Saturday January 1, 1842. I commnced placing goods on the shelves of my new assisted by. Bishop & others, and in the evening attended City Council,— 512 saints were reported at the Glasgow conferce of this date,

<​4​> Tuesday 4 I wrote Dr of on businss

sec, <​candidate for Gov of ​> made an inflammatoy speech <​agaist th[e] Saints​> at Edwa[r]dsville, a mass of falsehood.

<​5​> Wednesday 5. I dictated a business letter to , , Pa,— signed over & delivred the Town Plat of , to me as Sole Trustee in trust for the Chuch of J C. L. D. S.— My new was open for business this day for the first time, was filled with custoners, & I <​was almost​> continually behind the counter, as clerk, waiting on my fri[e]nds,

<​6​> Thursday. The New Year (LL, 57) things

<​12​> Wednesday 12. The Ship Tremont Sailed from for with <​the​> Saints, about this time. The following notice From this was published in The T&S, “Tithi[n]gs & Concortins [Consecrations], (667) .” I rode South about 7 miles to my woodland, acompand by Brothes John Landers & and fou[n]d a vein of cole about 18 inches thick apperetly [apparently] of a superior quality for the western Country.

<​<​13​>— My clerk— commnced bording with me.​>

<​15​> <​Saterdy 15.​> I commenced reading (LL 58) Edetien.

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