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Day in the Life

Sep 1, 1861

Journal Entry

September 01, 1861 ~ Sunday

Sept 1st Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
& attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day. N. V. Jones C
V Spencer, J. Gates & President Young preached in the fore noon
& D. H. Wells in the afternoon followed by President Young He
[FIGURE] delivered one of the plainest discourseds I ever herd him
deliver upon following the fashions of the Gentiles, wearing Hoops,
making & selling whiskey, stealing &c. It was a vary plain
strong discourse

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Spencer, Claudius Victor
2 Apr 1824 - 5 Jan 1910
31 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Gates, Jacob
9 Mar 1811 - 14 Apr 1892
70 mentions
25 mentions

Places

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Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Sep 1, 1861