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Day in the Life

Aug 9, 1844

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August 09, 1844 ~ Friday

Aug 9^th I spent part of the day in writing in the
afternoon I attended a council. it is gloomy times in
Nauvoo as the Prophet and Patriarch is gone and their
appears to be but little ambition to do any thing ownly
theiry are to work vary busy on the Temple. we appoin[te]d
two trustees in trust for the Church viz Geo Miller & N K Whitney

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25 Nov 1794 - 27 Aug 1856

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9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844

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Apostle

23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844

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1795-02-03/05 - 23 Sep 1850

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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 9, 1844