Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President of 37 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 08, 1869 ~ Thursday
8. Conference met at 10 oclok G. Q. Cannon Prayed Presid[en]t
Young spoke 55 Minutes G. A. Smith spoke 24 minutes G. Q. Cannon
spoke 15 Minutes Afternoon Prayer By E. T. Benson the
Missionaries were then Presented Presid[en]t Young spoke 25 Minutes
& then 30 Minutes. Conference then adjourned t6ill 6 day of Oct
I met D. H. Wells & the 12 at the Historians office & we set
Apart about 50 Missionaries
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3457 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
379 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1436 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2266 mentions
Apostle
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Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.