History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
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Source Note
History draft; handwriting of ; 25 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 July 1842 to 31 December 1842.
- Historical Introduction
17 On receiving the foregoing letters and having entered for the copy Right of a map of the city of . for Joseph Smith, in the clerks office of the, District of , the brethern left for ,
20 Tuesday 20th. Chopping & drawing wood, with my own hands & team as I had done mostly since the 9th. continued very sick. This PM. the brethern arrived from , & presented me with Messrs ’s, ’s, & letters and general history of their proceedings, which was highly satisfactory. Elder died this morning at a quarter past 3 oclock at Bradford, England. he is the first Elder who has fallen in foreign land in these last days. He had been (M.S. 159) day.
21 Wednesday 21. At home transacting a variety of business, gave instructions about a letter to Gen — I appointed that he should devote his time wholly to my employ, to which he consented. & appointed him my private secretary & Historian. & he immediately entered on the duties of his Calling. Elder , had previously been appointed Temple Recorder, and continued to be clerk in my temporal business as he had been since went East in the summer. He is a faithful Man see margin * and called on me with the Temple Committee for some advice, concerning their laying by provisions.— stone cutting &c after listening to their business I wrote the following, (“ Dec 21, 1842 To the hands in the stone shop (s Journal, page 27 &c) church”
22 Thursday 22. I was about home; Read correspondence between & Gen . & Read German with Elder . Bro [Daniel] Shearer inquired the meaning of the “little leaven which a woman hid in 3 Measures of Meal.” I replied, it alluded expressly to the last days when there should be but little faith on the earth and it should leaven the whole world; also, there shall be safety in Zion & Jerusalem, & in the Remnants whom the Lord our god shall call. The 3 measures refer directly to the Priesthood; truth springing up on a fixed principle, to the 3 in the grand presidency, confining the oracles to a certain head on the principle of 3.
23 Friday 23 Wrote. Esqr. , that I would accept the proposals of John C. Walsh, & give him $2500 for the N. W. Qr of Sec 8, 6 N. 8 W. said land lying between my & the .
24 Saturday 24th. At home P.M. Read & reviewed my history with , & walked with him to see Sister [Sylvia Sessions] Lyon who was sick, her babe died a few minutes before our arrival. From there we went to Bro Sabins to complet expense money for our journey to having just borrowed $100 for that purpose. while there [p. 19]
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