Day in the Life

Feb 22, 1870

Journal Entry

February 22, 1870 ~ Tuesday

22nd Washingtons Birth day I attended a Military Meeting in
the City Hall at 2 oclok speeches were made By D. H. Wells W Woodruff
E Snow G. Q. Cannon, Pace, Thurber, Winder & Hyde.
A hand pointing to the right $5. I wrote a letter to Wilford sent him $5 & a sack of
goods & shoes & a sack of dried fruit all By Joseph W. Young
I attended a Milaitary Ball in the Evening at the Theater. I met
with Dr. H. Lathram & Lady from Laramie

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
796 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Washington, George
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
48 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
716 mentions
Family
Pace, William Byram
9 Feb 1832 - 18 Jun 1907

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He spoke upon the gospel & made Evry thing Plain if the religion of the Sectarian world did not ketch or save us our religion would if sprinkling children was not Baptism & not acceptable to God Baptism By immeresion was & what harm was there in keeping the commandment of God it would save a man while rejecting them would destroy a man
~ Brigham Young

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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.

Feb 22, 1870