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Nov 8, 1879

Journal Entry

November 08, 1879 ~ Saturday

8 [FIGURES] I received a note from J. W. Young At Moan Coppy He
thought he would be at Moan coppy I received a letter from Brigham Young I wrote 3 letters To Brigham Young, Phebe & Jaques it was a
cold windy day. I filed all of Lot Smiths Letters today, one
Package of 15 in number of President Youngs letters which I
read and were more precious than gold and a package
of 10 of President Taylors since he had been President of the
Church all such documents are worthy of Preservation

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Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
540 mentions
Apostle
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
439 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
299 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
352 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family

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Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
^[FIGURES]^ Nov 8. 1879 [FIGURES] I received a Note from John W Young at Moencoppy He thought He would be at Conference {shorthand} I received a letter from Brigham Young I wrote 3 Letters To Brigham Young Phebe WW & Jaques it was a cold winday day. I filed all of Lot Smiths Letters to day one Package of President Young Numbering 15 more precious than gold and package of 10 of President John Taylors since He has been the president of the Church all such Documents are worthy of preservation

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Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.

Nov 8, 1879