Wilford arrives in Boston to attend convention; nominate Joseph Smith for President of the United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 01, 1844 ~ Thursday
August 1st We stoped at Milwaka & racene
the lake smooth, But some spirits rough, we
begin to feel in bondage among the gentiles
we arived in Chicago in the evening. Put up for
the night in the lake street house, had good
accommodations and cheep Breakfast and lodging
37 1/2 cts distance from Buffalo to Chicago 1100 miles
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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.
