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Day in the Life

Nov 22, 1856

Journal Entry

November 22, 1856 ~ Saturday

22nd I spent the day in the office I laid Hands upon President
J. M. Grant who is vary sick in company with F. D. Richards

I had a visit in the evening from F. D. Richards & wife & sister Pratt
they staid till 12 oclok we had a plesant time in conversing upon the
things of the Kingdom of God

People

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
784 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
271 mentions
Apostle

Places

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
On the Franklin D Richards and myself laid hands upon J. M. Grant who was very sick. This was the beginning of his sickness which shortly ended in his death

Events

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October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
December 30, 1856
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
1857
Church membership is 55,236.

Nov 22, 1856