the Ark, tower of Babel, sodom & Gomorrow
Abram offering up Isaac Phario Moses, the red sea 40 years in
the wilderness, Christ, the Apostles, the Jews, & Jerrusalem &c &c [Genesis 3] [Genesis 7] [Genesis 11:1-9] [Genesis 19:24] [Genesis 22:1-18] [Exodus 14]
then Joseph Brigham &c He was vary dry untill he come
to our day the the spirit of the Lord was with him & we were edifyed
He was followed by H. C. Kimball who bore a strong testimony
of the work of God He was followed by Joseph A Young

If the {United States send their troops here} they will have to behave themselves {If volunteers start to come here they will soon get notice not to enter this territory. If they do they must take what follows. They do not know what to do with us. They are} determined to make us conspicuous in all the world

President Young asked Brother Rich if He had any thing He wished to lay before that council brother Rich then said that concerning their debts in that place that they were paying 3 per cent per Month for their mony had now got it for 2 1/2 per cent. we have Now reduced our debt to $20,000 & our city is released & all good lands as fast as we pay we think we shall negociate a loan of mor for less interest & nearer home. Their is a few men in that place who have turned mob & Jerong M Benson is at the Head of it I told them if they began it their should not be a man of them left alive

June 15, 1857 ~ Monday

June 15th 1857 I spent the day in the office with G. A. Smith. we read Samuel Smith History

June 16, 1857 ~ Tuesday

16 I spent the day in the office we finished reading Samuel Smiths History & found the History of David Papten Samuel Smith & Joseph Smith the Prophet all written by their own hands & we did not know that they were in the office we were glad to get these Journals

June 17, 1857 ~ Wednesday

17th I spent most of the day in the office on the History of the Twelve in the afternoon I attended the 14th ward female relief society at my House with Robert Campbell we both addressed the meeting there were about 50 present sewing knitting sewing carpet rags making quilts &c it is a laudable undertaking all the females in the ward meet at my house each wednesday afternoon they open & close with prayer. Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff is President & Mrs Pratt Secretary they Clothe all the poor in the ward & during the last Quarter they made a Donation to the perpetual Emigrating fund of $126. I wish all go & do like wise

June 18, 1857 ~ Thursday

18th I spent the day in the office writing the History of T. B. Marsh & Wm Smith

June 19, 1857 ~ Friday

19th I spent the day in the office writing the History of the Twelve tabby & another Indian called upon me to get pay for trying to get my horses I gave them some Articles

June 20, 1857 ~ Saturday

20 I spent the fore part of the day in the office the after noon at home

June 21, 1857 ~ Sunday

21 Sunday I attended meeting in the bowery Abel Lamb spoke in the bowery gave a long panorama of the History of man from Adam to this day took us through the garden of Eden the flood the Ark, tower of Babel, sodom & Gomorrow Abram offering up Isaac Phario Moses, the red sea 40 years in the wilderness, Christ, the Apostles, the Jews, & Jerrusalem &c &c then Joseph Brigham &c He was vary dry untill he come to our day the the spirit of the Lord was with him & we were Edifyed He was followed by H. C Kimball who bore a strong testimony of the work of God He was followed by Joseph A Young