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Day in the Life

Aug 18, 1856

Journal Entry

August 18, 1856 ~ Monday

18th I called upon President Young in the morning made some inquiries
about his trip to Farmington on Saturday. Presidents Young & Kimball
called upon us oin Saturday the office in the Afternoon & we finished up the
History of Joseph Smith & we took doon an account of Brigham
Youngs Father & family & Grand Father & Mother &c I spent the day in
the office. I had an interview with Brother Day who had just
arived from Salmon River Mission Green Taylor had charge of
the company they came with ox teams 415 miles in 17 days over
24 miles each day they brought in some pickled salmons thare were
13 teams in company most of the crops had been destroyed by the grass
hoppers but thought they had raised about 200 bushels of wheat
50 of which would be cut & the remainder would be draged in for seed
see the Letter of Elder Cummings published Wednesday 20 Aug 1856
will give a history of that mission in a measure

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
61 mentions
Young, John Hayden
6 Mar 1763 - 12 Oct 1839
12 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2345 mentions
Young, Joseph, b. 1729
12 Feb 1729 - 14 Nov 1769
2 mentions
Young, Naby How
3 May 1766 - 11 Jun 1815
3 mentions
Taylor, Pleasant Green
2 Aug 1827 - 16 May 1917
13 mentions
Day, Thomas
1814-1893
8 mentions

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Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory
Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Salmon River Valley, Oregon Territory

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On Presidents Young and Kimball called upon us in the Historian's Office in the afternoon and we finished up the History of Joseph Smith and took down an account of Brigham Young father and family and his grandfather and grandmother I procured a Utah Mountain Spider or Tarantula which I preserved in a tin box to send with other insects to Dr Fitch of New York.

Events

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Sep 1856 - April 1857
Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).

Aug 18, 1856