Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory

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    LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. In 1848, after my return to Winter Quarters from our pioneer journey, I was appointed by the Presidency of the Church to take my family and go to Boston, to gather up the remnant of the Latter-day Saints and lead them to the valleys of the mountains. While on my way east I put my carriage into the yard of one of the brethren in Indiana, and Brother Orson Hyde set his wagon by the side ...
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    & shall be an active assistance unto Bishop Hunter in gathering the Tithing of the people that the Temples of our God may be built & his works carried on. Let your heart be comforted you shall be blessed with evry hgood thing your heart shall desire & your heart words shall be like a two Edged sword among the people & we seal you up unto Eternal Life & no man shall take your Crown we seal all these Blessings upon your head in the name of Jesus Christ Amen ...
    Dates:
    October 13, 1856 October 14, 1856
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    January 17, 1856 ~ Thursday 17th I spent the day writing & preparing to leave for home tomorrow January 18, 1856 ~ Friday 18th [FIGURE] The Legislature met this morning at the state House at 5 oclok and adjourned till the 2nd Monday in dec 1856 after adjournment The Governor & all the Northern Members & Judges started for home it was a vary cold morning we rode to the severe & on to within 1 mile of Chicken Creek & camped ...
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    January 17, 1856 January 18, 1856 January 19, 1856 January 20, 1856 January 21, 1856 January 22, 1856 January 23, 1856 January 25, 1856 January 26, 1856
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    October 22, 1855 ~ Monday Oct 202 I returned home to salt Lake City distance 15 mils October 23, 1855 ~ Tuesday to October 27, 1855 ~ Saturday 23 to 27 I spent the week at home. A Quarterly conference was held at Provo on 27 & 28 by P P & O. Pratt & others October 28, 1855 ~ Sunday Sunday 28 I spent the day & night ah [at] home writing conference minutes October ...
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    October 22, 1855 October 23, 1855 October 27, 1855 October 28, 1855 October 29, 1855 October 31, 1855 November 1, 1855 November 2, 1855 November 3, 1855 November 4, 1855 November 5, 1855 November 6, 1855 November 8, 1855
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    in a rain storm. Salt Creek Fort is 104 Rods square 6 feet thick at the bottom 2 1/2 feet thick at the top 12 feet high & nearly finished. It con- tains 80 families & 350 persons they have 1 man school of 50 schollars we took supper at this Fort & rode on to the Springs & camped for the night 54 mile May 26, 1855 ~ Saturday Saturday 26 We started at 5 oclock rode to summit & on to payson & took breakfast. Pason wall took is 96 ...
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    May 26, 1855 May 27, 1855
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    June 11, 1855 ~ Monday to June 16, 1855 ~ Saturday 11 to 16th I spent the time drawing stone & hunting cattle June 17, 1855 ~ Sunday 17th I spent the time at meeting in the evening I attended the prayer circle June 18, 1855 ~ Monday 18 President Young & company started on their tour north June 18, 1855 ~ Monday to June 23, 1855 ~ Saturday 18th to 23rd I spent the time drawing stone sand clay &c for building ...
    Dates:
    June 11, 1855 June 16, 1855 June 17, 1855 June 18, 1855 June 18, 1855 June 23, 1855 June 24, 1855 June 25, 1855 June 29, 1855 June 30, 1855 June 30, 1855 July 1, 1855 July 2, 1855 July 3, 1855 July 4, 1855 July 5, 1855 July 7, 1855 July 8, 1855 July 9, 1855 July 10, 1855 July 11, 1855 July 12, 1855
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    July 13, 1855 ~ Friday 13th The conference opened at Provo this morning by Prayer & the People were addressed by President Brigham Young in the fore part of the day & followed by H. C Kimball in the afternoon by J. M. Grant & Samuel Richards in the afternoon July 14, 1855 ~ Saturday 14th President Young, Joseph Young, E. T. Benson & Brother
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    July 13, 1855 July 14, 1855 July 15, 1855 July 16, 1855 July 17, 1855 July 21, 1855 July 22, 1855 July 23, 1855 July 28, 1855 July 29, 1855
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    you are a good people but their is great room for imp- rovement in this city. the last one that we visited. I would like to see this people in good houses & gardens & in good forts. now when you come to the conference you all vote to sustain President Young now you have got to honour this man he holds the [FIGURE] of the Kingdom of God and sustain him or the Lord will not save & exhalt you in his kingdom ...
    Dates:
    May 6, 1854
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    as he tells me I do the will of my Father in Heaven for he is the only man that holds the keys of salvation. when I feel reluctant to do his will I feel bad & so do you all. when I do his will I can sleep in peace & my heart is consoled all the day long. this is also the case with you when you do not do as your Bishop tells you. last year your improvements were all scattered about but now you are got into a smashed suckertash pie. now go ...
    Dates:
    May 7, 1854 May 8, 1854 May 9, 1854
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    May 9th 1869 hands of God I wish the wicked would leave this Church & go away but they will stay wicth us more or less" W Woodruff spoke 10 Minutes. He said that there were two parties here & in other places. the one is the people of God & the other the people of the devil they serve him & are under the dominion of sin & satan. all who do not belong to the Church of Churchrist of ChBelong to the Church of the Devil. This people ...
    Dates:
    May 10, 1869 May 11, 1869