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Day in the Life

Oct 8, 1855

Journal Entry

October 08, 1855 ~ Monday

^[FIGURE]^ Oct 6th 1855 Saturday A General Conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints met at
the bowery at 10 oclok this morning which Held three
days Ended monday night Oct 8th. There were present
during this conference all the First Presidency & P. P. Pratt
O. Pratt W. Woodruff G. A. Smith E. T. Benson, L. Snow
& Erastus Snow of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
& the other Authorities of the Church & about ten-
thousand of the saints all the procedings of this Conference
is Published in the Deseret News of October 10th 1855
so I deem it unnecessary to publish it in this Journal

At this conference E. T. Benson & Erastus ^Lorenzo^ Snow were
appointed missions to England & P. P. Pratt O. Pratt
& W Woodruff of the Twelve were appointed Home missions
with many others in Utah Territory.

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Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
653 mentions
Apostle, Family
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
523 mentions
Apostle

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England
Utah Territory

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Oct 8, 1855