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Day in the Life

Aug 23, 1874

Journal Entry

August 23, 1874 ~ Sunday

23rd [FIGURE] Sunday I wrote 34 letters to Phebe Susan & John Reeves
I spent most of the forenoon in Presidents Youngs Office
[FIGURE] we received a letter from Sarah I wrote one letter to I F Carter

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
394 mentions
Family
1 mention
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
695 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family

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President's Office, 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 23, 1874