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Day in the Life

Jan 20, 1849

Journal Entry

January 20, 1849 ~ Saturday

20th Brother A. P. Rockwood left for the west to day I
was quite unwell yet in company with Br Badlam I rode
to Salem & spent the night with Br Joseph Henderson, Massachusetts 29
Union Street. I was vary sick at night with teeth ake cold
and ague in the face did not sleep at all, during the night
so I had a plenty of time for meditation and among the
subjects before me I reflected upon a Mission that one of the
Presidents of the Seventies presented to the Eastern Branches while
on his mission East to collect funds for building a Seventies
Hall in the valley, why was the mission not signed by Pres-
ident Brigham Young if it was right for such a mission
to be taken, or was it got up to assist the individual in
person more than to build the Seventies Hall, I think it
right and safe to present all missions and business of import
ance before the President of the Church, when they can
be got at 20 miles

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Rockwood, Albert Perry
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
123 mentions
Badlam, Alexander, b. 1808
28 Nov 1808 - 1 Dec 1894
99 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention

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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Salt Lake Valley, Mexican Cession Territory

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Jan 20, 1849