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Day in the Life

Nov 10, 1858

Journal Entry

November 10, 1858 ~ Wednesday

10th I spent the day in the office on history I called upon
Wm Kimball in the evening about Lumber I found him in
Bed. I then called upon President Young I found D. H Wells
O. Hyde G A Smith C C. Rich A. Lyman E Snow & W. Woodruff
was with him. I. C. Haight & Elias Morris arived from
Iron County, & was present He reports that they had
made good Iron in the last blast but it had not run
long before their blast blew out the lining having melted
He reported that they hag a good crop of cotton, one
half of which was destroyed by an Early frost they had
a cotton gin in operation & doing well. They had a good
crop of sugar cane a part of which was destroyed by the
frost. they report the road lined with Deserters, Teamsters
& soldiers on the way to Calafornia.

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
287 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Morris, Elias
1825-1898
42 mentions
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Haight, Isaac Chauncey
27 May 1813 - 8 Sep 1886
9 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle
43 mentions

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Nov 10, 1858