Wilford appointed manager of the Church's official newspaper Times and Seasons.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 31, 1842 ~ Thursday
31. Rode out onto the prairie & laid out the ground
for ditching the front of my lot visited many
sick & lade hands upon them
Events
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Wilford sets type for printing/publishing the Book of Abraham in Times and Seasons.
Serial publication of Manuscript History of the Church in Times and Seasons as "History of Joseph Smith."
Church Reformation in Nauvoo includes rebaptisms; Wilford rebaptized for the first time.
Wilford baptized by proxy for great-grandparents Josiah and Sarah Woodford Woodruff.
Wilford baptized by proxy for more great-grandparents.
Wilford and Phebe baptized by proxy for six family members.