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Day in the Life

Dec 15, 1859

Journal Entry

December 15, 1859 ~ Thursday

145th I spent the day in the office examining corresponding
letters. I called upon President Young in the evening the
subject was brought up of cold weather and freezeing
He said He said on the cold Friday in 1814 He choped timber
all day for Browse He froze his feet vary bad He put them
in cold water but He had always been troubled with
the chilsl Blains untill 1835. He was at Sister Browers
in Boston He there went & stood with his bare feet
upon the stone hearth whare there was a fire
and poured viniegar upon heris feet which boiled untill
his feet was almost boiled this cured the Chill Blai-
ns and he never was troubled with it since. We were
informed that a young man froze to death in Cash valley
on Monday

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3302 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
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1860
Church membership 61,000; population of Utah Territory 40,273, population of 33 United States 31,443,000.

Dec 15, 1859