% Bishops' Meeting Minutes (6 June 1854)
% Brigham Young Office Files, General Correspondence Incoming
% "George D. Watt Letter"
% Transcription © Illinois Deseret Consortium, 2026

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13T wOrd skul hQUs
5 <p>. <m>. tIuzde jIun 6T 1854.

bISVps mEt prsunt tu kOl frQm D stand Qn sVnde last.
bISVp pEtIgru wQz kOld tu D cer pro tm VntIl bSVp hVntr arAIvd.
" D spIrIt Qv kQd* lAI* e fAIr Iz brnIN", wQz sVN, and prer
bAI bISVp smut.
D mnIts Qv D last mitN wer rEd and aksEptd.
bISVp <h>Vntr nQU rAIvd* and tuk* D cer.
D 1{st}, 2{nd}, 5{th}, 6{th}, 7{th}, 8{th}, 9th}, 10{th}, 11{th}, 12{th}, 13{th}, 14{th}, 15{th}, 16{th}, 17{th},
wst jOrdn, SVgr hQUs and bIg kQtn wd (wUd) wOrdz wer rEprIzntd.
bISVp <h>Vntr sEd "hi wQz hapI tu mit wID D brEDrn, hum
hi blivd hwer* e cozn band Qv mn, and wer aktN az mn.
It Iz D dIutI Qv D bISVps tu trAI D spIrIts In Der wOrdz, and
si Dat EvrI prsn pez Der tAIDIN; Olso tu si Dat D ticrz du
Der dIutI. wi mVst akt In sVc e we az tu mErIt D blsNz Qv
gQd; sik ic VDrz wlfer az De dId In D sItI Qv inQk." hi
Vrjd VpQn D bISVps D ImpOrtans Qv kipN e stIkt* and feTfUl
akQUnt Qv Der stIurdSIp. Olso tu Egzrt Dmslvz In gEtN wUd hwAIl D
sizn Iz fevrbl, and tu nstrVkt D brEDrn In Der wOrd tu du D sem.
hi sEd D krQps sQUT luk* wl, and hi blivd wi SVd nEvr si sVc
e tAIt tAIm az DIs egn.
bISVp hewUd flt It e prIvlj tu mit wID D bSVps. hi nIu
bAI EkspirVns It wQz an mpOrtant steSn tu wQtc* ovr e wOrd.
hi Olso aludId tu D gret hlp wIc* QUr let petrIrk <j>Qn smIT wQz
tu hIm In hIz wOrd In gEtN D ppl tu So e gUd spIrIt tuOrdz icVDr*.
hi sEd De had e gUd skul, and D wOrd jnrlI wQz In e gUd stet.
bISp pEtIgru rEprIzntId D tnT wOrd az bN VpQn D hol pur,
bVt hrd wrkN ppl. hi hopt D tAIm wUd sun km hwn lAIk D ppl Qv
inQks sItI wi SVd nQt kVvIt wlT, Dn wi SVd njQI e kQntInIul sprIN
Qv blsNz frQm D lOrd.
bISp oglIn sEd hi blivd D bISVps and lsr prithud* wer duN
D bst De kUd. hi blivd Der wer az gUd brEDrIn In D 14T wOrd az nI=
hwer In D valI; Dat Der wer 4 skulz In D wOrd, and D mitNz wer
wl atndId; and Dat De had Olso e sabVT skul wl atndd, and
D fast (fast) dez wer wl atndd tu; and D pur r nQU rilivd bAI doneSnz

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InstEd Qv QUt Qv D tAIDN. tAIDN.
bISp hVntr sEd Qn D sVbjEkt Qv sVstenN D pur, Dat hi wQz In fevr
Qv aktIvItI In EvrI spSVz (spSIz) Qv manIufaktrI, and so lQN (lON) az wi stup
tu QUr nImIz tu sVplAI QUr wQnts, wi nid nQt EkspEkt nI vErI EkstEnsIv
vIsItN* Qv enjlz.
bISp wlI (wUlI) Eksplend hwQt przIdnt grant had rikwAIrd Qv D
bISps dIurN D absns Qv D prizAIdN bISp. hi wQz In fevr Qv
taksN (taksN) D ppl fOr D sVport Qv D pur. hi Vrjd D nssItI Qv
hOlN (hOlN) In D fAIrwUd (fAIrwd) DIs sVmr.
D bSps Qv D 5T, 12T, and 8T wOrd spok and gv e gUd akQUnt Qv Der
wOrdz.
D mitN ajrnd tu DIs de tu wiks at 5 <p>. <m>.
bnIdkSn bAI <e> kOrdn.

<j>. <d>. <w>Qt
<r>iportr

DIs Iz nQt so wl rItn In kQnsIkwns Qv D onlI pn AI had bN e bad wUn*.

przdnt brgham yVN

<j>un 6T 1854

<j>. <d>. <w>Qt
tu
prEzIdnt <b>. <y>VN

sVport Qv D pur {&c}