Wilford serves fourth mission in Eastern United States (with other apostles) to raise funds for temple.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 31, 1843 ~ Monday
31st Our Quorum assembled together & walked
over Pittsburgh. We first visited Mr Curlings
Glass works & saw them to work through each
branch of it we saw them make pressed, stampd
& ground or cut & plain tumblers & large
jars &c. We next went onto the bluff above
the city & had a view of the New Basin that
is to contain the water to be forced into it from
the Alleghaney River to water the city from this
place we had a fair view of the city below & it
truly sends forth its colums of smoke & blackness that
arises from the cole fires that propels the numer
ous engines as the main spring of all the founderies
manufacturies & works of the valey of the city
of Pittsburgh. We then desended the hill & visited
the city water works or resurvoy The building
is 150 feet long 110 feet wide containing two
engines of 200 Horse power each to drive a force
pump to force the water from the Alleganey River
into the bason on the bluff to water the city as
above spoken of the whole cost of this building
resurvoy & Bason, was $200,000 The building
is after the Roman order The whole Archatecture
design, & making & finishing the building was
executed by Elder Charles Beck a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
We visited Miltonbergers Iron works through each
branch of it, we saw the keel laid for an Iron
steem ship of war 140 foot keel, for Lake Erie
Br G. A. Smith & myself spent the night with Elder Beck
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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
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Apostle, Missionary
Curling, Robert Bolton
1776-1841
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who is the Author of this work & gathering, Josephs Smith the Prophet of God as an instrument in the hands of God is the Author of it, he is the greatest man on earth No other man of this age has power to assemble such a great people from all the Nations of the earth with all their varied dispositions as assimulate them & cement them together so that they will be subject to rule & order this the Prophet is doing & what makes a great king President or man is to have a great People to rule over.
~ Brigham Young
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Revelation regarding new and everlasting covenant of marriage for eternity dictated. Doctrine and Covenants 132:15-20
Wilford arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.