Day in the Life

Apr 13, 1841

Journal Entry

April 13, 1841 ~ Tuesday

13th A hand pointing to the right I wrote a letter to Elder E. Ockey
took a walk in the afternoon through the
Manchester fair, in company with Elders Young
& Smith saw a great variety of things, one man
8 feet high weight 450 lbs & one pig 1200 lbs
one living skeleton, a great variety of wild beasts
the largest Elephant in Europe, Lions Tigers &
leapords all in one cage, with a man playing with
them all, & lying in the midst of them. I
attended a wedding in the evening & spent the
night at Br Brewsher's 5 miles

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Bewsher, James
abt. 1800-aft. 1843

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Apr 13, 1841