Day in the Life

Feb 4, 1858

Journal Entry

February 04, 1858 ~ Thursday

4th I called into Capt Hoopers store I there saw the mail
carrier He informed me that there was but 10 men that knew
the new south rout and 8 of them were mormons & with A
Lymon or soon will be, & there is but 2 left in Calafornia
& one had shot the other one & the one left was sentenc[e]d
to be hung soon. Brother Clayton informed me that Kinkade
had written & informed him that the last steemer had
received orders to send 4000 men immediately on the
southern route & 4000 from Oregon and 2000 would
start soon from the Missouri River, and 2000 now at
fort Bridger would make 12000 men

I called at the Presidents office and got my Account
which amounted to $410.58 cts I wrote Lyman wights
History to day. I spent the evening at home wreading scraps
sent by the last mail on Mormonism

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
298 mentions
Apostle
Kinkade, Charles
abt. 1832-unk.
13 mentions
Wight, Lyman
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Clayton, William
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
116 mentions
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Feb 4, 1858