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Day in the Life

Mar 7, 1860

Journal Entry

March 07, 1860 ~ Wednesday

7 It is storming hard this morning I spent the time
in the Endowment house this forenoon we gave Endowments to 28
15 men & 13 women among the Number was Capt Walter M. Gibson
& his Daughter also E R Young & wife I spent the after noon in the
office * In the afternoon of the 6th President Young came into the H. Office
and herd a letter read written in the Deseret Alphabet by a man in
the Creek Indian Nation by the name of Ireing it was a good
letter it showed the good intention of the man to preach the gospel to that People
President Young said if the United States annexed us to New
Mexico we would soon become an independent Nation and organize
ourselves into a government. I attended Capt Gibson lecture in
the Tabernacle which was vary interesting


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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Ebenezer Russell, b. 1814
14 Nov 1814 - 23 Nov 1890
6 mentions
1 mention
6 mentions
Gibson, Walter Murray
16 Jan 1822 - 21 Jan 1888
36 mentions

Mar 7, 1860