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Feb 18, 1861

Journal Entry

February 18, 1861 ~ Monday

18 I spent the day in the office & evening at home Jefferson Davis Inaugurated

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it was natural for us to wish to make all men like ourselves but we must take men as we find them & deal with them as such there is a great variety in the kingdom of God You cannot find any two limbs or leaves of a tree or spears of grass just alike
~ Brigham Young

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

Feb 18, 1861