February 16, 1882 ~ Thursday

Feb 16, 1882
I spent the day in the office writing in my Journal

February 17, 1882 ~ Friday

17 I attended the funeral of Mother Elizabeth
Ann Whitney which was held in the Assembly Hall at
11 oclok Prayer By John Pack D H Wells spoke some 30 M[inutes]
Lorenzo Young 20 M[inutes] Joseph F Smith 30 M[inutes]. The Relief society
and a large train of carriages followed the remains to the grave

February 18, 1882 ~ Saturday

178 I got out a statement of the sayings of John D Lee
to President Young of the Mountain Meadow Massacree
I wrote a letter to Brs Mcallister & Bleak
I ^19^ went to the field & spent the night 6 mils

February 19, 1882 ~ Sunday

2019 ^Feb 1882 Sunday^ W^m Nixon Died at 2:30 I spent the day at the [Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory|farm]] I visited Azmon
And Betsey Cossett who was with him she
is in vary Poor health Br Wm Nixon Died
at 3:30 this morning I spent the day at the farm was not well

February 20, 1882 ~ Monday

20 I returned from the farm I spent the day at the office, I met
a short time Iwith Sisters E. rR Snow, Horn, King & others concerning
the young People' Association I spent the Evening at Presidents

Taylors Office upon the subject of Petitioning Congress
not to Enter into hasty Legislation against Utah upon
the flood of lies that is now delugeing the whole land against
the Saints of God There never has been such a universal
cry and howl against the Saints of God through out the whole
Nation as there is at the Present time by Priests and people
urging Congress to take away our rights of citizenship
and Congress are now passing Laws against us and we
now have to make our last appeal to the God of heaven
we had Reports read from the relief society young Mens

February 16, 1882 ~ Thursday

Feb 16, 1882 I spent the day in the office writing in my Journal

February 17, 1882 ~ Friday

17 FIGURES I attended the funeral of Mother Elizabeth Ann Whitney which was held in the Assembly Hall at 11 oclok Prayer By John Pack D H Wells spoke some 30 Minutes Lorenzo Young 20 Minutes Joseph F Smith 30 Minutes. The Relief society and a large train of carriages followed the remains to the grave

February 18, 1882 ~ Saturday

18 [FIGURE] I got out a statement of the sayings of John D Lee to President Young of the Mountain Meadow Massacree [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Brs Mcallister & Bleak I went to the field & spent the night 6 mils

February 19, 1882 ~ Sunday

19 Feb 1882 Sunday [FIGURE] Wm Nixon Died at 2:30 I spent the day at the [Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory|farm]] I visited Azmon And Betsey Cossett who was with him she is in vary Poor health Br Wm Nixon Died at 3:30 this morning I spent the day at the farm was not well

February 20, 1882 ~ Monday

20 I returned from the farm I spent the day at the office, I met a short timewith Sisters E.R Snow, Horn, King & others concerning the young People' Association I spent the Evening at Presidents FIGURES Taylors Office upon the subject of Petitioning Congress not to Enter into hasty Legislation against Utah upon the flood of lies that is now delugeing the whole land against the Saints of God There never has been such a universal cry and howl against the Saints of God through out the whole Nation as there is at the Present time by Priests and people urging Congress to take away our rights of citizenship and Congress are now passing Laws against us and we now have to make our last appeal to the God of heaven we had Reports read from the relief society young Mens