Day in the Life

Feb 23, 1870

Journal Entry

February 23, 1870 ~ Wednesday

23nd A hand pointing to the right $10 I wrote a letter to Betsey Alvord & sent her $10 By Richard
Barrett
. I went to the field in the Evening

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Alvord, Betsey Cossett
19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884
103 mentions
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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 23, 1870