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Day in the Life

Feb 4, 1840

Journal Entry

February 04, 1840 ~ Tuesday

Feb 34th Wake, dress, pray, eate, talk, walk to
Burslem rain & wind. [FIGURE] I wrote two letters
one to Elder W Richards & the other to Elder's
J. Taylor & J Fielding. I recieved a letter
from Elder Wm Clayton. I preached at
night at Dea[con] Bradburies & had the spirit of God
a great opposer was convinced of the Truth &
said he would soon be baptized I spent the night
at Elder Cordons 2 miles

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Cordon, Alfred
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Fielding, Joseph
26 Mar 1797 - 19 Dec 1863
37 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle
10 mentions
Clayton, William
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
106 mentions

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Burslem, Staffordshire, England

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1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Feb 4, 1840