Feb 6, 1865
A plesant morning my Boys went to Fort Harriman for cattle. I spent the day in the office I wrote 3 letters 2 to Jud[g]e Kenney 1 to Justin Wixom
10. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 57. W Woodruff sealed 19 H C Kimball 3, & G Q Cannon
14 couple total 36. I spent last night at President Youngs office untill 10 o'clok attending the Navigation & Irrigation
Canal Company Meeting they desided to tax city lots $100
Each five Acre lots $100 Ten acre lots $100 the two cottonwoods
$7.50 pr Acre dry creek $15 pr acre & unoccupied
lands $10 pr Acre & to collect 25 per cent this year
~ Saturday
11. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
53 W Woodruff sealed 20 couple & G Q Cannon 16. On my way to the office I called into the office of Brother Sharp and stood by the side
of Sister Marinda Hoyde the wife of Orson Hyde while she had 15 teeth
pulled all that she had in her mouth
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended the
meeting all day Bishop Kesler spoke in the forenoon & G Q Cannon
in the afternoon He had much of the spirit of the Lord & spoke well I met
with President Young & J. Taylor & G. Q Cannon for prayer Brother Cannon
accompanied me to Robert T. Burton & laid hands upon his ownly
son 10 yers who was vary sick. I preached at night in Bishop Hickenloopers ward to a full House & had a good time I went home in
a driving snow storm
15 It rained & snowed. I got of the dentist Sharp a new
set of upper teet[h]s set in India rubber. I paid $20 upon them
I spent the day in the office writing letters I sent 2 likenesses in each of the 3 Above named letters of W. W. PWW
~ Monday
Feb 6, 1865
A plesant morning my Boys went to Fort Harriman for cattle. I spent the day in the office
[FIGURE] I wrote 3 letters 2 to Judge Kenney 1 to Justin Wixom
10. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 57. W Woodruff sealed 19 H C Kimball 3, & G Q Cannon
14 couple total 36. I spent last night at President Youngsoffice untill 10 o'clok attending the Navigation & Irrigation
Canal Company Meeting they desided to tax city lots $100
Each five Acre lots $100 Ten acre lots $100 the two cottonwoods
$7.50 pr Acre dry creek $15 pr acre & unoccupied
lands $10 pr Acre & to collect 25 per cent this year
~ Saturday
11. I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
53 W Woodruff sealed 20 couple & G Q Cannon 16. On my way to the
office I called into the office of Brother Sharp and stood by the side
of Sister Marinda Hyde the wife of Orson Hyde while she had 15 teeth
pulled all that she had in her mouth
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended the
meeting all day Bishop Kesler spoke in the forenoon & G Q Cannon
in the afternoon He had much of the spirit of the Lord & spoke well I met
with President Young & J. Taylor & G. Q Cannon for prayer Brother Cannon
accompanied me to Robert T. Burton & laid hands upon his ownly
son 10 yers who was vary sick. I preached at night in Bishop
Hickenloopers ward to a full House & had a good time I went home in
a driving snow storm
15 It rained & snowed. I got of the dentist Sharp a new
set of upper teeths set in India rubber. I paid $20 upon them
I spent the day in the office writing letters
FIGURES I sent 2 likenesses in each of the 3 Above named letters of W. W. PWW
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," February 6, 1865 - February 15, 1865, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Bg5k