Aug 22nd 1864
At 8 oclok we started in a rain storm & drove to Wm
Kimballs & took dinner. I took dinner with Charles
A. Harper we then rode to G. S. L. City & I spent the night at home 45 mils
~ Tuesday to ~ Friday
23, to 26. I spent the time mostly in my garden
~ Saturday
27. Saturday I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 27. W. Woodruff sealed 18 couple
29. I renovated my Granery took every thing out & white-
washed every thing & put it back again to kill the Black
weavel, which is so destructive to wheat. I met at President Youngs with the Twelve & Merchants President Young asked
the Merchants to buy up the wheat & flour that was to
be sold
31 I spent the day at home preparing to start on a Journey tomorrow
~ Thursday
Sept 1st 1864 I started in company with President Young
7 of the Quorum of the Twelve, & a large Number of Brethren
for a Journey to St George. we drove to Battle Creek & spent
the night I stoped with George S Clark also F D Richard 42 M[iles] 2ndWe held a meeting in the Evening G. A. SmithE. T. Benson W Woodruff
& F D Richards spoke to the People we had a Hail storm
through Utah County which cut down the cane & corn
Aug 22nd 1864
At 8 oclok we started in a rain storm & drove to W
Kimballs & took dinner. I took dinner with Charles
A. Harper we then rode to G. S. L. City & I spent the night at home 45 mils
~ Tuesday to ~ Friday
23, to 26. I spent the time mostly in my garden
~ Saturday
27. Saturday I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
we gave Endowments to 27. W. Woodruff sealed 18 couple
29. I renovated my Granery took every thing out & whitewashed every thing & put it back again to kill the Black
weavel, which is so destructive to wheat. I met at President
Youngs with the Twelve & Merchants President Young asked
the Merchants to buy up the wheat & flour that was to
be sold
~ Tuesday
30 I spent most of the day at home I met with the
Jordan Dam Company at 4 oclok
~ Wednesday
31 I spent the day at home preparing to start on a Journey tomorrow
~ Thursday
Sept 1st 1864 I started in company with President Young
7 of the Quorum of the Twelve, & a large Number of Brethren
for a Journey to St George. we drove to Battle Creek & spent
the night I stoped with George S Clark also F D Richard 42 Miles
We held a meeting in the Evening G. A. SmithE. T. Benson W Woodruff
& F D Richards spoke to the People we had a Hail storm
through Utah County which cut down the cane & corn
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," August 22, 1864 - September 2, 1864, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/1jRV