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Day in the Life

Apr 16, 1845

Journal Entry

April 16, 1845 ~ Wednesday

April 16th [FIGURE] 10 P I went to the office & carried
£40 which I had recieved at
the conference for the covenants, Temple & Emegra
tion. On my arival there I recieved 4 Letters
one from President Young, one from Elder P. P. Pratt
one from Father Carter, & one from Glasgow, the
three letters from America were full of interest
Br Young speaks of the Progress of the Temple &
endowment & affairs in Nauvoo. Elder Fordham
Brannan & Pratt all write in one letter containing
good news. Father Carter & Sister Foss both write
in one letter they state that Sister foss family are all
well though several of them lay at the Point of
Death when we left our child Phebe Amelia is well
it is the first letter we have recieved from
them since we left New York

I also recieved 10 Papers 6 from Nauvoo & 4
from New York 4 miles

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Fordham, Elijah
12 Apr 1798 - 9 Sep 1879
39 mentions
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
14 Feb 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
284 mentions
Family
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
524 mentions
Apostle
Brannan, Samuel
2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889
62 mentions
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
176 mentions
Family

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May 1845
First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).

Apr 16, 1845