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Day in the Life

May 18, 1856

Journal Entry

May 18, 1856 ~ Sunday

18th Sunday I attended meeting in the Tabernacle it being the first
time I have been out since I have been sick John Young preached
I attended the prayer Circle in the evening I herd a number of
letters read

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Young, John (Jr.)
22 May 1791 - 27 Apr 1870
46 mentions

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

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
Sunday the was the first time I attended meeting in the Tabernacle since the attack upon my life by poison and mortification

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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.

May 18, 1856