were good south. He came into the office & all the presidency sat for an hour together & herd History read July 16, 1856 ~ Wednesday 16th President B Young bought 33 Head of stray Cattle at auction paid $700 at $221.21 cts each I spent most of the day at the office. He called into the office & heard History read for about 2 Hours July 17, 1856 ~ Thursday 17th In company with Professor Carrington Elders

Called upon to go on Missions to Europe & to go with Brother Blair West on an exploring tour. Elder Thomas Bullock our chief Clerk in the Historians office August 11, 1856 ~ Monday 11th I put in 28 Apricott buds this morning into plum & peach stocks I spent the day in the office. The First Presidency B. Young H. C. Kimball & J. M. Grant spent the afternoon with us to day in hearing ...

August 17, 1856 ~ Sunday 17th Sunday I spent the fore noon at home & afternoon at meeting & evening in the prayer Circle. President Young preached in the morning in a vary Edifying manner & Phileman Merrill & S. Woolley in the afternoon in a vary spirited manner August 18, 1856 ~ Monday 18th I called upon President Young in the morning made some inquiries about his trip to Farmington on Saturday. Presidents Young & ...

October 15, 1855 ~ Monday Oct 15th Monday night P. P. Pratt W. Woodruff G. A. Smith & Erastus Snow of the Twelve & others met at the House of P. P. Pratts to organize the Territory of Utah into missionary districts & appoints missionaries to the various fields of Labour the following are ^is^ the division of the Territory in 6 districts Utah Co 1: Juab Sanpete, & Millard Co[un]ties Ut 2nd.

November 19, 1854 ~ Sunday 19th Sunday H C Kimball preached in the foren[oon] & Ltoeren Far in the Afternoon November 20, 1854 ~ Monday to November 25, 1854 ~ Saturday 20 to 25 I spent this week drawing wood November 26, 1854 ~ Sunday 26th Sunday I attended meeting at the tabernacl President Kimball Preached in the forenoon upon a variety of subjects & Aaron Far in the aftern[oon] November 27, 1854 ~ Monday [FIGURE] ...

was in the Hands of the people they had two schools ready to commence their fort wall was 110 feet long 64 Rods wide 3/4 of it was in the way of erection. A part of soldiers band was here distributed among the people to support & learn to work they did not like it & seemed vary mad some were leaving their wickeups & going to webber River. Bingham fort is 3 miles from Ogden I left this fort & rode to Ogden Hole & preached in the ...

December 9, 1854 ~ Saturday Dec 89th I left Farmington & rode Home to the salt Lake City & spent the night with my family 16 mils December 10, 1854 ~ Sunday 10 Sunday night I attended meeting in the Tabernacle Charles C. Rich Preached to the people in the fore noon upon the rise & progress of the settlement of San Barnadino W Woodruff preached in the after noon upon the subject of tithing, the poor fund & the education ...

September 7, 1869 ~ Tuesday Sept 7th 1869 I am vary weak to day but sat up some towards night September 8, 1869 ~ Wednesday 8. I am still quite weak but better Able to walk around some September 9, 1869 ~ Thursday 9. I am quite weak this morning but about 9 oclock I left the City in company with Thomas Taylor to go with the Presidency & attend a 2 days Meeting at Box Elder, we drove to ...

Sept 12 1869 We again Met at 1 oclok W Woodruff prayed G. A. Smith spoke 17 minutes G Q Cannon 20 W Woodruff 15 Minutes Names of Missionaries called were then read to the Assembly D H Wells spoke 11 M[inutes] F D Richards 8 & President Young 60 Minutes. At the close of the Meeting we drove to Ogden 22 M[inutes] I spent the night with Brother F D Richards & looked at the printed

August 24, 1872 ~ Saturday Aug 24, 1872 I spent the day stacking wheat & in the Evening I attended a Meeting of the Board of the D A & M Society I received 3 letters [FIGURE] from Sarah, Azmon, & Wilford. A Meeting was held 25In Millers Grove Farmington Davis County at 10 oclok the Presidency & Twelve were there August 25, 1872 ~ Sunday 25. Sunday in company with the Presidency ...