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Mar 20, 1858

Journal Entry

March 20, 1858 ~ Saturday

March 20
I called at the office in the morning and spent the day in the office
Presidents Young and Kimball spent about 4 hours with us in
reading history we read Presidents kimball synopsis of his
history which has cost us vast labour and perplexity we also read
Amasa Lymans History both was approved of I feel very thankful
that we in a measure are getting through with the History of the
Twelve for it has cost me nearly a years hard brain labor

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
297 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle

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The Presidency and Twelve met in council at the office. Meeting opened by Prayer by O. Hyde I presented before the meeting the case of O. Pratt who did not believe in some of the teachings of President Young and thought President Young had reproved him unjustly the subjet was discused at length by the Twelve and President Young. much instruction was given at the close Orson Pratt confessed his faults and said that He would never teach those principles again or speak them to any person on the Earth we all forgave him and voted to receive him into full fellowship
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mar 20, 1858