Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff dies at age 13 months.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 29, 1858 ~ Monday
29th A plesant morning Brother Riser came into
the office & spoke of his mission in Jermany He had
four trials & 23 days imprisionment in Hamburgh
for preaching the fulness of the Gospel called mormonism
The court met this morning at 11 oclok Judge Sinclair
has tried to rig a purchase to take up Brigham Young &
his council & the Twelve for treason he gave a charge
to the Jury to Bring in a charge of treason against
the leaders of this people but to day the District Attorney
has argured before the court & the Grand Jury that they
had no Jurisdiction upon treason that was committed
at any period before the peace commissioners left this
Territory for Washington. It is a Historical fact that
treson did exhist in this Territory it is equally a Historical
fact that all treason which exhisted in this Territory was
pardoned By James Buchanan the President of the United
States and By the Govornor of this territory and the
Grand Jury have no business to enquuire into any thing
before the leaving of the pease commissioners left this
territory neither the Judge or Jery has nothing to do with
any thing that transpired before that event so this ends
the matter of trying to bring up Brigham Young on treason
Judge Sinclair ruled that Green river county was not
in his Jurisdiction. I spent the evening with President
Young & the committee on the Deseret Alphabet
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Wilson, Alexander
1821-1864
11 mentions
Cumming, Alfred
1802-1873
74 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Sinclair, Charles
1828-1887
21 mentions
Riser, George Christian
1818-1892
4 mentions
Buchanan, James
1791-1868
69 mentions
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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.