17 I met the Presidency & Twelve & others at the Hospital to
dedicate it at 10 oclok Prayer By W Woodruff Rules of
of the Institution were then read. A speech was then made
By President Taylor followed by Joseph F SmithF. D. Richards
made the Dedicatory Prayer speech by W. Woodruff
followed by A. M. Cannon & Wm Jennings who donated
$500 to the Institution followed by C W Penrose
I took cars to Ogden & on to Smithfield whare I arived
at about Midnight 100 Miles
~ Tuesday
18 I found my Daughter vary sick and in Great distress
with an Absess on the right side I helped Newton
unload a Mowing Machine and set it up ready for work
I was taken with creek in the back yet I went to the field
with Newton to see him commence cut grass he had
a Johnson Mower which worked well 6 M[iles]
17 [FIGURE] I met the Presidency & Twelve & others at the Hospital to
dedicate it at 10 oclok Prayer By W Woodruff Rules of
of the Institution were then read. A speech was then made
By President Taylor followed by Joseph F SmithF. D. Richards
made the Dedicatory Prayer speech by W. Woodruff
followed by A. M. Cannon & Wm Jennings who donated
$500 to the Institution followed by C W Penrose
I took cars to Ogden & on to Smithfield whare I arived
at about Midnight 100 Miles
~ Tuesday
18 I found my Daughter vary sick and in Great distress
with an Absess on the right side I helped Newton
unload a Mowing Machine and set it up ready for work
I was taken with creek in the back yet I went to the field
with Newton to see him commence cut grass he had
a Johnson Mower which worked well 6 Miles
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," July 15, 1882 - July 23, 1882, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 31, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/r2op