Jan 14, 1885 We are living in Perilous times No man who
obeys the Pratriarchal Law of Marriage is safe I am informed
that officers are after me I spent the day in the 17 ward
I wrote 7 Letters to Thomas W BrookbankG. J. Bleak Sarah, Emma, & Sarah D Woodruff. I called at
my house in the Evening with G Teasdale & got some things
and spent the night in the 17 ward 15 I wrote to James Jack Gave him an Account
[of] what orders to draw for my family see copy
I also wrote to Jesse Moses
~ Thursday
15 ^wrote^ Letters to John King, Newman Buckley, Price W Nelson, to J Jaques, & Phebe W Woodruff
I went home in the Evening Blesed my wife Phebe &
spent an hour with my family & returned to my
room in the 17 ward
~ Friday
16 I looked over my Journal for 1884 and recorded
the same I wrote 3 Letters to Joseph Kingsbury J Jaques & Emma
~ Saturday
17 I wrote a letter to G. Q. Cannon at 4 oclok Wilford
took me in a buggy & carried me west of Vancotts and
when the Utah southern train came along I got into the private
car of Samuel Hill the director and when we got to Nephi George Teasdale Joined me and we rode all night & arived
at Milford at daylight distance ofrom S L City 280 Mile
~ Sunday
18 Sunday Morning The conductor started the train before we
^^ got our things out they slacked a little so we got our things into
Brother Walker carriage and Brother Walker undertook to cross
the track as the train was coming on to us I told him to turn
~ Wednesday
Jan 14, 1885
FIGURES We are living in Perilous times No man who
obeys the Pratriarchal Law of Marriage is safe I am informed
that officers are after me I spent the day in the 17 ward
I wrote 7 Letters to Thomas W BrookbankG. J. BleakSarah, Emma, & Sarah D Woodruff. I called at
my house in the Evening with G Teasdale & got some things
and spent the night in the 17 ward
[FIGURE] I wrote to James Jack Gave him an Account
of what orders to draw for my family see copy
I also wrote to Jesse Moses
~ Thursday
15 [FIGURE] wrote Letters to John King, Newman Buckley,
Price W Nelson, to J Jaques, & Phebe W Woodruff
I went home in the Evening Blesed my wife Phebe &
spent an hour with my family & returned to my
room in the 17 ward
~ Friday
16 I looked over my Journal for 1884 and recorded
the same I wrote 3 Letters to Joseph Kingsbury
[FIGURE] J Jaques & Emma
~ Saturday
17 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to G. Q. Cannon at 4 oclok Wilford
took me in a buggy & carried me west of Vancotts and
when the Utah southern train came along I got into the private
car of Samuel Hill the director and when we got to NephiGeorge Teasdale Joined me and we rode all night & arived
at Milford at daylight distancefrom S L City 280 Mile
~ Sunday
18 Sunday Morning The conductor started the train before we
[FIGURE] got our things out they slacked a little so we got our things into
Brother Walker carriage and Brother Walker undertook to cross
the track as the train was coming on to us I told him to turn
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