Day in the Life

Mar 1, 1850

Journal Entry

March 01, 1850 ~ Friday

March 1st This is my birth day. I am forty three years
A hand pointing to the right [FIGURE] of Age this day the Lord has blessed me & preserved my
life and carried me through many dangers seene &
unseen both temporal & spiritual for which Blessing
I feel to thank my Heavenly Father & pray that I may
still be kept And that myself & family may live to see anoth-
er birth day & that it may find me in the Land of Zion with
my friends. I wrote 65 Letters to FI F Carter C E Brown
O Hyde & S. B. Foss, & H. Druce I got the Guardian this evening
which was quite interesting

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Druce, Henry
5 Jun 1820 - 12 Mar 1896
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family

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And they are full of Alarm concerning the doings of Congress it has become A hotbed of political warfare and most all parties are looking for the exploding of the union the war spirit is increasing in the hearts of the people And deep judgment awaits the people nation, the hearts of men are failing them for fear of those things that are coming on the Earth, the Lord has said that in his fury he would vex the Nation And He is about to fulfill it.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I felt the spirit of God like fire shut up [in] my bones as I spoke upon the things of the kingdom of God
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter from David and Ann Haines, circa March 1850
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
I was 43 years of age on the 1st of March of the year 1850. The day after I took cars for Portland and next day with my brothers-in-law Ezra and Ilus Carter I went in a sleigh to Scarboro to see Father Carter whom we found
Business/Financial - List of Supplies Account Book, 1850-1855

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

Mar 1, 1850