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Day in the Life

Sep 5, 1873

Journal Entry

September 05, 1873 ~ Friday

5. I went up Big Creek & caught 15 trout. I dreamed last
night the 4, That the United States Flag passed from North
to South in the sky all tattered & torn, then the Constitution
of the United States followed it but was all tied up with
ropes to keep it from falling to Peaces. Then followed an imens
Eagle with his tallons fast in the hair of the Head of President Grant
[FIGURE] carrying him off when this passed I awoke

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Grant, Ulysses S.
27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885
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Big Creek, Rich County, Utah Territory

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Sep 5, 1873