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Dec 31, 1852

Journal Entry

December 31, 1852 ~ Friday

31 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to I F Carter & sent him an account of
the money I had sent him it went via Calafornia

The quorum of the Twelve met on the 29th Dec & spent the
evening in conversation abot laying some plan to liberate
ourselves & familyies so we can be foot loose & go & preach
the gospel & leave a support for ourselves & families speches
were made by all the quorum present upon the subject

On the next sunday Jan 2nd 1853 President Brigham Young
& H. C. Kimbal met with the quorum of the Twelve & the
same subject was brought up & talked over & President
Young said the best way for the Twelve to get a living for
themselves & familis was to preach the gospel with all
their might & your means will come in your way T. B
Marsh
once said he did not know what Joseph called the
Twelve for without it was to abuse them I told him if the
Twelve were faithful they would soon see the day that they
would have all the influence they could wield that day has come
He said laying plans in our present situation for perpetuity
was all a shadow we may lay plans but they may be frustrated

On the last day of Dec 1852 I looked over my Jounal &
recorded on the following page the result of my labour &c

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
394 mentions
Family
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2226 mentions
Marsh, Thomas Baldwin
1 Nov 1800 - 31 Dec 1865
98 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
On the last day of I looked over my Journal and made up the following Synopsis of The Journal of Wilford Woodruff for 1852 Travels: I travelled with President Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball and a large company of Elders through the southern part of Utah Territory visiting the cities villages and settlements on the way teaching and instructing the people. Our southern visit extended as far south as Parowan and Ceder cities making a distance to and from of eight hundred and seventy six miles. Public Meetings: I attended forty five. Baptisms: I baptized a daughter wife and brother-in-law

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Wilford appointed clerk and historian of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age 45.
Wilford serves third term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 31, 1852