While the Quorum of the Twelve met in there pray[er] circle the conversation turned upon the subject of the dictation of the spirit of God & the great importance of following the dictation of that spirit in all our lives. President O Hyde said he had often found it difficult to dissern betwen the dictation of the spirit of the Lord and his own desires in things which he wished accomplished O Pratt said that a few days since while praying for the preservation of his family it came forcibly ...

December 4, 1857 ~ Friday Dec 4th 1857 The Calafornia Mail arived last evening we find from the Calafornia papers that the massacre of the Emigrants in the south by the Indians is laid to the mormons the people in Loss Angel held public meeting & passed Resolutions to call on the President of the United States to exhert his power to bring the murderers to Justice all the saints in Calafornia are returning home Brother Cannon got out a half sheet of the ...

December 8, 1857 ~ Tuesday 8th I spent the day in the office the forenoon in examining the Record of the Council of 50, the afternoon we read Brothers Kimball History to him he made considerable alteration in it I spent the Evening in the office December 9, 1857 ~ Wednesday 89th I spent most of the day in in the office I called in the President Youngs office all the Presidency were there & others, while there report came in that ...

Can you tell me anything of this man. GR Los Angeles Calif Nov 12th 95 Dear President Will you kindly tell me if you have on your records a man by the name of Mr Andrew Scott this Gentleman was under the employ of the Hon Brigan Young and Joseph A Young and an other Gentleman by the name of Mr. West ...

an early reply would greatly Oblidge Mrs J.J. Fanning Univesity Post Office [Univesity] Los Angeles Calif

San Berardino, August 8th, 1857. Br' Woodruff, Dear Sir. I have enclosed a variety of Pear grafts, Plums, and roses, to be forwarded to you for the Deseret Agricultural & Manufacturing Society of Utah, presuming you have stocks in which to bud them. They will reach ^you^ about the time we bud here with the greatest safety. I send these as an experiement, and shall enclose, and forward, a larger package by the next Mail. The Strawberries requested, we have not been able to obtain, (as ...

May 31, 1893 May 19 & G Q Cannon set apart John R Winder as the first assistnt & Joseph F Smith set apart Adolphus Madson as the seconed Assistant May 31, 1893 ~ Wednesday May 31. I went to the office spent a few hours & wrote up this Journal was not vary well Returned at 2 oclok June 1, 1893 ~ Thursday June 1. I went to the office, Met with quite ...

Fish but lost him, he would weigh 25 lbs. August 26, 1896 ~ Wednesday Aug 26th I spent most all day at the Hotel. We had a paper race in the afternoon. August 27, 1896 ~ Thursday Aug 27th We took cars in the morning and rode to San Francisco 125 miles. went to the Baths. then took cars for Los Angeles ^and San Diego^ (482 miles). rode all night. I did not sleep, as I did too much ...

of our friends who went with us. I think they gave most of them away to their acquaintances. We were somewhat weary when we got to our quarters. 30 M[iles] September 1, 1896 ~ Tuesday Sept 1st We took the cars and rode to Los Angeles, stopped at the Hallenbeck Hotel, after dinner all the company went out for a ride to see the country. I wrote a letter to Owen and gave him an account of our fishing trip. also sent him an ...

Asahel went to the Congregational Church meeting. Emma was sick through the night. September 7, 1896 ~ Monday Monday Sept 7th This Island is 22 miles long and from 1 to 8 miles wide entirely mountaineous. We took Steamer and arrived at San Pedro, thence by rail to Los Angeles 40 miles. We stopped and took dinner at our former hotel, and parted with our Mormon friends and took cars for home. We rode through that afternoon ...