Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 17, 1849 ~ Saturday
17th I visited Boston And obtained the New York weekly Her[ald]
I[t] was full of news on Calafornia, gold digings, &c large extra
from the Calafornia Star. Advertisment of Samuel Brannan & Wm
Stout merchantman took gold at $16 per oz. Murders were spoke
of And exhertion to form A government
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Brannan, Samuel
2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889
65 mentions
Stout, William
abt. 1825-unknown
1 mention
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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.
Wilford baptizes father-in-law Ezra Carter.
