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Day in the Life

Jan 23, 1870

Journal Entry

January 23, 1870 ~ Sunday

23rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning and
Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle Prayer By Nathan Davis
A. O. Smoot spoke 42 Minutes J. C. Wright 21 Afternoon
L Snow spoke 57 Minutes I met with the Presidency & 12 for Prayer
I attended Meeting at 14 ward C C Rich Preached I followed Him

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
24 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
653 mentions
Apostle, Family
Davis, Nathan
1814-1894
6 mentions

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Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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1870
Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
February 1870
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.

Jan 23, 1870