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Day in the Life

Jan 8, 1861

Journal Entry

January 08, 1861 ~ Tuesday

8 I spent the fore noon in the office the afternoon in the Legislature I spent
the night at the 13 ward Hall in a select Party Presidents Young &
Kimball were present also J. Taylor Lorenzo Snow & W. Woodruff of the 12
there were about 75 tickets sold at $1.50 each

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
655 mentions
Apostle, Family

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Events

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

Jan 8, 1861