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Day in the Life

Jan 12, 1858

Journal Entry

January 12, 1858 ~ Tuesday

12th I spent most of the day in the Legislature I carried in a report
of the President and Board of Directors which drawed out a speech
from President Kimball and Wells and many of the members &
it was required of each member of the assembly to write his views
upon agriculture & manufactor &c. I spent the evening untill
10 oclok in the office I searched the English report upon sheep
and found that the south down and Leicester were the two
best breeds of sheep in Europe the Lincoln bore 10 lb fleeces which
was the Heaviest

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Jan 12, 1858