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Dec 16, 1879

Journal Entry

December 16, 1879 ~ Tuesday

16 [FIGURE] I wrote 3 Letters to the commission of the Land Office
Wm N Kelley & John S Campbell of washington Delegate

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Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 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