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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 17, 1860 ~ Tuesday
17 We got papers to 22nd Dec From St Louis giving an Account of
the Hanging of the four men at Charlestown V.a. 2 got out
the night before were retaken & hung The house of Congress was
not Organized at the 21 Dec I spent the day in the office Journalizing
I spent the evening at Brother J Horns several of the Twelve
were present O. Pratt J. Taylor F D. Richards L. Snow & W Woodruff
& A. O. Smoot Mayor The evening was spent in speeches & songs
we went home about Midnight
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Horne, Joseph
17 Jan 1812 - 27 Apr 1897
49 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
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