November 25, 1836 ~ Friday Nov 25th Took the parting hand with Elder Sherwood I then set out in company with Elder S^m^oot on foot in a hard snowstorm for Kirtland We came in sight of the Temple of the Lord before we reached the village & I truly felt to rejoice at the sight as it was the first time that mine eyes ever beheld the house of the Lord built by commandment & Revelation We soon entered the village & I spent one of ...

kingdom as at the beginning which is according to the order of heaven with seers prophets, Apostles, Elders Priests, Bishops, Teachers, Revelation, Administering of Angels gifts, graces, Knowledge, wisdom, tongues healings &c. &c. Truly the Lord has raised up Joseph the seer of the seed of Abraham out of the loins of ancient Joseph, & is now clothing him with mighty power & wisdom & knowledge which is more clear- ly manifest & felt in the midst of his intimate friends than any other class of mankind. The Lord is ...

February 20, 1842 ~ Sunday Feb 20 Sunday I spent the day at home reading & writing February 21, 1842 ~ Monday to February 26, 1842 ~ Saturday 21 22 23 24 25 & 26 Was spent in the printing office Nothing remarkable transpired with us during the week excepting we prepared a plate [ink color change] for making a cut at the commencement of the Book of Abraham which is to be published in the 9 No of the 3 vol of the Times & ...

March 13, 1842 ~ Sunday 13th Sunday I spent the day at home with my family & wrote some in my Journal March 14, 1842 ~ Monday 14th Spent the day in printing Office March 15, 1842 ~ Tuesday 15th [FIGURES] The Nauvoo Masonic Lodge was formed esstablished and organized this day. The p[r]ossession was formed at half past one oclock at Joseph's store & marched in p[r]ossession to the grove in front of the

struck off July 1845 & is published up to the present time, thus from A little musterd seed the kingdom of God has grown in 15 years untill the sound thereoff has gone as it were over the earth, the church are now publishing four Papers two weekly & two semi monthly the Book of Mormon has had three editions published in America And only one in England Doctrins & Covenants or Revelations of God given through his serva[n]t Joseph have been published in three ...

Cincinnati is much of a place of business I sayw while there the Dead & wounded taken from the Flora caused by the bursting of the connecting pipes I took water at Cincinnati for Wellsville rising of 400 miles I also passed another boat that had run against a snag store her hull & sunk at Wellsville I took the stage to Kirtland 90 miles & whene I arived at Kirtland I was almost asstonished I at the alteration in the place since I was there in May 1834 for ...

The Saints abroad manifest much interest in the Book of Abraham in the T & Seasons it will be continued as fast as Joseph gets time to translate. Phebe wishes me to send her respects to Brother & Sistr Pratt we have a fine healthy girl◊ 3 months old. Our little Boy came near killing himself drinking strong lye but has got well again steam Boat & rail road accidents are as freequent as ever fires &c. I herd your letter read ...

left my station at the Nauvoo Provision Store and commenced to labour for the Church in the Printing Establishment. Elder Taylor and myself spent the afternoon in taking an invoice of the Printing Office which we finished the next day a^nd^ met at Joseph's store and E Robinson made out the deed to Willard Richards of his lot and house containing the Printing establishment and all appurtenances belonging thereto amounting in all to ...