Day in the Life

Oct 25, 1857

Journal Entry

October 25, 1857 ~ Sunday

25th Sunday I attended the meeting in the Tabernacle John Young
preached in the Morning followed by Lorenzo Young & Brigham
Young
we had a good meeting. The Lord is manifesting great wis-
dom through President Brigham Young as a Prophet & leader
in Israel He corrects the Errors of all his brethren in such a
way it is clearly manifest in the Eyes of all the people.

I attended the prayer circle in the evening at 4 oclok Gen D H.
Wells
& Elders John Taylor & G A. Smith arived from the Head
quarters of the Army met in council with us & spent some
time in conversing upon the subjet of the war. President Young
said I mean to send word to the United States that if they have
sent troops here the cattle which we have taken I will give
them credit for upon compound interest but I do not
know that they have sent any they have not notifyed me
officially any thing about it & I have no right to know
any thing about it but shall treat them as a mob

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
796 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1944 mentions
Apostle
Young, John (Jr.)
22 May 1791 - 27 Apr 1870
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
123 mentions
Missionary

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the Elders John Taylor and George A Smith arrived from the head quarters of the army and met in council with us. President Young upon the subject of the war said I mean to send word to the United States that if they have sent troops here the cattle which we have taken I will give them credit for upon compound interest but I do not know that they have sent any. They have not notified me officially and I have not right to know anything about it but shall treat them as a mob

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Oct 25, 1857