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The Prison Journal of Belle Harris

The Discourses of Eliza R. Snow

The Diaries of Emmeline B. Wells

The Journal of George F. Richards

At the Pulpit

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

The Journal of George Q. Cannon

The Joseph Smith Papers

The Journal of George Q. Cannon – Photos

(Used by Permission, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.)

George Q. Cannon, circa 1857

(Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles R. Savage.)

George Q. Cannon, circa 1860

(Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

George Q. Cannon, circa 1870

George Q. Cannon

(Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady.)

George Q. Cannon, circa 1880

(Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles Ellis Johnson.)

George Q. Cannon, circa 1880–1887

George Q. Cannon, circa 1887

Portraits

Front row, left to right: George A. Smith, Brigham Young, Daniel H. Wells. Back row: Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Ezra T. Benson, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, Franklin D. Richards, George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young Jr., Joseph F. Smith. (Used by Permission, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles R. Savage.)

General Authorities, 1868

Left to right: George Q. Cannon, John Taylor, Joseph F. Smith. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

The First Presidency, circa 1880

Prominent Church Leaders, circa 1884

Deseret Sunday School Union Executive Board, 1889

Left to right: George Q. Cannon, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph F. Smith. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Sainsbury and Johnson.)

The First Presidency, 6 April 1893

Seated, left to right: Joseph M. Tanner, George Goddard, John M. Whitaker, George Q. Cannon, Karl G. Maeser, George Reynolds. Standing: Levi W. Richards, John C. Cutler, Abraham H. Cannon, Heber J. Grant, Francis M. Lyman, Thomas C. Griggs, Joseph W. Summerhays. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles R. Savage.)

Deseret Sunday School Union General Board, 1896

Left to right: George Q. Cannon, Lorenzo Snow, Joseph F. Smith. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Fox and Symons.)

The First Presidency, circa 1898–1901

General Officers and Stake Superintendents of the Deseret Sunday School Union, February 1900

Leadership

June 1857. Left to right: Joseph Bull, David H. Cannon, George Q. Cannon, William H. Shearman, Matthew F. Wilkie. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Robert H. Vance.)

Editorial and Mechanical Staff of the <i>Western Standard</i>

Circa 1870. Left to right: George Q. Cannon, David H. Cannon, Angus M. Cannon. (Used by Permission, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.)

George Q. Cannon and His Brothers

Married George Q. Cannon on 11 December 1854. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

Elizabeth Hoagland

Married George Q. Cannon on 11 April 1858. (Image in public domain.)

Sarah Jane Jenne

Married George Q. Cannon on 29 July 1865. (Image in public domain.)

Eliza L. Tenney

Married George Q. Cannon on 16 March 1869. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

Martha Telle

Married George Q. Cannon on 11 July 1881. Please email churchhistorianspress@ldschurch.org to donate an image of Emily Hoagland.

Emily Hoagland

Married George Q. Cannon on 3 November 1884. (Image in public domain.)

Caroline Young

23 June 1884. Seated, left to right: Amelia Cannon, William T. Cannon, Read T. Cannon, Mary Alice Cannon, Joseph J. Cannon, Sander Saunders (teacher), Brigham T. Cannon, Hester Cannon. Standing: Charlie Davey Cannon, David H. Cannon, Hugh J. Cannon, Sylvester Q. Cannon, Willard T. Cannon, Emily Cannon, Angus J. Cannon, Rosannah Cannon, Lewis T. Cannon. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles R. Savage.)

Cannon Family School

21 September 1888. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles Ellis Johnson.)

Posing with Visitors and Guards before Receiving His Prison Uniform

Circa 1885–1890. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

George Q. Cannon and Sons

April 8, 1893. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Sainsbury and Johnsons)

George Q. Cannon and His Siblings

August 1896. George Q. Cannon is standing with a fishing pole in the front left. Wilford Woodruff is standing behind him in the black bowler hat. Carlie Cannon and Emma Smith Woodruff are seated. Others unknown. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

Fishing in San Diego, California

Circa 1900. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

Attending Pacific Islanders Day at Saltair, Utah

1900. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

In Hawaii

17 April 1901. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

Funeral Services of George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon died in this home on 12 April 1901. The photograph dates from circa 1918–1945. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.  Photograph by S. E. Moore.)

