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Dec 16, 1879

Journal Entry

December 16, 1879 ~ Tuesday

16 A hand pointing to the right I wrote 3 Letters to the commission of the Land Office
Wm N Kelley & John S Campbell of washington Delegate

I wrote a letter of 10 pages to A M Musser and gave him
an account of my visit to the 7 Indian villages and
sent him a copy of the two Letters on the timber question
Keys crossed A crown I dreamed at night that President Taylor was sealing
all in the Church plural marriages to them that wished
it. we met in the council of the 12 I thought the glory of God
rested upon us and we done all our work openly and
the government had no power over us and we rejoiced together

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Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
Campbell, John Goulder
25 Jun 1827 - 22 Dec 1903
3 mentions
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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1964 mentions
Apostle

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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
Dec 16, 1879 [FIGURE] ^3 Letters^ We rote to the commissioner of the Land Office Wm N. Kelley, and John S Campbell at Washington Delegate from Arizona and wrote a letter to A. M. Musser of 10 pages on the 7 Indian villages and sent him a copy of the two Letters on Timber I dreamed at night [FIGURES] that I was in council with the 12 and I thought thare was quite a Number present And I dreamed that Brother Taylor sealed plural Marriages to all that wanted to be sealed and sealed all families I thought the glory of God rested upon us I thought we done all our work openly and the Government had No power over us and many of us rejoiced together

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Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Dec 16, 1879