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Feb 23, 1879

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February 23, 1879 ~ Sunday

23. Sunday [FIGURE] I wrote Letters to Jaques to Roskelly
and John P Sorrenson I received one letter from
Sorrenson complaining that He had not Received any
letters from me I spent the day in my room writing

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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.

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