History draft; handwriting of , John L. Smith, Jonathan Grimshaw, Robert L. Campbell, , , and ; 101 numbered pages plus several inserted pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 March 1843 to 31 December 1843.
<13> I was in conversation with most of the day; & approved of the revised laws of the , <containing<70 sections>>
<The Legion authorized the issuing of Legion scrip to the amount of 500—$. <70 sections>>
returned from , & reported that the was gone to , & he therefore left the Affidavits in the care of — (having started with an old decrepid animal & rode him all the way <there> & back again)——
he also reported that Gen of had started from the In <from > for .
, Q. S. Sparkes, & preached at Cabbotville Mass., while was preaching, some person threw a stone<s> <through the windows> & <one> hit on the thigh & <the mob> threw stones thru the windows <at them when they left the room, which flew like hail, but did not injure the brethren—>
<14> <Spent the day at home,> I was visited this day by a No. of Gentn & Ladies, who arrived from on a Steam Boat, they manifested good <kind> feelings
<15> <Spent the day at home— Weather very hot—>
Deeded my half share in the Steam Boat Maid of Iowa, and also over sixty City lots to —
<— A shower this <this> morning wet the ground one inch—>
at 6 p m went with my family & about 100 others took <on> a pleasure excursion on the Maid of Iowa from the , to the North part of the , & back returned at dusk—
A Theatrical performance in the evening by Mr. Chapman—
<Sunday 16> Preached in morning & evening at the in the , near & west of the , concerning a man’s foes being they of his own household <the same Spirit that crucified Jesus, is in the breast of some who profess to be Saints, in —> such as having secret enemies in the, intermingling with the Saints &c
<said I would not prophesy any more> and proposed as <to hold the office> of Prophet <to the , as it was his birthright, & I am going to have a reformation, & the Saints must regard for he has the authority—> that he <I> might be a Priest of the Most High King God— & slightly touched upon the subject of the , shewing that a man & his wife must enter into that Covenant in this world, & or he will have no claim on her in the next world; but on account of the unbelief of the people, I can not reveal the fulness of these things at present.
Dft History from June 1 <till> July <16th.> 1843 [p. 56]