Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 13, 1869 ~ Monday
13 My child is some Better this morning I went to the Endo[wmen]t
House & spent a short time. They gave 23 Endo[wme]nts & D. H.
Wells sealed 21 couple
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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Jeremiah
29 Dec 1868 - 16 Dec 1869
4 mentions
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President Young said in relation to Joseph Smith return- ing the Plates of the Book of Mormon that He did not returne them to the Box from where He had Received But He went im a cave in the Hill Comoro with Oliver Cowdry & deposited those plates upon a table or shelf & in that room were deposited a large amount of gold plates containing sacred records & when they first visited that Room the sword of Laban was Hanging upon the wall & when they last visited it, the sword was drawn from the scabbard & lew upon da table & a Messenger who was the keeper of the room informed them that that sword would never be returned to its scabbard untill the Kingdom of God was Esstablished upon the Earth & untill it reigned triumphant over Evry Enemy Joseph Smith said that Cave contained tons of choice Treaassures & records
~ Brigham Young
I was informed that one of my children was night unto death it had Been sick about one week it was Delights youngest child I returned home & administered to it & it revived But was vary low through the night
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.