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Day in the Life

Aug 15, 1874

Journal Entry

August 15, 1874 ~ Saturday

15 Sunday Saturday Met in the Bowery at 10 oclok
Prayer By A. O. Smoot G. A. Smith spoke 22 Minuts
L. E. Harrington spoke 32 Minuts, Lorenzo Young spoke
25 Minuts. Afternoon E Green Prayed, John Taylor
spoke one hour & 27 Minuts, & W Woodruff 30 Minuts

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
556 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
2 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
36 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
122 mentions
Missionary

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Bowery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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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.

Aug 15, 1874