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Day in the Life

Jul 31, 1844

Journal Entry

July 31, 1844 ~ Wednesday

231st The opposing spirit is still previlent through the
boat it is not plesant to be in the midst of it we are
travelling through the Michigan lake vary smoothly
under different feelings from what I passed in 1841
with my family wreked on the Chesepek [Chesapeake]

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Lake Michigan, United States

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He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead.
~ Lyman Wight

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August 8, 1844
Meeting where majority of Church members sustain the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as governing body of the Church.
August 12, 1844
Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

Jul 31, 1844