Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 23, 1849 ~ Friday
23rd I went with Calvin I Foss to Boston And assisted
him to secure his passage ticket & share in the Bay State and
Calafornia & MinTreading & Mining company who go to Calafornia on
Board of the ship Areatus 559 tons the company consist
of $50 each share to cost $350, which gives An equal rig[ht]
to the ship And all its contents And to all the income after
they get there. I recieved two letters one from W. I. Apple
And one from Thomas F. Eldridge I wrote one letter
to Ezra Carter Jr. Br Appleby inform me that Sidney Roberts ins an
imposture & has collected $70 of the New Haven Branch &c
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Foss, Calvin Ichabod
10 Jan 1826 - 21 May 1908
36 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
177 mentions
Family
Roberts, Sidney
1809-1875
9 mentions
Eldridge, Thomas F. Eldredge
23 Mar 1813 - 29 Aug 1891
5 mentions
Appleby, William Ivins
13 Aug 1811 - 20 May 1870
67 mentions
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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.
