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August 01, 1840 ~ Saturday

Aug. 1^st We walked to Haw Cross & to Dymock &
spent the night 8 miles

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first child dies at age two in , Iowa.

first explanation of doctrine on baptism for the dead by living relatives.

First baptisms for the dead performed in the .

announces the need to build a temple in .