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Day in the Life

Jun 27, 1840

Journal Entry

June 27, 1840 ~ Saturday

27 [FIGURE] I had an interview with Elder G. A. Smith & I
wrote a letter with Br G. A. Smith & T. Turley to President
Joseph Smith jr I spent the day in Burslem. I herd a
Letter wrote read from Sister Tailor in Commerce
giving an account of the conference in that place. 70
were Baptized. Elders Hide & Page were set apart
to visit the Jews at Palestine. The President of the
United States had rejected the Petition of the Latter
Day Saints to have their wrongs redressed, & as the
Judges, Governors, & President of the United States
had rejected the Saints & turned a deaf ear to
their cries, the Saints have now appealed to the highest
tribunal even the court of HEAVEN & called
upon God as their deliverer. May the Lord spedily answer
their prayers I pray. I spent the night a[t] Mr Battleby.

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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
112 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2226 mentions
Van Buren, Martin
5 Dec 1782 - 24 Jul 1862
7 mentions
Historical Figure
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions
1 mention

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Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Commerce, Hancock County, Illinois
Palestine, Ottoman Empire

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Jun 27, 1840