September 7, 1872 ~ Saturday Sept 7, 1872 I spent the day in Preparing to take a Journey to Calafornia to Attend the State Fair with G A Smith & G Q Cannon I took up a collection for G. A. Smith to Bear his Expenses I collected $1658 which I paid over to him September 8, 1872 ~ Sunday 8. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting in the Tabernacle all day

Sept 12 1872 to visit the City. We visited the Merchants Library contained 33000 volums we visited the Williamette Woollen Manufact- uring Co goods, & the Merchants Exchange, Chamber of Commersce. San Francisco is a vary fine place the City looks as though it was 100 years old instead of 20. It contains 175000 Inhabitants & a vast amount of wealth Expended in building it up. We visited the Chineese part of the City Their God Josh, with their Eternal fires burning, we saw them ingaged in ...

Sept 17, 1872 we next visited Mr Lathram's grounds & place. It contained 70 Acres of Fruits & Flowers He also had the finest stables & Har- ness I Ever saw. We also visited Mr Atherton gardens & orchards his son-in-Law accompanied us through his orchards of Apples & Pears & vineyards. We then took cars & rode some 30 Miles to& there Met Mr Ralstons servant with a coach & 4 Horses awaiting us & we drove to Mr Ralston Princely palace & was received with all the attention that Princes could expect. He ...

September 18, 1872 ~ Wednesday Sept 18, 18372 18. We visited Howards Garden & D. O. Mills Dayiry whare he kept 275 cows every thing in prime order we then took cars & went back to San Francisco & visited the Central pacific Depo & Machine shop. We then visited the steemer great republic we visited Mr Heywoods Grounds, the greatest variety of the most varrigated flowers mingled with the Tropical shrubery and the Patriarchal live oak trees of a centauries growth from 1 to 5 feet in diameter made the scenery look ...

August 13, 1849 ~ Monday Aug 113th [FIGURES] I this day looked over my letters & papers sent to me in my Absecnse during last two months And I find I have recieved the following viz 15 Letters from the following persons G. J. Hardy, John Druce N H Felt, Alberd. J. Cowden, Mary Ann Pratt, Barsheba W. Smith, John Benbow Thomas Cartwright, James Burgess 2 ...

September 12, 1849 ~ Wednesday 12th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Allexander Badlam & one to Calvin I Foss of San Francisco sent by Brother Baldwin Sister Baldwin was attacked at our house this morning with sumthing like the cholera we laid Hands upon her & rebuked the desease & she was healed almost instan- ly got up dressed herself eat breakfast & went into Boston. September 13, 1849 ~ Thursday 13th I rode ...

October 10, 1849 ~ Wednesday Oct 10th [FIGURES] I recieved two letters one from Brothers Marryweather & Miles & one from Brother Wm Evans who was cut off from the Church at New York He confesses his sins and wants to return to the Church I advised him to make satisfaction to the New York Branch & come in by the door I wrote two letters one to Evans & one to Jacob Gibson. I recieved also one letter from Br gibson [FIGURE] ...

Council Bluffs with the money to buy oxen to take up the poor from there to the valley the coming spring. The Elders of Israel are also determined to send the gospel to all the world as soon as possible All of the Apostles who were in the valley have had missions assigned them. Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, & Willard Richards compose the first Presidency. Orson Hyde the President of the Twelve the following are ...

January 30, 1850 ~ Wednesday 30th I rode in company with M. C. Pevey to Peterboro & spent the night with J. C. Little I dined with Br Leonard Hardy 65 m January 31, 1850 ~ Thursday 31st I rode with Brother Pevey to see his Mother who was 84 years old but abot House quite smart I preached at night at Brother Leonard Hardy's to the saints 14 m February ...

March 11, 1850 ~ Monday 11th I Paid M. Cannon $5.575 dollars to Buy cannonttle with I went over Boston to East Boston twice. I took 3000 lbs of stationary & Books from the Eastern Depo to long wharf & put on board of the ship Beatrice Also 900 lbs of Baggage for S. B. Foss. March 12, 1850 ~ Tuesday [FIGURE] 12th We had one of the heardest snow storms this mo rning that I ever saw there was About 12 ...