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Day in the Life

Dec 28, 1858

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December 28, 1858 ~ Tuesday

28^th I attended the Legislature Kirk Anderson sent a
copy of the valley tan to each member tof the council
& we found it lying on our desks it was moved & carried
that they all be gathered up & returned to the secretary
W Woodruff & B F Johnson was Appointed said committee
At the adjournment of the council we called upon
the secretary the Govornor was present I informed
the secretary that we had come as a committee to wait
upon him to say that we had found the valley tan on our
desk & we now returned them to the secretary not out of
any disrespect ofto the secretary of the message but considering
that the Editor of the valley Tan had taken an ungentle-
manly course which was calculated to stir up strife between
the people & the Government Hence we did not wish to take
it. Mr Hartnet said He had not any thing to do with it
it was Kirk Andersons doings about this time Anderson