Day in the Life

Dec 16, 1871

Journal Entry

December 16, 1871 ~ Saturday

16. I Attended the school of the Prophets. George Nebeker Prayed Wm C. Stanes
spoke 30 Minutes O Pratt spoke 22 M J Taylor 10 M & D H Wells 57. He told
his Answer to Gen Morrow at Camp Douglass when He asked what we would
do whether we would submit to the Demands of Government concerning Poligamy, or fight
He said (We will neither submit, nor obey, fight, nor run away)

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
13 mentions
1 mention
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
51 mentions

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Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Dec 16, 1871