Day in the Life

Jan 9, 1857

Journal Entry

January 09, 1857 ~ Friday

9th I met with the Legislature in the fore part of the day & in the afternoon
I met with the committee at the Historians office I met with P P. Pratt
family & spoke to them about one hour. I then met with the Twelve at
the Historians office & set till 10 oclok to hear an investigation of Isaac
Hill
& Brother Savage & the missionaries it was a good meeting & good instru-
ction was given.

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Savage, Levi (Jr.)
23 Mar 1820 - 13 Dec 1910
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
547 mentions
Apostle

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I spoke of the organ- ization of the Church & the Patriarchal order of the Church & the Blessings given us & exhorted the people to prize the blessings which God had put into their hands & not to treat lightly the Holy things of God.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.

Jan 9, 1857