House Where George Q. Cannon Died

Family and Personal

George Q. Cannon served a few weeks in prison in fall 1879 for contempt of court in a case in which he and the other executors of the estate of Brigham Young were charged with misconduct. Cannon and the other executors were later exonerated of the charges. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)

In Prison, August 1879

(Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Charles R. Savage or William M. Ottinger.)

With Others Imprisoned for Practicing Polygamy, 1888

Prison

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 6 October 1849–4 April 1852. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1849–1852

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 5 April 1852–11 October 1853. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1852–1853

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 12 October 1853–October 1854. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1853–1854

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 5 May 1855–5 February 1856. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1850s/1855/05-1855#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1855–1856

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 27 July–7 December 1857. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1850s/1857/07-1857#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1857

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 9 September 1858–20 December 1861. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1850s/1858/09-1858#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1858–1861

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 12 July–17 November 1861. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1861/07-1861#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1861

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 31 December 1861–2 October 1862. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1862/01-1862#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1861–1862

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January 1862–16 October 1863. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1862/01-1862#aside2">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1862–1863

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 5 March–10 September 1863. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1863/03-1863#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1863–A

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 10 September–21 December 1863. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1863/09-1863#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1863–B

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 16 October 1863–6 June 1864. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1863/10-1863#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1863–1864

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 21 December 1863–3 June 1864. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1863/12-1863#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1863–1864

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 3 June–1 August 1864. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1864/06-1864#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1864

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 5 September 1864–11 November 1865. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1864/09-1864#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1864–1865

George Q. Cannon, Daybook, 12 November 1865–20 January 1866; 10–26 December 1866; 15–19 April 1869; 30 October–21 November 1870. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1865/11-1865#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Daybook, 1865–1870

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 25 November 1872–9 March 1873; 1 December 1873. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1872/11-1872#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1872–1873

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 23 January–9 December 1874. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1874/01-1874#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1874

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–27 December 1875. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1875/01-1875#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1875

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 29 January–31 December 1876. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1876/01-1876?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1876

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 August 1877. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1877/01-1877?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1877

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 6 January–18 December 1878. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1878/01-1878?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1878

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–19 December 1879. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1879/01-1879?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1879

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1880. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1880/01-1880?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1880

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–11 April 1881. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1881/01-1881?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1881–A

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 11 April–19 November 1881. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1881/04-1881?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1881–B

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 20 November 1881–9 September 1882. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1881/11-1881?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1881–1882

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 9 September 1882–17 May 1884. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1882/09-1882?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1882–1884

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 17 May 1884–29 March 1886. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1884/05-1884?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1884–1886

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 February–31 May 1885. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1885/02-1885?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1885

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 30 March 1886–26 July 1887. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1886/03-1886#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1886–1887

George Q. Cannon, Personal Notes, December 1886–September 1887; and September–October 1887. See Source Notes (<a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1886/12-1886?lang=eng#aside1">A</a>, <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1887/09-1887?lang=eng#aside1">B</a>) for physical descriptions. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Ben Ellis Godfrey.)

Personal Notes, 1886–1887

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 27 July 1887–23 March 1888. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1887/07-1887?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1887–1888

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 23 March–27 September 1888. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1888/03-1888?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1888–A

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 17 September–12 December 1888. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1888/09-1888?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Special Collections, Tutt Library, Colorado College, Colorado Springs. Photograph by Ben Ellis Godfrey.)

Journal, 1888–B

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 17 September 1888–22 July 1889. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1888/09-1888?lang=eng#aside2">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Ben Ellis Godfrey.)

Journal, 1888–1889

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 23 July–31 December 1889. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1889/07-1889?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1889

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1890. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1890/01-1890?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1890

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1891. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1891/01-1891?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1891

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1892. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1892/01-1892?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1892

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1893. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1893/01-1893?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1893–A

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 7 June–20 July 1893. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1893/06-1893?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1893–B

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1894. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1894/01-1894?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1894

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1895. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1895/01-1895?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1895

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1896. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1896/01-1896?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1896

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1897. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1897/01-1897?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1897

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1898. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1898/01-1898?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1898

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–31 December 1899. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1890s/1899/01-1899?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1899

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 1 January–27 November 1900. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1900s/1900/01-1900?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1900

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 29 November 1900–16 January 1901 See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1900s/1900/11-1900?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)

Journal, 1900–1901

George Q. Cannon, Journal, 13 March–7 April 1901. See <a href="/george-q-cannon/1900s/1901/03-1901?lang=eng#aside1">Source Note</a> for physical description. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by James R. Findlay.)

