Mormon History, Aug 4, 1847

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 4th I met in Council this morning with the Twelve to set upon a case brought up By Br Gribble concerning improper conduct of one or two men with his wife. There was contradictory testimony & the Case was finally dismissed for the time being.
We again met in Council concerning the size of the temple square. It was finally considerd we Could not do justice to 40 acres to begin with & finally concluded to confine the Temple & gard[ing] to 10 acres.
After Council I rode with G. A. Smith to the mountain to find some timber to put us up a small building for a store House & [-] also commenced to day to prepare ground &c. Commenced making dobys for puting up a fort.

[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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