Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 04, 1863 ~ Sunday
4. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning W. Woodruff prayed
R. L. Campbell Clwas mouth I attended meeting all day H. S. Eldridge
Preached in the morning followed by W. Woodruff Joseph W Young
spoke in the Afternoon followed by President Young wh[o] gave a vary
interesting discourse to the people, concerning the resurrection, the
work of the Millennium, the reign of Christ &c I met with the
Twelve in the Evening for Prayer John Taylor Prayed L. Snow was
mouth there was but three of us present I went to the printing
office & stoped untill 10 oclok to get the Telegraphic dispatches
we got President Abraham Lincoln Message delivered on
on the first day of Jan 1863 setting free all slaves in all the
Cotton States who were in arms against the Northern States
we also got an account of three days fight at Murfresborough
and also at Vicksburgh
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Lincoln, Abraham
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
32 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
142 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Campbell, Robert Lang
21 Jan 1825 - 11 Apr 1874
121 mentions
Missionary
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