Day in the Life

Aug 13, 1862

Journal Entry

August 13, 1862 ~ Wednesday

13 I went down to my farm in the forenoon. I met with the
two Agricultural Boards in the Evening. we turned over all the
former Business to the old Board to settle all there own Accounts
I went to the printing office at 10 oclok & herd the Telegraph
dispatches read which contained much News another Battle fought
three thousand killed. President Lincoln had suspended the writ
of Habeus Corpus through the United States. Stoped all Emigration
from the U. S. to other countries, or from one state to another the
guerillas have captured Indipendance Jackson Co & Liberty
Clay County. 700000 men have been called to arms in the
North in two months

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Lincoln, Abraham
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
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Wilford serves as President of Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society for 15 years.

Aug 13, 1862