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Excerpt:April 14, 1855 ~ Saturday April 14th I spent this day with the Presidency Twelve & missionarr[ies] who met at the 70s Hall we had an address from President Young & others I met this evening with the Universal scientific in their Annual meeting April 15, 1855 ~ Sunday 15th Sunday I Attended meeting in the Tabernacle President Grant Preached in the morning upon natural Phylosophy & was followed by President Young both discourses were vary interesting & ...Dates:April 14, 1855 April 15, 1855 April 16, 1855 April 21, 1855 April 22, 1855 April 23, 1855 April 24, 1855 April 25, 1855 April 26, 1855 April 28, 1855 April 29, 1855 April 30, 1855 May 1, 1855 May 4, 1855 -
Excerpt:May 7, 1870 ~ Saturday May 7, 1870 Conference Met at 10 oclok J. F. Smith Prayed G. Q. Cannon Read a sermon of O. Pratt in reply to Rev Mr Newman who preached Before the Congress of the U. S. against Poligamy and the Mormons it took Brother Cannon one hour & 10 Minutes to read it. President Young spoke 11 M[inutes] Afternoon W Woodruff Prayed G. A. Smith spoke 12 M. The Authorities of the ...Dates:May 7, 1870 May 8, 1870 May 9, 1870 May 13, 1870 May 14, 1870 May 15, 1870 May 16, 1870 May 18, 1870 May 19, 1870 May 20, 1870 May 21, 1870 May 22, 1870 -
Excerpt:May 23, 1870 ~ Monday May 23rd 1870 A Plesant Morning After a hard rain I mailed a letter to [FIGURE] H A King 240 Broadway N Y containing $1 for the Bee Journal & spoke of the $5 I sent Before May 24, 1870 ~ Tuesday 24 I went to the farm & spent the day fighting grasshoppers & choreing May 25, 1870 ~ Wednesday 25. I came to the City & spent the day in the Endowment ...Dates:May 23, 1870 May 24, 1870 May 25, 1870 May 26, 1870 May 27, 1870 May 28, 1870 May 29, 1870 -
Excerpt:June 23rd 1870 the Neglect of this has cost this Territy Millions of Dollars & many lives. Can we ask God to defend our families, while we Neglect the council given us. we should keep the word of wisdom & keep our arms & amunition in good order we should set a good Example in Zion & not be seen chewing tobaco & with a pipe in our Mouth or drinking whiskey. Afternoon Prayer By F. D. Richards. W Woodruff ...Dates:June 23, 1870 -
Excerpt:June 23 1870 the word you will soon have a woollen Factory Here you also want to get your knitting Machine. How long before we shall want a temple here not long I hope whare is Ezra T. Benson He was here a short time since He is gone others will be in his place but the kingdom of God will roll on At the close of the Meeting we drove to Box Elder & spent the night with Brother Snow 30 Miles June 24, 1870 ...Dates:June 23, 1870 June 24, 1870 June 25, 1870 June 26, 1870 June 27, 1870 June 28, 1870 June 29, 1870 June 30, 1870 July 1, 1870 -
Excerpt:June 27, 1871 G. A. Smith spoke 17 M[inutes] President Young 45 M[inutes] we then took Dinner I went with Wilford to lay out a place to build a House, we then started & drove over the Mountain to Laketown 22 Miles We held a Meeting in the Bowery the grass hoppers eat up all the grain in the place. Brother T W Elebeck opened By prayer President Young spoke 35 Minutes He said 27 years ago ...Dates:June 27, 1871 June 28, 1871 June 29, 1871 June 30, 1871 July 1, 1871 July 2, 1871 -
Excerpt:May 6, 1868 ~ Wednesday May 6, 1868 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to my Brother Azmon Woodruff Containing 10 Pages of fools Cap Answering a long letter of his wharein he says he does not Believe in a litter[al] gathering of the saints or the Jews in the last days, or the building of Zion or Jerrusalem or does not Believe that Man is conscious of any thing after death I took up all these subjects & treated upon them at length also Plurality ...Dates:May 6, 1868 May 7, 1868 May 8, 1868 May 9, 1868 May 10, 1868 May 11, 1868 May 12, 1868 May 13, 1868 May 14, 1868 May 15, 1868 May 16, 1868 -
Excerpt:people will learn to do right, & live their religion. I have to war with the weakness of man I am incompassed with it, I know what it is to fight it all the time. If you are going to continue a refermation make up your mind to live your religion. If the people will do this it will be as Brother Woodruff says the darkness will pass away & I can live long among this people & so can brother Kimball & other men But if this people will go on lieing ... -
Excerpt:again soon. Arrowpere Amen & othrs was with us on sunday all well with them. our settle◇t is bro◇ken up at Salmon River by the grasshoppers who have eaten up evry green thing, they will probably go there again when they make a [Ruin] of more provison. The Calafornia Mail came in last night & the Easten Mail is [expecting^d^] in evry hour, as it is but a few miles from us July 31st. The Mail came in last nght at 9 ock & b[ro]ught me your Letter of ... -
Excerpt:[31 July 1856] Dear bro Geo a Smith We {shorthand} in anticipation {shorthand} mail coming {shorthand} tomorrow so we wish {shorthand} ready {shorthand} far {shorthand} possible past month {shorthand} very dry since you left {shorthand} valley we {shorthand} [h]ad rain on 4 days which {shorthand} done considerable good for {shorthand} dried up vegetation many fields {shorthand} wheat for lack {shorthand} water did not grow up a foot yet some portions will have {shorthand} little wheat on it some corn as not [h]ad I irrigated at all {shorthand} if it were not for {shorthand} showers {shorthand} would ...Dates:July 31, 1856