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August 21, 1850 ~ Wednesday

21^st I bought three yoke of oxen at $60 each I went on to
our encampment 5 miles & spent the night

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inaugurated as 13th President of 30 United States.

Under Compromise of 1850, Congress created the ; appointed as Governor.

Woodruffs arrive in and live in cabins Wilford built in 1847.