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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 08, 1850 ~ Friday
8th
I wrote two letters to John Druce & O Huntington
[FIGURE] The papers this morning brought one months later news from San Fran
cisco. The steemer brought $2000000 in gold dust gave an accont
of a terrible fire in San francisco one half of the town burned up loss
$1,500000. there had also been a fight between the Chilians
& Americans some Americans killed & 14 taken prisions. Among
the list of Deaths I saw the name of Miles M. Goodyear from Ct
He left home at 16 years of Age has lived among the Indians ever
since He was settelled 40 miles North of us at Cash valley Brother
James Brown bought him out He went to the gold digings & there
died. tyesterdays papers contained Also an account of the Bursting
of A steam Boiler in New York City, And raised a three story
brick building from its foundation 8 feet, And dashed it to the earth
in a pile of ruins buriying ove[r] 100 persons in the fall whose
lives were lost. many calamities are visiting this generation
I received A letter from A Badlam swho speaks of coming home
the first of next month. I called upon Mrs Badlam On my ret
urn home I found Elder Hardy He spent the night with me I rece
ived the 24th No of the Guardian which contained An interest
ing letter from Elder John Taylor. I
Received A letter from Ezra C
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Badlam, Alexander, b. 1808
28 Nov 1808 - 1 Dec 1894
102 mentions
Zion's Camp
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Brown, James
1801-1863
34 mentions
Druce, John
18 Jun 1818 - 7 Oct 1897
26 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
233 mentions
Family
Badlam, Mary Ann Brannan
1806-aft. 1879
11 mentions
Goodyear, Miles
unknown-1849
5 mentions
21 mentions
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