First stone laid for the new baptismal font in the Nauvoo Temple.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 25, 1845 ~ Monday
25th In company with Elders Holmes, Ure, Roger
& Travis we walked through the citty went
through the simetry from then[c]e to the
cholery Monument erected in memory of
the many hundreds of townsmen who wer
suddenly cut down with the cholery & buryed
in deep pitts. They were treated in the following
manner when any were taken unwell they
were carried in a basket to the poor House the
docters stood ready gave brandy & laudlum &
when they got stupifyed & still was generally
supposed to be dead was immediately put into
a box & buried some came to while going to
the grave & were liberated from their
coffins & were ^are^ living yet probably many
were buried alive. 10 m[iles]
In the evening Elder Holmes preached
upon the reign of Christ I followed him
we both had a good time
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Rodger, Glaud
1820–1884
3 mentions
Ure, James
1817-1897
20 mentions
Holmes, Milton
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
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