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Day in the Life

Mar 22, 1843

Journal Entry

March 22, 1843 ~ Wednesday

20, , , , , & 25. The week was spent
in the printing office the weather has
been uncommonly cold mostly through the
week the thermometer has stood at zero a
number of days the signs in the heavens
are making theire appearance theire has
been singular signs appeared in & about the
sun for sever[al] days this week. O Pratt
has taken a sketch of the same which will
appear in the Time & Seasons their has also
been other signs the light that has been represe
nted as a sword has made its appearance
for several nights past in the same place &
also on the opposite of the horizen has been
seem A black streak about the size of the
light one, while one is as black as darkness
the other has considerable of the appearance
of the blaze of a comet & some have
contended that it was a comet but it
cannot be a comet for it appears about
7 oclock & disappears about 9 oclock rema
ining about two hours thus it appears that
the signs that Joel & Jesus spoke of
are making their appearance

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9 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle

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Nauvoo Printing Office, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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March 20, 1843 ~ Monday to March 25, 1843 ~ Saturday 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 The week was spent in the printing office the weather has been uncommonly cold mostly through the week the thermometer has stood at Zero a number of days the signs in the heavens are making their appearance theire has been singular signs appeared in & above the sun for sever[al] days this week. O Pratt has taken a sketch of the same which will appear in the Time & Seasons their has also been other signs the light that has been represe nted as a sword has made its appearance for several nights past in the same place & also on the opposite of the horizen has been seem a black streak about the size of the light one, while one is as black as darkness the other has considerable of the appearance of the blaze of a aomet & some have contended that it was a aomet but it cannot be a comet for it appears about 7 oclock & disappears about 9 oclock rema ining about two hours thus it appears that the signs that Joel & Jesus spoke of are making their appearance
~ Wilford Woodruff

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May 1843
Wilford assists in publication of the Nauvoo Neighbor (published until Saints leave Nauvoo in 1846).

Mar 22, 1843