Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 16, 1849 ~ Monday
16th I left Hornerstown & rode with two young men to Toms
River our road lay through A level pine forest about 30 miles
almost one universal sand bed. there is A small village in the
midst of the pine forest called Manchester. I rode on a load of
plank 3500 lbs drawn by 4 mules with wide tire yet they sun[k]
into the sand over the felly which made hard travelling. I calle[d]
at Anthony Ivins And spent the night 30 m[iles]
I preached in the evening to the Saints I had a severe cold
And sore throat
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Ivins, Anthony
29 Sep 1818 - 23 Nov 1870
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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.
