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Day in the Life

Sep 5, 1870

Journal Entry

September 05, 1870 ~ Monday

5 Monday I spent the day in the Endowment House we
gave 38 Endowments & sealed 97 couple Joseph F Smith
sealed 48 couple & W. Woodruff 49 couple Sister
Josephene Ursenbak had been baptized for European
Ladies, & Princes, &c & she officiated to day with Joseph F
Smith, & I sealed 9 to the Prophet Joseph Smith, 54 to the
Patriarch Joseph Smith, 5 to the Patriarch JHiram Smith
3 to Samuel Harrison Smith, 3 to Don Carlos Smith
3 to Joseph F Smith, & 3 to Samuel H. B. Smith He offici-
ated for His Father & Don Carloss Smith. Total 30 sealed
to the Smith Family. TheFrench & Prussia war which
has been raging now for a month are sheding as it were rivers
of Blood some half a Million of Men have been slain

since the war commenced & Finally a French Army has surrendered
of some 120000 men to the King of Prussia including the Emperor
Napoleon whether the war will scease or whether the
Prussians will besiege Paris time will determin.
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Azmon Woodruff

People

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Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
348 mentions
Family
Smith, Don Carlos, b. 1816
25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841
49 mentions
Smith, Hyrum
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
400 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2227 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
127 mentions
1 mention
Bonaparte, Napoleon III of France
20 Apr 1808 - 9 Jan 1873
7 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
38 mentions
Smith, Samuel Harrison
13 Mar 1808 - 30 Jul 1844
41 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure

Places

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Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Then Martin Harris arose & bore testimony to the truth of the Book of Mormon He is 88 years old & has finally come up to Zion to lay his Body down with the Saints He has been from the Church 33 years in a state of Apostacy & he is far behind the times yet He bears a strong testimony to the truth of the Book of Mormon.
~ Wilford Woodruff

Sep 5, 1870