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Day in the Life

May 1, 1859

Journal Entry

May 01, 1859 ~ Sunday

May 1st Sunday it rained all day & soaked the Earth
thoroughly it starts evry thing up green I did not attend
the morning prayer Circle I met with the Twelve in the
evening J Taylor Prayed E. T. Benson was mouth, we
all called upon the president till half past 9 oclok
the Eastern ma

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle

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A fine plesant morning the whole Earth smiles with gladness
~ Wilford Woodruff

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May 1, 1859