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Day in the Life

Dec 31, 1878

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Events

Journal Entry

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December 31, 1878 ~ Tuesday

31. I spent the day setling up business and preparing to go south
I looked over my Journals and found on the following page
a synopsis of my travels & Labors during the year 1878

Events

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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.

March 1879 - April 1880

Wilford spends a year in "on the underground" serving a mission among the Native Americans.

Dec 31, 1878