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Day in the Life

Apr 2, 1858

Journal Entry

April 02, 1858 ~ Friday

2nd I spent a part of the day in the presidents office the
Calafornia Mail arived in the evening I spent the evening in
the Govornors office looking over the news, which was much
mixed, many were opposed to the Utah war

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President's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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we are all vacating our towns and cities and going into the southern settlements we shall evacuate the city of the Great Salt Lake if needs be into the hands of our enemies or burn our habitations and lay waste evry thing we possess inasmuch as our enemies are coming upon us and determined to destroy them us because we are deter- mined to worship God and acknowledge his hand in all things the rodes are lined with men, women and children, teams and waggons all moving south
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Apr 2, 1858