16 I wrote One letter to A E Hinkley I met in council with the Presidency & Twelve and during the
conversation F D Richards was called upon to
Make a statement of the Purport of a Letter that He had written
to President Taylor concerning what He thought ought
to be written in the Law of the Lord or the Book called
by that Name which met with feelings of all of us
And it was universally voted that Brother Franklin
D Richards Be appointed assistant Historian I spent
the Evening at home
~ Thursday
17 I received two Letters from Elder Brigham
Young which were interesting I Attended a Dinner party
at Sister Barretts in the Evening
~ Friday
18 I looked over my Journals to day to try to
find what amount of tithing I had Paid since 1850
I found $ I had Paid Tithing from 1860 to 1883
$5751.75 cts But what was Paid from 1850 to 59
Being 9 years I could [not] get from my own Accounts
But I paid Tithing those years as I was in Legislature
and received $120 each secssion and I always paid
my tithing on my income
16 [FIGURE] I wrote One letter to A E Hinkley [FIGURE] I met in
[FIGURE] council with the Presidency & Twelve and during the
conversation F D Richards was called upon to
Make a statement of the Purport of a Letter that He had written
to President Taylor concerning what He thought ought
to be written in the Law of the Lord or the Book called
by that Name which met with feelings of all of us
And it was universally voted that Brother Franklin
D Richards Be appointed assistant Historian I spent
the Evening at home
~ Thursday
17 [FIGURE] I received two Letters from Elder Brigham
Young which were interesting I Attended a Dinner party
at Sister Barretts in the Evening
~ Friday
18 FIGURES I looked over my Journals to day to try to
find what amount of tithing I had Paid since 1850
I found I had Paid Tithing from 1860 to 1883
$5751.75 cts But what was Paid from 1850 to 59
Being 9 years I could not get from my own Accounts
But I paid Tithing those years as I was in Legislature
and received $120 each secssion and I always paid
my tithing on my income
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," January 14, 1884 - January 18, 1884, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/vQ60