August 30, 1887 ~ Tuesday Aug 30 1887 [FIGURE] I spent the day with Brother Cannon I received 4 Letters & signed 15 Recommends we rode to the office in the city whare we spent the night 3 Miles August 31, 1887 ~ Wednesday 31. [FIGURES] Received 10 Letters wrote 1 Letter to Sarah signed 20 Rec we spent the day in council & Met with H S Eldridge in the Evening upon Z.C.M.I. Decided ...

but inasmuch as they are on the warpath they must find them if they can I dont know whare the End is but it must come to an End some time there is No world without a home. My Family are Generally will I have suffered the most of anyone for a Month with a severe cold on My Lungs I have caughed some of the time evry Minute for 24 hours without any sleep but I am better Now though still cough some but fell some better attend to business set up some of ...

Law Suit and all Church affairs taken together Keepe me vary busy (Private I was vary sorry to learn of D H Cannons affairs I was in hopes He had age & Experience Enough to keep out of such scrapes as that) As to Sulivan I dont know much about, his operation may be in his Line I dont think He is much of a Saint Our Law- suit has not Done much of Late I Expect sumthing will soon be done in it We are having vary cold Weather Thermomter 16 degrees ...

2 speaking, a dependency or ward of the United States; but in a State capacity we would be freed from such dependency, and would posses the powers and independence of a Sovereign State, with autorithy to make and execute our own laws. And being such, we would, in the event of the disruption of the general goverment, be independent of all earthly powers and clothed with legal as well as divine authority to assume the possition in the earth of God has designed or may design us to fill in such an event. As Statehood seems to promise ...