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Nov 5, 1857

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November 05, 1857 ~ Thursday

5^th It rained all day and night I spent the fore noon
at home & the afternoon in the office. their is about
2 feet of snow at Echo Canyon no express to day to day
from the seat of war General D H Wells is in command
He had a child died last night at 9 oclok named Luna
about 14 months old. Wilford Woodruff ^Jr received a letter
from Robert Scholes, which I answered to day
for him

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27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891

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24 Aug 1856 - 4 Nov 1857

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19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891

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President Brigham Young related the circumstances of their seeing a circle of about 40 persons dressed in white robes & caps in the upper story of the Temple in Kirtland during the spring of 1835 after the Endowments their was no person in that room at the time that was mortal yet the room was filled with light & many personages did appear clothed in white & freequently went to the windows & looked out so that the Brethren in the street could see them plainly Brother Young & Truman Angel stood to gether in the street & looked at them a long time W W Phelps says he saw them for 3 hours they were visable by all the Brethren Present. Brother Angel said they must have stood some 2 feet from the floor if they were ownly the size of common men they could not have been seen from the place whare they stood except it should be the head & those personages appeared nearly down to the waist as they looked out of the window with a front view see if this is named in the History

~ Wilford Woodruff

President Brigham Young related the circumstances of their seeing a circle of about 40 persons dressed in white robes & caps in the upper story of the Temple in Kirtland during the spring of 1835 after the Endowments their was no person in that room at the time that was mortal yet the room was filled with light & many personages did appear clothed in white & freequently went to the windows & looked out so that the Brethren in the street could see them plainly Brother Young & Truman Angel stood to gether in the street & looked at them a long time W W Phelps says he saw them for 3 hours they were visable by all the Brethren Present. Brother Angel said they must have stood some 2 feet from the floor if they were ownly the size of common men they could not have been seen from the place whare they stood except it should be the head & those personages appeared nearly down to the waist as they looked out of the window with a front view see if this is named in the History

~ Wilford Woodruff