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Day in the Life

Dec 13, 1852

Journal Entry

December 13, 1852 ~ Monday

Dec 13 Monday The Legislative Assembly of the Territory
[FIGURE] of Utah met this morning in the Counsel House
at 10 oclok the House was organized by Appointing J. M. Grant
Speaker & Thomas Bullock Clerk. And the counsel was
organ[ize]d By appointing Willard Richards President & James
Furguson Clerk W Woodruff E. T. Benson & Lorenzo Snow of the
Twelve were member of the House, & O Hyde P. P. Pratt G. A. Smith
& F. D. Richards of the 12 in the counsel the members took seats

permanently. The two Houses met in Joint session at 2 oclok & the
Govornor was recived with Honor & delivered his message to the assembly
which was read By the clerk of the House it was a message of
great interest 200 copies was ordered to be printed for the benefit
of Both Houses & to be printed in the news for the benefit
of the people

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
693 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
547 mentions
Apostle
Bullock, Thomas
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
128 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
540 mentions
Apostle

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Council House, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Utah Territory

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah met in the Council House at 10 o'clock and was organized by appointing J. M. Grant Speaker and Thomas Bullock clerk. The Council was organized by appointing Willard Richards President and James Ferguson clerk. Wilford Woodruff E. T. Benson and Lorenzo Snow of the Twelve were members of the House and Orson Hyde Parley P. Pratt George A Smith and F. D. Richards of the Twelve were in the Council.

Events

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December 21, 1852
Wilford appointed clerk and historian of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age 45.
January 1853
Wilford serves third term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 13, 1852