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Day in the Life

May 08, 1839 ~ Wednesday

8^th Spent the day in writing this Journal & also the 9^th

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Wilford, , and finally arrive in , Illinois six months after leaving .

Church leaders escape while being transported for trial with the help of their guards; Church members move to , Illinois and establish .

At age 32 Wilford is ordained an Apostle at the temple site in , Missouri.

Wilford receives the official call to serve his third mission.

Woodruffs move to , Iowa; live in abandoned barracks with family.

begins dictating history to scribe ; used in Manuscript History of the Church.