Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 20, 1849 ~ Tuesday
20th
I wrote 3 letters to day to Charles Russell, David
A Bishop Augustus B. Pevey
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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.
