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Day in the Life

Jan 18, 1859

Journal Entry

January 18, 1859 ~ Tuesday

18th I attended the Legislature and spent a short time in
the evening at the Presidents office the subject of the Allied
fleet in the gulf & on the Mexican Co[a]st was the subject of
conversation President Young said they were vary anxious
to shoot & they would have the privilege of doing all they
would want. D. H. Wells A Carrington & others were presnt

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
210 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle

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Gulf of Mexico
President's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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

Jan 18, 1859