January 27, 1851 ~ Monday

27^th I rode Horse Back to porters Mill in Mill kcreek kcanyon
& back again & spent the night with R. Allexander 20

January 28, 1851 ~ Tuesday

28^th I returned to the city with my family I there
learned that some brethren had arived from Calafornia
bringing a mail with them bearing the news that Brigham
Young was appointed our Governor L. W. Heywood state
Marshall the Judges to be sent from the states. There was great
rejoiceing in the valley that the Government had given us our
choice in a Governor President Young had gone North on
a mission was within 15 miles of the City the Band of
Music & an Escort went out to meet him & on ourtheir
arival in the City a salute of 10 guns was given & fire
works &c I shook hands with the Govornor at his house
& spent the evening with him & council at his house
the News brought is that the people are holding large mass
Meeting in the states against slavery that the gold digers
were dying 20 per day

January 29, 1851 ~ Wednesday

29^th I spent the day at home I received to day for the first
time the deserett Almanac got up by W W Phelps

January 30, 1851 ~ Thursday

30^th I dined at the Bath House with The Presidency
of the Church and the Twelve & their families the
keeper of the Bath House Brother Hendricks had a
daughter married the ceremony was performed by
President Young a[f]ter which he addressed the assembly
& said here are elements gathered together which
will create & make a heaven or create & make a hell Just
as the course you choose to persue He exhorted the
people to righteousness & wished them to keep the command-
ments of God we spent the evenigng together

January 31, 1851 ~ Friday

31^st [FIGURES] I wrote two letters one to I. F. Carter one
to Azmon Woodruff

February 1, 1851 ~ Saturday

Feb 1^st I bought a ten acre lot of [blank] Brown in
the Big field for Sarah B. Foss paid $120 for the same
rode down to the lot & back to the city

February 2, 1851 ~ Sunday

2nd ^[FIGURE]^ Sunday the congregation met at the Bower and
Mr Bateman requested the privilege of addressing the meet-
ing in behalf of Elijah the prophet who he sayes is in this
city president Young made some remarks before he
spoke Bateman addressed the meeting 9 minutes & bro-
ught forth Just Nothing President Young followed
and said we have herd what Bateman had to say but
he has brought forth Nothing many have arisen in these
last days professing to be Elijah the prophet but they have bro-
ught forth Nothing of interest to the people will any one tell
me what the office of Elijah the prophet was to be to the
Earth when he come the answer is to turn the hearts of the
children to their fathers & the fathers to the children lest I
come & smite the whole Earth with a curse [Malachi 4:6] the answer

January 27, 1851 ~ Monday

27creekcanyon]] & back again & spent the night with R. Allexander 20

January 28, 1851 ~ Tuesday

28th I returned to the city with my family I there learned that some brethren had arived from Calafornia bringing a mail with them bearing the news that Brigham Young was appointed our Governor L. W. Heywood state Marshall the Judges to be sent from the states. There was great rejoiceing in the valley that the Government had given us our choice in a Governor President Young had gone North on a mission was within 15 miles of the City the Band of Music & an Escort went out to meet him & ontheir arival in the City a salute of 10 guns was given & fire works &c I shook hands with the Govornor at his house & spent the evening with him & council at his house the News brought is that the people are holding large mass Meeting in the states against slavery that the gold digers were dying 20 per day

January 29, 1851 ~ Wednesday

29th I spent the day at home I received to day for the first time the deserett Almanac got up by W W Phelps

January 30, 1851 ~ Thursday

30th I dined at the Bath House with The Presidency of the Church and the Twelve & their families the keeper of the Bath House Brother Hendricks had a daughter married the ceremony was performed by President Young after which he addressed the assembly & said here are elements gathered together which will create & make a heaven or create & make a hell Just as the course you choose to persue He exhorted the people to righteousness & wished them to keep the commandments of God we spent the evening together

January 31, 1851 ~ Friday

31st FIGURES I wrote two letters one to I. F. Carter one to Azmon Woodruff

February 1, 1851 ~ Saturday

Feb 1st I bought a ten acre lot of [blank] Brown in the Big field for Sarah B. Foss paid $120 for the same rode down to the lot & back to the city

February 2, 1851 ~ Sunday

2nd [FIGURE] Sunday the congregation met at the Bower and Mr Bateman requested the privilege of addressing the meeting in behalf of Elijah the prophet who he sayes is in this city president Young made some remarks before he spoke Bateman addressed the meeting 9 minutes & brought forth Just Nothing President Young followed and said we have herd what Bateman had to say but he has brought forth Nothing many have arisen in these last days professing to be Elijah the prophet but they have brought forth Nothing of interest to the people will any one tell me what the office of Elijah the prophet was to be to the Earth when he come the answer is to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers & the fathers to the children lest I come & smite the whole Earth with a curse the answer