Day in the Life

Mar 10, 1859

Journal Entry

March 10, 1859 ~ Thursday

10th I called at the office at 9 oclock Bishop Bigler called
upon us this morning & gave a report of the Provo Court
Judge. Cradlebaugh had 80 soldiers with him to guard the
Prisioners. The Judge had given his charge to the Jury wished
them to inquire into the Mountain Meadow massacree, & several
other murders he seemed quite vindictive against the mormons
Sinclair was there drunk or nearly so & dam[n]ing the Mormons
I had a conversation with James Cummings he says he
had a talk with Samuel J Lees He says he knows who
is writing those synonomous [anonymous] Letters to President Young it is
done by a committee who are turning Infidels & apostitizing
from the Church they are vary vindictive against Brother
Kimball Cummings thought they would seek his life & many
other things were said I called upon the President & had
a private conversation with him upon this subject He said
the Lord would controll all this matter & the Utah Court too
see office Historians Private Journal I spent most of the

day Journalizing I Attended a party at Sister Kames
with Mrs Woodruff A. O. Smoot & wife J. C. Little &
wife J. Horn & wife Samuel Richards & wife & others
after partaking of a good feast I was called upon to make
a speech I spent 3/4 of an hour Preaching the gospel of Christ
& speaking of the things of the kingdom of God was followed
by A O. Smoot J. Horn J. C. Little another Brother & S
W Richards which occupied the time till near midni
ght

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3448 mentions
Apostle, Family
21 mentions
Little, Eliza Greenwood French
2 Sep 1818 - 23 Oct 1899
3 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1457 mentions
Apostle
Bigler, Henry William
28 Aug 1815 - 27 Nov 1900
22 mentions
61 mentions
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
19 mentions
Horne, Joseph
17 Jan 1812 - 27 Apr 1897
49 mentions
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Richards, Mary Heskin Parker
8 Sep 1823 - 3 Jun 1860
3 mentions
22 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
Family
2 mentions
Richards, Samuel Whitney
9 Aug 1824 - 26 Nov 1909
109 mentions

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

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In speaking at the funeral today of Brother Hardy's child I said little children when they died went home to God who gave them and I had no fears about them not half as much as I had about those who lived. I had great anxiety abo- ut the children of theis people that they might walk in the light of the Lord & be prepared to sustain this kingdom in their Generation I said those who were faithful in keeping the commandments of God would have their children again
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Mar 10, 1859