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Day in the Life

Dec 20, 1860

Journal Entry

December 20, 1860 ~ Thursday

Dec 20th 1860
I called upon F. D. Richards who has been suffering with the inflamitory
rheumatism to a great Degree. I found him much better. I had an
interview with Zerubabel Snow about the resistance of the people at Fairfield
against the collector of taxes. Judge Snow questioned the legality of the
Law or act in ordering the collector to raise a posse sufficient to take their
property to pay the taxes & cost by Force. I spent the afternoon in the
Legislator & evening at home

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Zerubbabel
29 Mar 1809 - 27 Sep 1888
25 mentions

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Fairfield, Utah County, Utah Territory
Woodruff Home, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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

Dec 20, 1860