Day in the Life

Jul 20, 1859

Journal Entry

July 20, 1859 ~ Wednesday

20th Robert Scholes {started for Camp Floyd this morning
to buy a pair of mules. I spent the day in the office|Deseret Alphabet} I met
with the Presidency and Twelve at President Young office at
8 oclok for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject
of our candidate or Delegate to Washington we ascertained
that our enemies intend to run Dr Hurt for a candidate
and Hartnet would give him a certificate if he did not get
more than 5 votes on the plea that Horace Eldridge was
not a resident of this Territory having been absent nearly
a year a Number of voters came in we organized a
corcus [caucus] or meeting by appointing S. M. Blair chairman
& A Carrington secretary. The meeting resolved to
Drop the name of Horrace S. Eldridge & insert in its stead
the Name of William H. Hooper so that our Enemies
will have no chance to cavil about it. It was resolved
to print a circular forthwith & that F. D. Richards
& Joseph A Young start early in the morning for
all the southern settlements & distribute the circulars
as far as the lowest settlements also that John Taylor
& oOrson Hyde go South North as far as Box Elder & Cach
valley for the same purpose President Young wrote a letter
I left the office at about 1 oclok at Night it was supposed
that the Gentiles would try to vote at Camp Floyd & get
the armey to vote.

A single key with teeth to the left I Baptized my Daughter Bulah Augusta at 7 oclok
in the Evening she was 8 years old yesterday the 19th

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3448 mentions
Apostle, Family
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Hurt, Garland
abt. 1820-1903
15 mentions
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
143 mentions
16 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Angell
14 Oct 1834 - 5 Oct 1875
76 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
694 mentions
Apostle
Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
95 mentions
Family
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
70 mentions
124 mentions

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Jul 20, 1859