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Dec 20, 1878

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December 20, 1878 ~ Friday

20 [FIGURE] I wrote 3 Letters to Bleak McAllister & [Miss Cook]

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15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918

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November 1878

Wilford is divorced from ("sent bill" on November 25; "signed bill" on November 28).

December 2, 1878

Wilford asks to be resealed to him. (Note written in shorthand in journal margin.)

January 1, 1879

Wilford and move from into house next door; lease Valley House to be used as a hotel.

January 2, 1879

eighth child, Wilford's 34th and last child, is born in .

January 6, 1879

Supreme Court denies challenge to Law; plural marriage a criminal offense.

February 7, 1879

Wilford goes into hiding to avoid arrest for polygamy.

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