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Day in the Life

Jan 29, 1859

Journal Entry

January 29, 1859 ~ Saturday

29th I spent the day scraping in the office I attendinged the
Meeting of the D. A. M. society we formed a company to engage
in raising sugar cane & tobaco. W. Woodruff S. M. Blair
A. O Smoot W. C. Stains form the company to commence
with & other may be added to it. Bishop Edward Hunter
L W Hardy & J. C. Little for[m] a company to engage in the raising
of the Hemp

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
270 mentions
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
171 mentions
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
224 mentions
Family
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
68 mentions
51 mentions

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Historian'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 29, 1859