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Day in the Life

Dec 29, 1849

Journal Entry

December 29, 1849 ~ Saturday

29th [FIGURE] I spent the day at home & found much
business upon my hands. I recieved 15 letters & many
papers sent me in my Absence I had letters from
the following persons Bernhisel, Babbitt, C. E. Brown Wm
H Wilson, J. G. Hardy John Grierson, Wm W Lovett Swett
H. Aldrich Ellers Kneating, L STaft, J. Druce, G Taylor
J T Eldridge Ezra Carter, Joseph Russell.

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Babbitt, Almon Whiting
1 Oct 1813 - 21 Oct 1856
103 mentions
8 mentions
1 mention
Carter, Ezra, b. 1804
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
171 mentions
Family
Aldrich, Hazen C.
10 Jan 1797 - 30 Nov 1872
12 mentions
Druce, John
18 Jun 1818 - 7 Oct 1897
26 mentions
Bernhisel, John Milton
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
313 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
Russell, Joseph
17 Aug 1786 - 10 Mar 1855
64 mentions
45 mentions
Taft, Lewis
1805-1890
5 mentions
Taylor, Pleasant Green
2 Aug 1827 - 16 May 1917
12 mentions
14 mentions
18 mentions

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1850
Church membership 51,839; population of Utah Territory 11,380; population of United States 23,192,000.

Dec 29, 1849