21. I wrote 2 letters to hJohn Johnson & O Jacobson of Randolph
I offiered him city lots for $25 ap[i]ece I spent a part of the day in the
Office of President yTaylor I attended a Meeting in the Evening on the Petitions got up for Congreess to not pass special legislation
to take away our rights
~ Wednesday
22 I met in council in the forenoon & Prayer Circle & a
council at 3 oclok to take into consideration the importance of
organizating a State Govornment & asking for admission into
the union
~ Thursday
23rd I spent the day mostly in the office writing I attended the
council in the Evening and it was voted for the Legislature to get
a Joint Resolution passed to appoint a committee of both Houses to organize a State Government & ask for Admission into
the union Remarks were mad by Presidet Taylor & Erastus
Snow He said we should claim of the Government Evry right
that the Constitution gave us and if the Nation rejected us
they must bear the Blame of it this was our duty as a matter
of History & to our children & to Posterity
25 I received 4 letters from McAllisterBleak Griffiths
and Sarah I wrote 4 Letters to A Carrington Sarah
J D T McAllister & Bleak I spent the night at the grass lot 6 m[iles]
~ Sunday
26. Sunday I attended Meeting at the Assembly HallE Snow spok 1 H & 26 M[inutes] {in the power of God}
And young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association And
it was recommended to get up a petition from the Men & women
of Utah two Men were apointed to go toWashington & Meet
with Br CannonM. Thatcher & John Henry Smith was apointed
to this Mission we left about 9 oclok
~ Tuesday
21. [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to John Johnson & O Jacobson of Randolph
I offered him city lots for $25 apiece I spent a part of the day in the
Office of President Taylor I attended a Meeting in the Evening on
[FIGURE] the Petitions got up for Congress to not pass special legislation
to take away our rights
~ Wednesday
22 I met in council in the forenoon & Prayer Circle & a
council at 3 oclok to take into consideration the importance of
organizating a State Govornment & asking for admission into
the union
~ Thursday
23rd I spent the day mostly in the office writing I attended the
council in the Evening and it was voted for the Legislature to get
a Joint Resolution passed to appoint a committee of both Houses
FIGURES to organize a State Government & ask for Admission into
the union Remarks were mad by Presidet Taylor & Erastus
Snow He said we should claim of the Government Evry right
that the Constitution gave us and if the Nation rejected us
they must bear the Blame of it this was our duty as a matter
of History & to our children & to Posterity
25 FIGURES I received 4 letters from McAllisterBleak Griffiths
and Sarah I wrote 4 Letters to A Carrington Sarah
J D T McAllister & Bleak I spent the night at the grass lot 6 miles
~ Sunday
26. Sunday I attended Meeting at the Assembly HallE Snow spok 1 H & 26 Minutes {in the power of God}
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," February 20, 1881 - February 26, 1882, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/16J3