Wilford is divorced from Eudora Young ("sent bill" on November 25; "signed bill" on November 28).
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 27, 1878 ~ Friday
25 , , & 28 I spent this time choring and prepareing to go south
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Wilford asks Mary Ann Jackson to be resealed to him. (Note written in shorthand in journal margin.)
Wilford and Phebe move from Valley House into house next door; lease Valley House to be used as a hotel.
Supreme Court denies George Reynolds' challenge to Morrill Law; plural marriage a criminal offense.
Wilford goes into hiding to avoid arrest for polygamy.