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Day in the Life

Aug 15, 1857

Journal Entry

August 15, 1857 ~ Saturday

15th I took my sword which Joseph Smith carried in Zions
Camp to get a New Handle & guard put onto it I got a Brass
one cast I then went to the office & spent the day on History
Robert & Wilford was called upon to get ready to leave for the mountains
on Tuesday I prepared Balls for Wilford that He might be
ready

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Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2226 mentions
Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
94 mentions
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Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Aug 15, 1857