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Day in the Life

Dec 23, 1879

Journal Entry

December 23, 1879 ~ Tuesday

Dec 23. We are having the coldest Blowing snow storm
of the season so far Father Edwards is vary low with the
Lung fever we drew off 3 quarts of water from him at
A hand pointing to the right one time to day with the catheter I wrote 2 letters to Phebe & Jaques

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Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
452 mentions
6 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1579 mentions
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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
Dec 23rd 1879 [FIGURE] We are having the coldest Blowing snow storm of the season so far Father Edwards is vary low with the Lung fever we drew off 3 quarts of water from him at one time to day with the catheter wI wrote 2 letters to [FIGURE] Phebe & J. Jaques

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1880
Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Dec 23, 1879