Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 01, 1851 ~ Wednesday
WILFORD WOODRUFFS
JOURNAL
FOR
1851
Jan 1st AD 1851.
Wednesday I met with the 14 ward of the city of the Great
Salt Lake of Deseret, to Dedicate A New school House which we
had built for the purpose of schooling our children. Elder P. P
Pratt delivered A vary interesting Address on the occasion
took for A tex[t] "the fear of the Lord is the Begining of wisdom["] [Proverbs 9:10]
He was followed by President Richards in a few remarks &
the dedication prayer After which remarks were made
by W Woodruff W. W. Phelps & Bishop Murdock when
there was An intermission one hour
Met at 2 oclok when it was moved & carried that W Woodruff
deliver A discourse to the people from the following text
"Bought wit is the best if you do not buy it to dear" I Addressed
the meeting in a Breaf manner As required of me After
which the evening was spent in recreation under the direction
of the Bishop of the ward
People
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Murdock, John
15 Jul 1792 - 23 Dec 1871
25 mentions
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
Phelps, William Wines
17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872
173 mentions
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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the first of I met with the
14th Ward of the City of Great Salt Lake to dedicate a new
school house which we had built for the purpose of schooling
our children. Elder Parley P. Pratt delivered a very interesting
address on the occasion and took for a text, "The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom.["] [Proverbs 9:10] He was followed by President
Richards in a few remarks and the dedication prayer after
which remarks were made by W. Woodruff W. W. Phelps
and Bishop Murdock
We met again at 2 o'clock and it was
moved and carried that Wilford Woodruff deliver a discourse
from the text "Bought wit is the best if you do not buy
it too dear." I addressed the meeting briefly. The
evening was spent in recreation under the direction of
the Bishop of the Ward.
I met with the Regency at the School
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
Business/Financial - List of Supplies Account Book, 1850-1855
Business/Financial - List of Supplies Account Book, 1850-1855
Business/Financial - List of Supplies Account Book, 1850-1855
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Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on the corner of South Temple and West Temple.
Marriage sealings and endowments administered in the Utah Territorial Council House in Salt Lake City.
Wilford begins serving as member of Territorial Legislature.