Wilford arrives in Boston to attend convention; nominate Joseph Smith for President of the United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 21, 1844 ~ Sunday
21. Sunday I preached in the school house forenoon
and afternoon, & broke bread unto the Saints they made
me a contribution of $10 and Ashbel Dewey let me
have $10 on Br Sparks Book account, which I gave
him an order for on Br Sparks.
I recieved $1 dollar for the Temple from John J. Stocking
I recieved $1 dollar for the Temple from Elizabeth Easton
I recieved $4 dollars for the Temple from Maria Dewy
I recieved $10 dollars in a letter to go to a man in Nauvoo
from Vinson Shirtliff from Russell Russell Depo Mass
call upon Titus Billings & he will tell whare the letter
is to go. I took the parting hand with the Saints
and rode to Simsbury called upon Aunt Cosset found
her still deranged but better spent the night at
Phelps Tavern 25 miles
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Cossett, Anna Hart
18 May 1783 - 31 Jan 1846
58 mentions
Family
Dewey, Ashbel
1795-1846
10 mentions
Stocking, John Jay
24 Apr 1806 - 23 Oct 1870
21 mentions
Family
1 mention
Sparks, Quartus S.
abt. 1820-1891
9 mentions
Billings, Titus
24 Mar 1793 - 6 Feb 1866
5 mentions
Shurtleff, Vincent
1813-1893
19 mentions
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Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in Boston to nominate Joseph Smith.
Work on the Nauvoo Temple resumes.
Wilford returns to Nauvoo with other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Meeting where majority of Church members sustain the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as governing body of the Church.
Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.
Wilford and Phebe baptized in Mississippi River for deceased relatives.
