Second Constitutional Convention held and petition for State of Deseret delivered to Washington, D.C.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 13, 1856 ~ Sunday
13th Sunday Elder O. Pratt preached in the forenoon upon
the evidences of the Book of Mormon. He quoted a good
deal from Lord Kingsborough extensive work upon the
Antiquities of the American Indians & Mexicans the most
extensive work ever got up by the gentiles upon this subject
it is in 9 volumes each vol will weigh 30 or 40 lbs many of
the manuscrips have been deposited among the Archives of
Europe for hundred of years there was but 30 or 40 copies
ever published it is said, & but two of those copies are in America
one in the Philadelphia Museum & the other in the City of the Great
Salt Lake owned by Professor Orson Pratt.
J. M. Grant Preached
in the Afternoon spoke of Golightly's shop being broaken open & 150
lbs of flour taken from it. W. Woodruff lost 35 lbs from his
bakery. W. Woodruff followed & said that those that took his
flour if they took it because they were suffering with Hunger
& would ask a Blessing upon the bread when it was made & send
him home the bags he would not bring an Accusation against
them at the close of the meeting the bags were put in sight &
brought to me next morning
I met in the prayer circle in the evening And the
following named persons received their blessings & was
set apart for their Missions. Elders O. Pratt G A Smith, E. T. Benson
Erastus Snow, Truman O. Angel, & Phineas Young. W Woodruff
wrote them all from memery 3 days afterwards & had them
copied into the Historians Book of Events. G A. Smiths Blessing
was written by his dictation By T. Bullock the remainder
W. Woodruff wrote
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King, Edward
16 Nov 1795 - 27 Feb 1837
1 mention
Historical Figure
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Young, Phineas Howe
16 Feb 1799 - 10 Oct 1879
56 mentions
Golightly, Richard
1807-1872
4 mentions
Bullock, Thomas
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
128 mentions
Angell (Angel), Truman Osborn Angell
5 Jun 1810 - 16 Oct 1887
41 mentions
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Wilford rebaptizes family members over the age of 8 (3 wives, 3 children, and "Lamanite" boy Moroni).
Wilford appointed Assistant Church Historian (serves in Historian's Office from 1856 to 1883).
Wilford poisoned while skinning livestock; life saved through priesthood blessings.