February 20, 1842 ~ Sunday Feb 20 Sunday I spent the day at home reading & writing February 21, 1842 ~ Monday to February 26, 1842 ~ Saturday 21 22 23 24 25 & 26 Was spent in the printing office Nothing remarkable transpired with us during the week excepting we prepared a plate [ink color change] for making a cut at the commencement of the Book of Abraham which is to be published in the 9 No of the 3 vol of the Times & ...

March 2, 1842 ~ Wednesday March 2nd I spent the day as usual at the office March 3, 1842 ~ Thursday 3rd was spent at Printing Office March 4, 1842 ~ Friday March 4th 1842 Phebe A. Woodruff was Born this morning 30 minutes past 10 oclock unto us a child is given! unto us a daughter is born Mother & babe doing well. May the LORD be praised for all his mercies unto us After leaving my family ...

March 26, 1843 ~ Sunday March 26th Sunday I spent the day at home I looked over the Mail that brought our exchange papers & found them mostly vary destitute of news of interest except the Case of Mackenzie which is still exciting the public mind & will probably be the longest before it is closed of any case ever tried in the United States in consequence of the hanging Spencer, Small & another person on board of the Sommers in consequence of an exp- ected mutiny. Their is ...

Dec 16, 1870 I Preached the funeral sermon of Sister Neighber &she was the Mother of 14 children Had 11 living, & 9 at her funeral. I also attended the dedication of the 14 ward Store & Female Relief society Hall. D. H. Wells Made the dedication Prayer Bishop Hoagland addressed the Meeting followed By W. Woodruff G. Q. Cannon J F Smith & D. H. Wells. We took Supper at Sister Horns & I spent the Night at Frank Turnbows ...

is right. In what way is this to be done by sealing upon the head of the prophet Joseph those keys to remain in the Church & kingdom of God untill the winding up scene the Elders of this Church know those keys were sealed upon the head of Joseph Smith & still remain in the Church what are they to accomplish as the saints could not be perfect in former days with out the Latter day Saints Neither can we be perfect without our Fathers who have died for many ...

November 2, 1848 ~ Thursday 2nd I spent the day writing. While at Br Henry Druce I saw a wonder. His son 4 years old was sick his stomach was enlarging they soon found he had worms they gave him a bottle of Dr Jayner's tonic vermifuge. take 1 tea spoonful, 4 of water, one of Shugar mix them together this he took at once twice a day untill it brought away 40 worms 26 of which were preserved in a Bottle, 18 inch long ...

December 21, 1848 ~ Thursday 21st I spent the day at home writing December 22, 1848 ~ Friday 22nd [FIGURES] I went into Boston and done a little trealling Brother Gates called upon me & gave me a letter from Br Joseph Grover I wrote one to him in return Br Little spent the night with me. December 23, 1848 ~ Saturday 23rd [FIGURE] I wrote 4 letter to Little & Hardy, to Orson Hyde ...

far better. the South west of Iowa is a handy place place for the fur company & those who deal in bear skins & sweet oil. I think the ravens will get fat & turkey buzzards have a sociable feast before many thousand moons wax new & old. Success to the emigrants & to the south west ex- ploring company. It is to be hoped that they their expeditions will result in many important discoveries in the ancient Territories. You must excuse my fooleries for when one has not much news he dislikes sending an empty ...

to the Saints in offering to buy their lands at one hundred percent in thirty days and offering their's on the same terms, but when it is understood that the mob held possession of a much larger quantity of land than the Saints and that they only offered thirty days for the payment having previously rob[b]ed them of nearly every thing that they had, it whould be readily seen that they were only making a sham to cover their previous unlawful conduct, but the tempest of an immediate conflict seemed to be checked and the Jackson Mob ...

June 26, 1857 ~ Friday 26th I called upon the president in the morning I spent the day in the office June 27, 1857 ~ Saturday 27th I wrote a Letter to Brother Robert H. Porter & to the Rush valley Branch of the Church signed by O Hyde W Woodruff & F D Richards. The Nauvoo Legion came out to day G A Smith A Lyman & ...