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Day in the Life

Jan 31, 1851

Journal Entry

January 31, 1851 ~ Friday

31st [FIGURES] I wrote two letters one to I. F. Carter one
to Azmon Woodruff

People

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Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
348 mentions
Family
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
393 mentions
Family

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many have arisen in these last days professing to be Elijah the prophet but they have bro- ught forth Nothing of interest to the people will any one tell me what the office of Elijah the prophet was to be to the Earth when he come the answer is to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers & the fathers to the children lest I come & smite the whole Earth with a curse the answer
~ Brigham Young

Events

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December 5, 1850
Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
1851
Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on the corner of South Temple and West Temple.

Jan 31, 1851