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Day in the Life

Dec 15, 1839

Journal Entry

December 15, 1839 ~ Sunday

Dec 15th Sunday I spent the day with the Saints in the Columbian Hall No 263 Grand st &
preached in the fore part of the day, & Elder Taylor preached in the Afternoon, & P P Pratt
preached in the evening. I spent the night with Br Taylor at Br Holmes

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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Holmes, Nathaniel
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
36 mentions
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
523 mentions
Apostle

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Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
Dec 15th Sunday I met with the Saints in the Columbian Hall No 263 Grand Street & preached in the fore part of the day & Elder Taylor preached in the afternoon. Elder Pratt preached in the evening I spent ^the night^ with Elder Taylor at Brother Holmes 3 miles

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November 1839
Times and Seasons, official Church newspaper, first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (continuously published until February 1846).
1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Dec 15, 1839