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Day in the Life

Jan 1, 1846

Journal Entry

January 01, 1846 ~ Thursday

JAN 1st 1846
[FIGURES] I wrote Elder Samuel Downs
a letter and sent him as A New years gift
some Hair from the heads of Joseph
Smith the Prophet And all the Smith
family of Male members Also Mother
Somith and from most all the quorum
of the Twelve Also A peace of Joseph
Smith Handkerchief. I recieved
4 letters & wrote 3

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Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2226 mentions
Smith, Lucy Mack
8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856
42 mentions
3 mentions

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Draft of Letter from Azubah Hart Woodruff, circa 1846
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
On I wrote Elder Samuel Downs a letter and sent him as a New Year's Gift some hair from the heads of Joseph Smith the Prophet and all the male members of his father's ^the Smith^ family and also some of the hair of Joseph's mother and most of the quorum of the Twelve Apostles with a piece of the Prophet's handkerchief

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February 7, 1846
On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
February 15, 1846
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).

Jan 1, 1846