Jan 31, 1868 ~ Friday Nominated Abram O. Smoot to go to Provo as President Mayor & Bishop of that Place & John Taylor as Judge and a Number of others as City Councillors February 1, 1868 ~ Saturday Feb. 1st 1868 I met many of the Brethren at President Youngs office to make arangements about going to Provo I spent most of the day in the Endowments House we ...

February 8, 1868 ~ Saturday 8, Feb 1868 8. we met at 10 oclok in the meeting house for a 2 days Meeting. Prayer By W. Woodruff. G. A. Smith spoke 20 M[inutes]. 9. Sunday We met at 10 olock President Young spoke 42 M[inutes] H. C. Kimball spoke 35 Minutes Afternoon The People met for a mass Meeting to nominate the civil officers for Mayor Aldermen & City Council After which W. Woodruff spoke 40 Minutes J Taylor spoke 20 Minutes ...

April 12, 1868 ~ Sunday April 12, Sunday 1868 I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended Meeting in the Tabernacle Eleazer Miller Prayed and Peter Nebeker spoke 10 Minutes Lucius J Pack 20 & Albert Brown 32 minutes In the afternoon G Q Cannon pr[a]y[ed] Erastus Snow spoke one hour & 10 minutes G A Smith spoke 25 Minutes I attended the Prayer circle with the ...

April 25 1868 and went to the Mouth of the Provo to try to ketch some fish but the wind Blew vary hard down the Canyon & was cold we could not ketch any fish untill after 10 oclok I caught one trout that weighed 4 lbs he broke 3 strands of my line Before I secured him. ^47 Endowments D H Wells sealed 27 couple^ April 26, 1868 ~ Sunday 26. Sunday I attended Meeting in the Meeting House ...

June 25, 1868 ~ Thursday June 25 1868 It rained in the morning at about 9 oclok Jeremiah Stockings took me in his carriage & we rode to Battle Creek called pleasant Grove we spent the night at John Neff's I held a meeting in the Evening & Preached to the people distance 38 mils June 26, 1868 ~ Friday 26. We rode to Provo & spent the night with my family there 12 [miles]. June 27 ...

September 7, 1868 ~ Monday Sept 7, 1868 I spent the day Journalizing & picking fruit September 8, 1868 ~ Tuesday to September 12, 1868 ~ Saturday 8 to 12 I spent the week picking fruit & choreing September 13, 1868 ~ Sunday 13 Sunday I attended Meeting in the Tabernacle A. Rockwood Prayed President Joseph Young spoke one hour & W Woodruff spoke 33 Minutes An account Published in the Eastern Papers Afternoon Prayer By O. Pratt ...

November 29, 1868 ~ Sunday Nov 29, 1868 Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle all day & prayer Circle in the morning & in the Evening. Milo Andrews spoke 30 M[inutes] in the morning, in the Afternoon C. W. Penrose spoke 57 M[inutes] President Young spoke 55 Minutes. I preached in the Evening in the 12 ward November 30, 1868 ~ Monday 30 [FIGURE] I wrote to A. O. Smoot December 1 ...

April 16, 1869 ~ Friday April 16 1869 I left Salt Lake City this morning for a Journey to St Georg we had the painful intelligence that Franklin Woolley was Murdered By the Indian near Calafornia & they were Bringing his body home in a Metalic coffi[n] J. V. Long was found dead in a ditch on the 14th Died a drunkard found dead with 2 Bottles of whiskey with him many smart men are going ...

American Fork Sept 26th [18]87 Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Salt Lake City. Dear brother: Your letter of 22nd inst at hand. in answer will say: I feel very weak, but I will go. Your brother in the Gospel. Ammon Mercer. I cheerfully endorse the call made on Bro Ammon Mercer William M Bromley Bp OK ...

June 5, 1858 ~ Saturday June 5th I spent the day in the office June 6, 1858 ~ Sunday 6th Sunday I took my Horses & carriage & took Elder O. Hyde to Pondtown & held two meetings we organized the pondtown district into a ward and we Appointed A. O. Smoot Bishop and to preside over the people in that place we had a good time and returned home in the evening 30 miles June ...