Jan 1^st 1864

I spent this New years day at home & taking my family out to a sleigh ride

January 2, 1864 ~ Saturday

2nd I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House
Presedent Young & Kimball were present. we gave endowments to 17 person
I sealed 14 couple

January 3, 1864 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning. E. Hunter prayed
W. Woodruff was mouth I attended meeting at the Tabernacle all day E. F. Sheets
Preached in the morning & Erastus Snow in the afternoon. I met with
President Young & several of the Twelve for Prayer. B. Young prayed &
John Taylor was mouth. I preached in the 15 ward followed by E Snow

January 4, 1864 ~ Monday

4. The Legislature met to day at 1 oclok I spent the Afternoon in the
council. We were visited by Mr [blank] Carpentier the President of
the Calafornia Pacific Telegraph Company. He proposes to Esstablish
A new Telegraph line from Oregon to Mexico runing north & south
through the chain of settlements esstablishing the main depo in
theGreat Salt Lake City wishing us to pass an act giving him an Incor-
porate company & sustaining him in his operations by Legislative
Enactments. I spent the Evening at home one of my children was
sick with thea severe cough. Brother Tullidge read my Private
History which he had compiled in my Autobiography 131 pages

January 5, 1864 ~ Tuesday

5 I spent the afternoon in the EnCounci Chamber we done considable
business. It was vary cold night Thermomiter 7 degres below zero
I had a child quite sick I administered to it & it was healed

January 6, 1864 ~ Wednesday

6. A plesant morning after a cold night I spent the afternoon
in the council I wrote 2 letters one to I F Carter the other to
Azmon Woodruff we had a vary severe cold night

January 7, 1864 ~ Thursday

7. I spent the day in the Legislative Council. We had a
cold snowy day. I visited Col R. Burton in the Evening I
found him sick confined to his bed. He gave me a cirtifica[te]
to the guard to visit Luce in prision who was awaiting his
sentence to be shot I found him vary cheerful full of
hope that his sentence would be commuted to confinement
in the penetentiary. He had no Idea of Dying. He said it
would take a man of more nerve than he had to give
himself up to be executed & he should not do it he did not
say how he would avoid it. I wrote a letter to My Brother
Thompson Woodruff

Jan 1st 1864

I spent this New years day at home & taking my family out to a sleigh Ride

January 2, 1864 ~ Saturday

2nd I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House Presadent Young & Kimball were present, we gave Endowments to 17 person I sealed 14 couple

January 3, 1864 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning E. Hunter Prayed W. Woodruff was mouth I attended meeting at the Tabernacle all day E. F. Sheets Preached in the morning, & Erastus Snow in the afternoon. I met with President Young & several of the Twelve for Prayer B. Young prayed & John Taylor was mouth. I preached in the 15 ward followed by E Snow

January 4, 1864 ~ Monday

4. The Legislature met to day at 1 oclok I spent the After noon in the council. We were visited by Mr [blank] Carpentier the President of the Calafornia Pacific Telegraph Company. He proposes to Esstablish A new Telegraph line from Oregon to Mexico runing north & south through the chain of settlements Esstablishing the main depo in Great Salt Lake City wishing us to pass an act giving him Incorporate company & sustaining him in his operations by Legislative Enactments. I spent the Evening at home one of my children was sick witha severe cough. Brother Tullidge read my Private History which he had compiled in my Autobiography 131 pages

January 5, 1864 ~ Tuesday

5 I spent the afternoon in theCounci Chamber we done considerable business. It was vary cold night Thermomiter 7 degres below Zero I had a child quite sick I administered to it & it was heeled

January 6, 1864 ~ Wednesday

6. A plesant morning after a cold night I spent the afternoon in the council I wrote 2 letters one to I F Carter the other to [FIGURE] Azmon Woodruff we had a vary severe cold night

January 7, 1864 ~ Thursday

7. I spent the day in the Legislative Council. We had a cold snowy day. I visited Col R. Burton in the Evening I found him sick confined to his bed. He gave me a cirtificate to the guard to visit Luce in prision who was awaiting his sentence to be shot I found him vary cheerful full of hope that his sentence would be commuted to confinement in the pententiary. He had no Idea of Dying He said it would take a man of more nerve than he had to give himself up to be Executed & he should not do it he did not say how he would avoid it. I wrote a letter to my Brother [FIGURE] Thompson Woodruff