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Day in the Life

Aug 4, 1847

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August 04, 1847 ~ Wednesday

4^th I met in council this morning with the Twelve to set upon
case brought up By Br Gribble concerning improper conduct
of one or two men with his wife there was contradictory test
emony & the case was finally dismissed for the time being. We
again met in council concerning the size of the temple square
it was finally considered we could not do justice to 40 acres to
begin with & finally concluded to confine the Temple & gard[ing]
to 10 acres. After council I rode with G. A. Smith to the mountai[n]
to find some timber to put us up a small building for a store House &
men also commenced to day to prepare ground to commenced ma[king]
Dobys for puting up a fort