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Day in the Life

Nov 24, 1860

Journal Entry

November 24, 1860 ~ Saturday

24 I was quite unwell this morning with a Diarrhoea. I spent most of the day
in the Endowment House. The Mountaineer to day contains the news
By Poney Express concerning the withdrawal of the Southern States from
the union it commenced in South Carolina in fulfillment of the prophecy [Doctrine and Covenants 87]
[FIGURES] of Joseph Smith the Prophet or the revelation of the Lord through
him which has been published in the pearl of Great Price & written
in various Books for many years it really looks as though the United
States were ripe for the Harvest

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Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2228 mentions

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Endowment House, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
South Carolina

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Brother Gibson said that He was about to take another mission was going to Jappan, Siam, & the Malay Islands. He has had an invitation by the Historian of Jappan to visit that Land, is intimately acquainted with the King of Siam & has been strongly invited by the princes & Chiefs of the Malay Islands to visit them. He seems to have been raised up as an instrument in the Hands of God to open the way among those Nations for the receptions of the gospel President Young Blessed him & said He would go with a commission to all Nations upon the Earth & he should go with his good will & blessing.
~ Wilford Woodruff
The Mountaineer to day contains the news By Poney Express concerning the withdrawal of the Southern States from the union it commenced in South Carolina in fulfillment of the prophecy [FIGURES] of Joseph Smith the Prophet or the revelation of the Lord through him which has been published in the pearl of Great Price & written in various Books for many years it really looks as though the United States were ripe for the Harvest
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter to Ozem Woodruff, June 1861
under Date of And you may be assured that it was a great treat to me you are the ownly person upon the Earth of all relations who holds any correspondance with me by writing except I have occasionally got a letter from Ozem Thompson I have freequently written to him for the last year but obtained No answer your Letter informed me that He was at Lovely Street which Explained the matter to me. As soon as I got your Letter I Read to Father & my family and then Read it to Bittsey Cossett she says she thinks she has Received all of Annas Letters

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Dec 1860 - Jan 1861
Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Nov 24, 1860