Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 01, 1846 ~ Thursday
JAN 1st 1846
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 Mlale members Also Mother
Somith And from most all the quuorum
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
2369 mentions
Smith, Lucy Mack
8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856
42 mentions
Downs, Samuel
abt. 1816 - 1891
3 mentions
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Letter from Azubah Hart Woodruff, circa 1846
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
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
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Events
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First endowments for the living administered in the Nauvoo Temple.
First priesthood adoptions administered in the Nauvoo Temple.
First sealings of children to parents administered in the Nauvoo Temple.
Main exodus of Church members from Nauvoo. Brigham Young's family leaves February 15. Temperature -12 F on February 24.
On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).