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Day in the Life

Jul 17, 1859

Journal Entry

July 17, 1859 ~ Sunday

17th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
A. O. Smoot Prayed Bishop Hoagland was mouth I attended
meeting at the Tabernacle. O. Pratt preached in the morning
upon the evidences of the Book of Mormon Mr Greely was
in the stand He paid particular attention to the feamales
as they came in but he slep most of the time during the
sermon Mr Greely also attended in afternoon & slept while
John Taylor preached upon the systems of the day. I met
with the Twelve in the evening John Taylor prayed &
Erastus Snow was mouth we conversed upon a variety
of subjects Brother Benson gave an account of Mr Greely
going into a store to buy a neck tie which was quite amusing

People

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Hoagland, Abraham Lucas
24 Mar 1797 - 14 Feb 1872
82 mentions
Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
12 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1837 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle

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Adobe Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Jul 17, 1859