Day in the Life

Dec 10, 1858

Journal Entry

December 10, 1858 ~ Friday

10th I spent the forenoon isn settelling with the Rush valley
Herd company. I spent the afternoon in the office on
History I spent the evening with President Young D. H. Wells
G. A. Smith & C. C. Rich in his private room. he was not well
Brother Candling called in & said that Judge Sinclair & his
court were in hot water & did not know how to get out
they are wound up in there court operations & kirk
Anderson who published his valley tan & made war
upon us is also about wound up he cannot support his
paper. I feel to acknowledge the Hand of God in all these
things The Lord has sustained us through the war and is
now sustaining us through the courts & is thwarting all
the designs of our Enemies in all their wicked designs
against the Latter Day Saints the Lord has given Presidt
Young wisdom to out general all the United States with
their Armies Judges & courts so that they have had no
power over him or this people for which I feel to praise
the name of the Lord

President Young wished the Twelve who went to Fillmore
to inquire into the Charivari^ing^ of Brother Hoyt & family all
night while his wife was having a child born unto him it
being the first child he ever had though he had been marr[i]ed
26 years. Also to inquire into the case of McBrides
sons who Bishop Bronson was jealeous were laying plans
to kill him

We made an estimate of some of the expenses of the war
of the United States against the mormons we made including
soldiers, teamsters & waiters for 1858) 12730 Men
Russel & Wardles Government freight amounted to $5,445,468
20400 Governmt waggons cost of each outfit $1500 $9,180000.00
Paid for 3200 teamsters 480 dollars each 1536,000.00
Paid 4600 soldiers $300 each 1380000.00
sum total for the Above four items $17,540,468.00

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
2 mentions
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
21 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Candland, David
15 Oct 1819 - 8 Mar 1902
37 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
2 mentions
5 mentions
3 mentions
5 mentions

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Fillmore, Millard County, Utah Territory
Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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I feel to acknowledge the Hand of God in all these things. The Lord has sustained us through the war and is now sustaining us through the courts & is thwarting all the designs of our Enemies in all their wicked designs against the Latter Day Saints the Lord has given President Young wisdom to out general all the United States with their Armies Judges & courts so that they have had no power over him or this people for which I feel to praise the name of the Lord
~ Wilford Woodruff

Events

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

Dec 10, 1858