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Day in the Life

Dec 14, 1876

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December 14, 1876 ~ Thursday

14. I wrote 3 letters to day to A. P. Rockwood, to Wilford & Bulah

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9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879

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19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905

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22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921

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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 14, 1876