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Day in the Life

Apr 28, 1874

Journal Entry

April 28, 1874 ~ Tuesday

28. we rode to Lehi & held a Meeting with the
People at 10 oclok Erastus Snow spok one hour
& 30 Minuts A Cannon 20 M[inutes] we then organized
that Branch into the United Order & appointed their
Officers we took dinner at Brother Thomas
then took cars & arived at Salt Lake City
at 4 oclok I received 4 Letters from F. D. Richards
[FIGURES] J. Steel, Shuah Moulton I wrote
Letter to F. D. Richards distance 50 M[iles]

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Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
185 mentions
1 mention
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
Moulton, Shuah Coffin Carter
20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905
87 mentions
Family

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Lehi, Utah County, Utah Territory
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Events

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June 23, 1874
Poland Act passed by Congress becomes legal basis for the prosecution of polygamists in the 1870s and 1880s.

Apr 28, 1874