Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
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Journal Entry
January 12, 1849 ~ Friday
12th I recieved the N Y Weekly Herald containing the doings
of Congress on Calafornia & Mexico but nothing of importance to record
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Constitutional convention held to form the State of Deseret. (to encompass present day Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho.