[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Wind north. Cloudy and very damp. At 8, Brothers Shumway and Langley received a letter for Hendrick, Dana, and Herring, and departed immediately on their mission. At 9, President Young cut down a tree in front of his tent. At ½ past 9 he gave an address to the lazy who gathered around in front of his omnibus on the western expedition. At ½ past ten, proposed to swap wagons with Young Doyle. At 3 a.m., Sister Adeline, a wife of Ezra T. Benson, was delivered of a son named Samuel. About 3 p.m. Brother John Gleason started for Nauvoo, taking a letter from the Twelve at Garden Grove to Elders Hyde and Woodruff. About 5, ScottÂ's company number 3 arrived in camp by doubling teams, President Young having sent back 5 miles on the prairie to help draw their wagons through mud. Evening mild. Sun set clear after a showery day. Light northwest winds. The survey of the Garden Grove farm was completed and reported as follows (maps of two farms, one 390 acres, one 325 acres, etc.)
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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