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Day in the Life

Jun 7, 1845

Journal Entry

June 07, 1845 ~ Saturday

June 7th AD 1845
[FIGURE] Book of Doctrines &
Covenants of the Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter
Day Saints
entered at Stat
ioners Hall
by
W. Woodruff
I recieved a copy of a letter written by John
Greenhow to his Father in England Stating that
he was sterrotyping the Doctrins & Covenants
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints at an expens of $300 dollars was to be in England
about the first of May should strike of[f] a few copies &
secure the copy wright & deprive us the privilege of printing
them this was to be kept a secret from me or any of the
church but through the mercy of God it fell into my hands
& as I was the ownly lawful Proprietor or agent for the
church I immediately employed a printer & Printed
three thousand copies And I this Day secured the copy-
right in my own name at the Stationers Hall in London
carryed one copy according to Law to the British Museum
& got my reciept for it. I walked through a number
of the Streets in London that I had walked through in
1840 & 41 with Elders Kimball & G. A. Smith. I returned
to No 10 Thornhill Pentonville & wrote three Letters
[FIGURE] one to Mrs Woodruff one to Thomas Ward & one
to M Holmes I spent the night with Br Davis 6 m
I had an interview in the evening with James Albon I
8th found him filled with a bad spirit, he was indeed
an accuseer of the brethren hardly any one escaped
his malace [FIGURE] I wrote A letter to cousin Betsey Cossett in
Answer to her long letter

People

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Alvord, Betsey Cossett
19 Jan 1806 - 5 Feb 1884
99 mentions
Family
12 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Albon, James
1 May 1793 - 7 Sep 1870
42 mentions
10 mentions
217 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1543 mentions
Family
4 mentions
Ward, Thomas
1808-1847
112 mentions

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I recieved a copy of a letter written by John Greenhow to his Father in England Stating that he was sterrotyping the Doctrins & Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at an expens of $300 dollars was to be in England about the first of May should strike of[f] a few copies & secure the copy wright & deprive us the privilege of printing them this was to be kept a secret from me or any of the church but through the mercy of God it fell into my hands & as I was the ownly lawful Proprietor or agent for the church I immediately employed a printer & Printed three thousand copies And I this Day secured the copy- right in my own name at the Stationers Hall in London carryed one copy according to Law to the British Museum & got my reciept for it.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mission - English Copyright Registry Certificate, 7 June 1845
Book of Doctrine & Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. First European Edition. Wilford Woodruff Liverpool Wilford Woodruff Stanley Buildings Bath St. Liverpool June 15th 1845 I hereby certify that the above written is a true Copy of an Entry in the Book of Registry of Copyrights and Assignments kept at the Hall of the STATIONERS' COMPANY, pursuant to Act of Parliament, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 45.
Mission - Receipt for Donation to British Museum Library, 7 June 1845
Reciept from M. Cowtan Clerk of The British Museum
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
As refered to elsewhere in my autobiography I had received a copy of a letter from John Greenhow to his father in England stating that he was stereotyping the Book of Doctrine and Covenants of the Chuch at an expence of $300 and that he would be in England about the 1st of May when he should strike off a few copies of the book and deprive us of the privilege of printing it. This was to be kept a profound secret but through the mercy of God the knowledge fell into my hands and I as the lawful agent of the Church immediately employed a printer and printed three thousand copies. And on this 7th of June I secured the copyright of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants in my own name at Stationers Hall London and carried one copy according to law to the British Museum and got my receipt for it I spent several weeks in London and while there the case of Elder Albon was before the Church. He was the minister of the Indipendant connection whom we baptized at the commencement of the work in London on my former mission to England. He was brought to trial for resisting the order

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

Jun 7, 1845