Day in the Life

Jan 8, 1849

Journal Entry

January 08, 1849 ~ Monday

8th I rode to Haverhill in a sleigh called upon Abram Boyington
took cars rode to Boston And spent the night once more at ^40 m^
home with My family. I visited widow Hardy. she has 5 sons &
7 Daughter 12 in all. they were All seated in A row in her room All at work
closing shoes they have 4 cts per pair & close 70 pair daily. the 12 children
were born in 14 years All living

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.

Boynton, Abraham Dodge
11 Mar 1814 - 1 Oct 1865

Places

Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.

Quotes

View selected quotes from this page in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

JAN 1st 1849 Monday this is the first day of 1849 we have traversed in our minds and recorded some things which has transpired during the past year what the present year will bring to pass time must determin. But I have no boubt [doubt] but the peresent year will chronicle events of equal importance with the past As the crices has commenced with the past it will progress with the future untill all nations will be constrained to acknowledg their is A God in Heaven whose hand is stretched out to perform A great and marvellous work in the Earth in the last days
~ Wilford Woodruff

Related Documents

Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.

Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
until the and then returned to Boston to my family Next day I received letters from Orson Spencer and Dan Jones from England. Brother Jone[s] [page bent]

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.

Jan 8, 1849