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Day in the Life

May 23, 1843

Journal Entry

May 23, 1843 ~ Tuesday

23rd I dug in my suller in the forenoon &
[FIGURE] Attended a conference of the Twelve in the
afternoon & we had an interesting time
& transacted some important Business
viz we set apart 1 Elders Noah Rogers, Addison
Pratt, Benjamin F. Grouard & Knowlton
Hanks to take a mission to the Sandwich
Islands the spirit of the Lord was with us while
we lade hands upon them & blessed them &
we also set apart Elders Hedlock & J. Carnes
to go to England Elder Hedlock to preside
the blessings that were pronounced upon the
heads of the Brethren were written By Elder Richards

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Pratt, Addison
21 Feb 1802 - 14 Oct 1872
13 mentions
9 mentions
7 mentions
5 mentions
Rogers, Noah
1797-1846
11 mentions
154 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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England
Sandwich Islands

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May 1843
Wilford assists in publication of the Nauvoo Neighbor (published until Saints leave Nauvoo in 1846).
July - Nov 1843
Wilford serves fourth mission in Eastern United States (with other apostles) to raise funds for temple.

May 23, 1843