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Jan 18, 1880

Journal Entry

January 18, 1880 ~ Sunday

Jan18. Sunday I met the Branch at 10.30 I read in the D & C
a part of several sections and spoke 30 M followed By
Georg Lake we Met at Brigham City in the Afternoon
and Lot Smith spoke 40 M[inutes], & W Woodruff 35 M[inutes], upon
the signs of the times and the state of the Nation I read the
News in the Evening saw a prospet of Grant being a candidate
for the Presidency for the Republican Party for 1880.

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Lake, George
15 Sep 1838 - 23 Mar 1898
59 mentions
Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
352 mentions
Missionary

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Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
Jan 18 1880 Sunday I met at Sunset at 10.30. I read in the D & C. a part of several sections & spoke 30 Minutes followed By George Lake. We met at Brigham City in the Afternoon & Lot Smith spoke 40 M[inutes]. and W W. 35 upon the signs of the times and the state of the Nation I read the News in the evening saw a prospet of Grant being the Candidate of the Republican party for president in 1880

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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.

Jan 18, 1880