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Day in the Life

Sep 12, 1872

Journal Entry

September 12, 1872 ~ Thursday

12 We found the lick House to possess vary fine accomodations
Their dining Hall was said to be the finest known in the
world. G. A. Smith & Myself two bed rooms & one sitting Room
together we took breakfast at 8 oclok. We then commenced

to visit the City. We visited the Merchants Library contained
33000 volums we visited the Williamette Woollen Manufact-
uring Co goods, & the Merchants Exchange, Chamber of
Commersce. San Francisco is a vary fine place the City
looks as though it was 100 years old instead of 20. It contains
175000 Inhabitants & a vast amount of wealth Expended in
building it up. We visited the Chineese part of the City
Their God Josh, with their Eternal fires burning, we
saw them ingaged in their various persuits they are vary
Numerous in that City

In the Evening we visited the Horticultural & Floral Fair we
received complementary tickets it was a vary interesting Exhi-
bition. The Hall was lighted with more than 3000 gass Jets, there
was one Pyramid of floer 7 feet high & abot 6 feet at the base.
5000 plants were given away to girls under 14 years old, the
Music was Excellent. I was interested in the silk culture that
was Exhibited from the feeding of the worm up to the spinning ^reeling^ of the
silk. There was a great variety of fruit & flowers. We took

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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
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Apostle, Missionary

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Lick House, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

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Sep 12, 1872