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Day in the Life

Aug 31, 1866

Journal Entry

August 31, 1866 ~ Friday

31. It commenced raining yesterday at 3 oclok P.M. &
rained all night & all the forenoon to day I spent the day
choreing Brother Ricks Company arived on the 30.
Allexander Smith son of Joseph Smith the Prophet
arived in this city with Brother Ricks company. President
Young & a company went to Salt Lake yesterday Allexander
Smith went with him. The object of Allexander Smith
visit to this country is as a missionary to Calafornia
he has two missionaries with him they preach to
Esstablish the claim of young Joseph Smith to lead the
church or to be the true church they profess to have no
faith in the present organization of the church

People

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Smith, Alexander Hale
2 Jun 1838 - 11 Aug 1909
2 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
16 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2224 mentions
Ricks, Thomas Edwin
21 Jul 1828 - 28 Sep 1901
144 mentions
Missionary

Places

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

Aug 31, 1866