Day in the Life

Dec 19, 1858

Journal Entry

December 19, 1858 ~ Sunday

19th Sunday we left the severe at abotut 6 oclok & travelled
to the Salt Creek settlement atcalled Nephi got there at
11 ock we here spent the day Joseph Young got his
Carriage mended they had a meeting in the evening I
did not attend but went to bed early not having slep
but little for 2 nights. 25 miles

After I had got to bed Brother Warren Snow & Peacock
called upon me also F D & Samuel Richards They informed
me that one hundred soldiers had gone into Fort Ephraim
the commander had called the people together & hurranged
them & through the influence of Benjamin Clapp had
deceived the people through fair promises & got the consent
of the people & let the souldery in Father James Alred & his


son had opposed it But Benjamin Clapp used all his influen[ce]
with the people who were mostly Danes & they had let them
in & rented them their public carrells for four months
Benjamin Clapp had taken the Job of supplying the
soldiery with Grain & hay at a cheep rate & Brother Snow was
afraid they would get into Manti I advised Brother Snow
to go dire[c]t Back to those settlements & take all the measures
he could to stop the procedings & block up the way of their
going into Manti. He said he would do so

Sonon Secretary Hartnet arived with his escort & wishd
to camp in the school house for the night which was granted him
we spent the night with Charles H Bryan

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Clapp, Benjamin Lynn
19 Aug 1814 - 21 Oct 1865
141 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Bryan, Charles Hinkle
14 Dec 1807 - 14 Jan 1885
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
815 mentions
Apostle
Allred, James
22 Jan 1784 - 10 Jan 1876
23 mentions
Zion's Camp
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
691 mentions
Apostle, Family
Richards, Samuel Whitney
9 Aug 1824 - 26 Nov 1909
Snow, Warren Stone
15 Jun 1818 - 21 Sep 1896

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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 19, 1858