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Day in the Life

Dec 9, 1876

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December 09, 1876 ~ Saturday

9. We Met in the Meeting House for a two Days meeting at 10 oclok
Wm Snow Prayed Erastus Snow spoke 4 Minuts B Young Jr 20 M[inutes]
W Woodruff 44 Minuts. Afternoon Prayer By B Young jr, M P Romney
spoke 35 M[inutes], W Woodruff 30, E Snow 45. Spent the night with Harrison Burgess

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9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888

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14 Dec 1806 - 19 May 1879

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Events

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November 1, 1876

Wilford moves to to assist in readying temple for dedication.

November 7, 1876

National election between Republican and Democrat (outcome determined after the Compromise of 1877).

November 13, 1876

Wilford, and begin writing down the temple ceremony.

Church membership reaches 115,065.

January 1, 1877

Wilford, , and dedicate portions of .

January 9, 1877

First baptism for the dead administered in font.

January 11, 1877

First proxy endowments administered in this dispensation in .

January 11, 1877

First proxy sealings and first sealings and endowments for the living in .

January 14, 1877

asks Wilford and others to write out the temple ceremonies.

January 16, 1877

Wilford administers second anointing to the first couple in the .

February 7, 1877

Wilford administers second anointing by proxy for the first time in the .

Dec 9, 1876