February 16, 1849 ~ Friday 16th [FIGURE] I recieved A letter from Wm Low spent the day writi[ng] February 17, 1849 ~ Saturday 17th I visited Boston And obtained the New York weekly Her[ald] I[t] was full of news on Calafornia, gold digings, &c large Extra[cts] from the Calafornia Star. Advertisment of Samuel Brannan & Wm Stout merchantman took gold at $16 per oz. Murders were spoke of And Exhertion to form A government February 18, 1849 ...

April 24, 1849 ~ Tuesday 24th I recieved a Letter from Br Wells of waterville Ct I walked to the foot of Chamber street N.Y. ^to^ took boat it had left so I walked back read the papers, stars &c containing Elder Jones Letter containing an account of his last visit & Conference with the welsh saints it was glorious, I shed tears of Joy over it. A Brother gave me a Calafornia knife blade 15 inches long. At ...

the blade & let it remain 2 1/2 minutes after the polish is taken off, then dip the blade in water then wipe it dry, then take clear tur- pentine & rub over the blade untill the varnish is clean off & while the blade is wet with the Terpentine dip it into dry slack lime then polish the blade in chalk & water with a peace of soft leather and it will appear of a silver cast To Engrave on Steel Follow the same direction as for etching ownly cover the steel all ...

He spoke well & much to our edifycation I followed him bore testimony to the work addressed the Saints & dismissed the meeting I had a good time all day and the best meeting that I have had in the eastern country on this mission October 9, 1848 ~ Monday 9th I gave Br Appleby a recommend to preach & organi[ze] the Churches in Pa. NJ & Delaware in my absence Brs Carter & ...