Journal, 1901

Journals

"Bro. Brigham … thanked the Lord for the wisdom the Lord He had given me already even in my youth, and that he would still continue to give me wisdom and I should be blessed in writing and publishing." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1850s/1855/05-1855#p12">here</a>.

20 May 1855

"Our sufferings were intense, and from what I saw, I judged that my sufferings were not near as excruciating as some of the others." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1850s/1855/05-1855#p23">here</a>.

31 May 1855

"Elizabeth appears worse than she did yesterday; she is exhausted and languid." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1860s/1862/02-1862#p22">here</a>.

20 February 1862

"The spirit which has been exhibited towards us in years past … can be seen now exhibited by one section towards another. The feeling is as bitter between the two political parties as it ever was towards us." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1879/05-1879#p12">here</a>.

7 May 1879

"Busy writing editorials for the Juvenile Instructor and preparing a sketch to put in the little work Geo. C. Lambert is publishing for Children – The 1st number of the Faith-promoting series." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1870s/1879/05-1879#p30">here</a>.

19 May 1879

"But how wonderful are the ways of the Lord! He has laid his hand upon these measures. Prejudice has been kept quiet. The angry elements have been stilled."  A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1880/06-1880#p30">here</a>.

16 June 1880

"No matter how thick the clouds of darkness have been, or how much Satan and his servants have raged, the Lord has been my rock of refuge. He has given me peace, joy and happiness and my life has been a great pleasure to me." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1880/06-1880#p30">here</a>.

(Report of visit with David Whitmer; in another hand) "This is the manuscript from which the printers, he says, set the type of the Book, and he pointed out to me where it had been cut for convenience as copy." A transcript of the complete journal entry is available <a href="/george-q-cannon/1880s/1884/02-1884?lang=eng&highlight=fearlessly%20always%20of%20it%7Ceven%20when%20his%20life%20was%20threatened">here</a>.

27 February 1884

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George Q. Cannon, circa 1857

George Q. Cannon, circa 1860

George Q. Cannon, circa 1860

George Q. Cannon, circa 1870

George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon

George Q. Cannon, circa 1880

George Q. Cannon, circa 1880–1887

George Q. Cannon, circa 1887

Leadership

General Authorities, 1868

The First Presidency, circa 1880

Prominent Church Leaders, circa 1884

Deseret Sunday School Union Executive Board, 1889

The First Presidency, 6 April 1893

Deseret Sunday School Union General Board, 1896

The First Presidency, circa 1898–1901

General Officers and Stake Superintendents of the Deseret Sunday School Union, February 1900

Family and Personal

Editorial and Mechanical Staff of the Western Standard

George Q. Cannon and His Brothers

Elizabeth Hoagland

Sarah Jane Jenne

Eliza L. Tenney

Martha Telle

Emily Hoagland

Caroline Young

Cannon Family School

Posing with Visitors and Guards before Receiving His Prison Uniform

George Q. Cannon and Sons

George Q. Cannon and His Siblings

Fishing in San Diego, California

Attending Pacific Islanders Day at Saltair, Utah

In Hawaii

Funeral Services of George Q. Cannon

House Where George Q. Cannon Died

Prison

In Prison, August 1879

With Others Imprisoned for Practicing Polygamy, 1888

Journals

Journal, 1849–1852

Journal, 1852–1853

Journal, 1853–1854

Journal, 1855–1856

Journal, 1857

Journal, 1858–1861

Daybook, 1861

Daybook, 1861–1862

Journal, 1862–1863

Daybook, 1863–A

Daybook, 1863–B

Journal, 1863–1864

Daybook, 1863–1864

Daybook, 1864

Daybook, 1864–1865

Daybook, 1865–1870

Journal, 1872–1873

Journal, 1874

Journal, 1875

Journal, 1876

Journal, 1877

Journal, 1878

Journal, 1879

Journal, 1880

Journal, 1881–A

Journal, 1881–B

Journal, 1881–1882

Journal, 1882–1884

Journal, 1884–1886

Journal, 1885

Journal, 1886–1887

Personal Notes, 1886–1887

Journal, 1887–1888

Journal, 1888–A

Journal, 1888–B

Journal, 1888–1889

Journal, 1889