November 13, 1861 ~ Wednesday

Nov 13 1861
I spent the day in the office looking over scraps

November 14, 1861 ~ Thursday

14 I spent most of this day looking over scraps

November 15, 1861 ~ Friday

15 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 45 I sealed 11 couple & D H Wells about 20. I spent the afternoon
in the office scrap[p]ing the evening at the social Hall to see an Exhibition
of Disolving views and went home in a hard rain storm which
lasted till 10 oclock

November 16, 1861 ~ Saturday

16 I spent the forenoon in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
63. D H Wells sealed 19 couple W Woodruff 14 couple I went to the
office in the evening & done some Journalizing. In the morning Before going
to the Endowment House. I dug up a peace of Ground & planted five diferent
kinds of Raspbury the Fastolf, Belle De Fontenay, Brincle Orange
White, 5 Kneveth Giant, & 1 Black.

November 17, 1861 ~ Sunday

17 ^Sunday^ I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House we gave
Endowmets to some 35. I sealed 15 couple President Young 2 couple
one was the wife of Alpheus Gifford who carried the gospel to B Young
& H. C. Kimball. He has been dead several years but his wife never
had her Endowments untill to day. I attended meeting at the Tabernac
in the afternoon. President Young spoke & gave a vary interesting
discourse upon the subjet of the unnatural and natural man, also the im-
portance of preserving our lives and the lives of our children of living
in such a way that when we are sick or any of our family that
we may have the spirit of revelation to teach us what to do. He
spoke of the impropriety of our partaking of the sacrament with
our gloves & hats on his instructions were of importance to the
people. I attended meeting in the 14 ward School House in the evening
& spoke to the people, & was followed By G. D. Watt in his pecul-
ier style He urged the people to wash their bodies, keep their
Houses clean & make clean bread He dwelt mostly upon clenli-
ness & the duties of wives to their Husbands.

November 18, 1861 ~ Monday

18 I spent a part of the day in the office I wrote some to Shuah Moulton
we now receive a Telegraphic dispatch almost daily from
Washington which keeps us posted upon the war Matters

November 19, 1861 ~ Tuesday

19 I spent the day in the office scrap[p]ing I spent the Evening in President Youngs office

November 20, 1861 ~ Wednesday

1220 I spent most of this day in the office looking of scraps

November 21, 1861 ~ Thursday

1321^st I spent the fore part of the Eday choreing the afternoon in the office