Day in the Life

Dec 16, 1847

Journal Entry

December 16, 1847 ~ Thursday

16th I met in council with the Twelve & High council the subject of
tighing, taxation, Poliece &c was brought up President Young rema[rked] [page covered]
that there was A great difference between the tighing & taxes for
tighing was A standing law of God for one tenth was required
of evry man & woman who was the head of the family & that
would probably [be the law] of the Church untill the coming of Christ but
taxes was leved according to circumstances

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3428 mentions
Apostle, Family

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

Dec 16, 1847