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Day in the Life

Mar 8, 1861

Journal Entry

March 08, 1861 ~ Friday

8. I Bought 4 plums trees of Mrs Session & set them out I then
went to the office found G. A. Smith accompanied him to President
Youngs & sat & talked awhile upon various things President Young
wished H. S. Eldridge to rent his Farm & take the Superintendency
of Building the seventies Hall. G. A. Smith said that Israel P
Hoyt was about to leave Filmore. I wrote Elder Orson Pratt a
[FIGURE] letter and gave him the News of the day.

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
138 mentions
1 mention
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle
5 mentions

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Mar 8, 1861