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Day in the Life

Jul 28, 1872

Journal Entry

July 28, 1872 ~ Sunday

28. sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon but did in the
afternoon. James Brown spoke 45 Minutes W Woodruff 25 Minutes

[FIGURE] I felt well in speaking in the Tabernacle. I attended the prayer
circle in the Evening I & went to the 14 ward & herd President Young
speak about one hour He told how Joseph got the plates & the attack
of 3 Men to get them from him & how he was delived He said
there were 7 men with Joseph when he first organized the Endowments
& he Brigham Young was the ownly witness on the Earth the rest are
dead & but few living that received there Endowments under his
hands. I wrote 2 letters to Mrs. Woodruff & Sarah

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3302 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2227 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
695 mentions
Family

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

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I stoped Bwith Br Thatcher two of his sons George & John, while in Calafornia killed a Mountain Lion or Panther with their Hands & feet without any weapon that measured 9 feet from tip of nose to End of tail 2 1/2 feet high & weighed 160 lbs He Jumped on to Johns Back in a dark night He caught him around the Jaw bak
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Jul 28, 1872