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Day in the Life

Apr 13, 1856

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

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King, Edward
1795-1837
1 mention
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Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
269 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle
4 mentions

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

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March 17, 1856
Wilford rebaptizes family members over the age of 8 (3 wives, 3 children, and "Lamanite" boy Moroni).
April 7, 1856
Wilford appointed Assistant Church Historian (serves in Historian's Office from 1856 to 1883).
April 28, 1856
Wilford poisoned while skinning livestock; life saved through priesthood blessings.

Apr 13, 1856