Cambridgeport Mass Feb 24th 1849 President Young & Council, Dear Brethren, Since I have been travelling in this eastern country which is so Highly famed for the education of their children, I have endeavoured to bear in mind that portion of the epistle which councils the Saints, "To secure at least A copy of Evry valuable treatise on Education" &c, &c. I have reflected much upon this subject, & the situation of the Saints in the valley, the thousands of children that will ...

Their original form. They use Greenleaf's Arithmetic, & Welds English Grammar The main publishers of the mentioned works Are sand Sanborn & Carter of Portland Maine. They have three steam presses in operation & have all they can do, they are introducing those works not ownly in the old states But New ones such as Texas, Arkansas &c & wish to introduce them into the New Territories. They called upon me & made inquiries concerning the probable population of the valley. They ...

December 1, 1889 ~ Sunday Dec 1, 1889 ^Sunday^ I spent the day at home Ovando was better & spent the day with me I took him home at Night 6 M[iles] December 2, 1889 ~ Monday 2 Recommends signed 19 Received 19 Letters I wrote 24 Letters to Newton & Sarah & co I met with the Z.C.MI Board on S. W. Sears on his stock affairs He finally turn over his stock to ...

May 2, 1889 ~ Thursday Thursday May 2, 1889 I went to the office and signed 10 recommends received 15 Letters. I had an interview with Bro Joseph Watson of Watson Bros. and Bro John Jacques, and agreed to lease to Watson Bros. a part of my Valley House lot 7x5 rods in the centre of the block for 5 years at $15.00 per month & directed Br. Jackques to make out the lease. I attended a meeting of the Church Board of Education from 10 ...

April 5, 1889 After Meeting with the Twelve Apostles and Organizing the first Presidency I met with the Stock Holders of the Z C M I and My Report as the President of the institution was and a Devidend of 5 per cent for the half years Declaired, we then adjourned and I then went into a Meeting of the State Board of Education and transacted such Business as was necessary I called in the Evening at Judge Elias Smiths and returned at the

Oct 7, 1889 We ordaind John Beal Patriarch I met in the upper room of the Gordo with the Twelve Apostle & my counsielors we ordained M. W. Merrill A. H. Lund & Abram H Cannon to the Apostleship to fill the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles W Woodruff ordaind M. W. Merrill G. Q. Cannon ordaind A. H. Lund & Joseph F Smith ordained Abram H Cannon to the Apostleship ...

A Synopsis of Wilfords Woodruff Labors in 1889 I Travelled during the year 10320 Miles I attended 2 general conferences, & 16 quarterly conferences I Attended 70 Meetings & preached 57 discourse I held 17 Meetings with the Twelve & 8 with Z.C.M.I. I signed Drafts 322 and 18 schools certificats I attended 4 Meetings with the State Board ^of^ Education I Attended 14 Meetings with the board of Savings Bank I wrote 815 Letters 815 Letter I ...

April 6, 1891 ~ Monday April 6, 1891 Conference Met at 10 oclok Prayer By John Morgan W Woodruff spoke 30 Minutes F D Richards 20 Minuts M Thatcher 40 Minuts [FIGURE] James Moses born 25 Feb 1806 Died April 4, 1891 Aged 85 years & 35 days Afternoon Prayayer By S B Young sacrament Administered Then G. Q. Cannon spoke 60 Minutes. H J Grant spoke 30 m[inutes] The following ...

December 16, 1890 ~ Tuesday Dec 16, 1890 I signed 10 Recommends I received 7 Letters I met with the Board of Directers of Z.C.M.I on the 15 & Decided to Pay the Execetive Committees $500 dollars a year Besides the $200 making $700 each I was Notified to connect the valley House with the sewerage which I aranged for December 17, 1890 ~ Wednesday Dec 17. I signed 12 Recommends I received 14 Letters [FIGURE] I wrote 2 Letters to

May 29, 1890 ~ Thursday May 29, 1890 I signed 79 Recommends I received 38 Letters [FIGURES] I wrote to Pheb A. Snow on Valley House property I was wanted at Court yesterday but did not go May 30, 1890 ~ Friday 30. This was Decoration Day I spent the day at the farm and spent the night there 6 Mil May 31, 1890 ~ Saturday 31. [FIGURE] I attended the funeral of Barbary Moses the wife of ...