<​ at .​> <​26.​> Friday— 26[th]. Early this morning. soon after midnight the breth[re]n arrived at , and proceded to tran[s]act the business of their missi[o]n, according to the following Minutes “At a Council <​Conference,​> X (see mints [minutes]) Prest, & (Let 138) Thus was fulfill[e]d a Revelation of July 8 th1838 which our enemies had said could not be fulfilld. as no Mormon was permitted to be in the ,— The brethn immediately returned to taking with them the families from Tanney’s Grove &ct. &c.

The committe[e] continu[e]d look at the differ[en]t loccation which were present[e]d in , Iowa and abo[u]t in Illinois.

<​Letter to the Argus​> <​May 1​> Wednesday May 1. 1839. The following Letter was commucatd [communicated] to the “Quin[c]y Argus,” (a weekly Newspaper for publicat[io]n published at ) “To the Editor (J. see let) ”.

<​H[ugh] White. purchase​> I this day purchased, in connexion with others of the committe[e] a farm of Hugh White, consisting of 13.5 135 acres, for the sum of $5,000 dollars, also a farm of Dr. <​ purchase​> lying west of the White farm purchase. for the sum of $9,000; both of which were to be deeded to . according to the council of the committee: but delar[e]d that “no committe should contact any property which he had any thing to do with.” consequ[en]tly the purchase was deeded to , ’s son-in-law. but paid for by the . with the express understanding that he should deed it to the church, when the chuch had paid for it, which they were <​according to their​> obligation to in the contract.

A letter was recevd [received] by the presidny [presidency] of the church in then at , from President , stating that Isaac Russel[l] had apostatized. & had led and was the & stiled himself the Prophet, as Joseph had fallen.— said the spirit signifed to him that Russel was secretly trying to lead away the church at Alston. Eng. & wished the Elder to see to it.— The spirit had signifed manifstd [manifested] the same thing to . & he was deputed by <​a council of the​> <​presdeny​> to visit the church in <​at​>. Alston .

<​Return to ​> <​3​> Friday 3. I retur[ne]d to . left for Alston.

<​4​> Saturdy 4.— “Minutes of a gen X (L. 140 141, 142) Clerk” 10— o clock”, A M.) [p. 55]