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Day in the Life

Aug 1, 1844

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August 01, 1844 ~ Thursday

August 1^st 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 arrives in to attend convention; nominate for President of the United States.

and are murdered while in .

Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in to nominate .

Work on the resumes.

Wilford learns of and death through newspaper article in Times.

Wilford returns to 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.

August 12, 1844

Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

August 26, 1844

Wilford and baptized in for deceased relatives.

August 28, 1844

Wilford and and their children leave for ; Wilford's sixth mission.

Aug 1, 1844