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Mar 18, 1880

Journal Entry

March 18, 1880 ~ Thursday

18 An arrow I was taken with the influenzia cold on the Lungs and had
a sick night but I went to the Temple this morning we gave Endow-
ments
to 68 Br Erastus Snow sealed 50 couple of my dead friends
W. Woodruff & Mary B Eyring officiated together for my dead
D H Cannon sealed 20 couple single Dead women to me sister
Eyring officiating for my females total 70 sealings for me to day
15 of these wer of the Thompson family I was suffering with
a severe cold and head ake all day I dined with sister
Artemisia Snow I also visited Brother Shoppmarns school
I think He has the best Art of teaching school of any man I
Ever saw, the best reading I Ever heard all read together
ie all of each class together all questions on Grammar are
answered together I like his manner of Government. I felt sick
all day yet we started at 6 oclok & drove to Santa Clara 6 Miles
took supper with Br & Sister McLellan went to Meeting at 8 oclok
E Snow spoke an hour W Woodruff 20 M[inutes], went to the house
soaked my feet and went to bed with a hot stone at my feet &
got some sleep had none the night before. I was quite bad with
cold on my Longs 6 Miles

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Snow, Artemisia Beman
3 Mar 1819 - 21 Dec 1882
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
157 mentions
Missionary
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Eyring, Mary Boomali
20 Mar 1831 - 19 Jan 1913

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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
18. [FIGURE] I was taken with the Influenza or cold on the Lungs and & I had a sick night But I went to the temple this morning a we gave endowments to 68 Brother Erastus Snow sealed 50 couple of my Dead friends
Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
W Woodruff and Mary B Eyring officiated to gether for my Dead D H Cannon sealed 20 single Dead women to me Sister Eyring officiateding for my females total 70 sealings for me to day 15 of these were of the Thompson family I was suffering with a severe cold and Head ake all day I dined with Sister Artemecia Snow I also visited Brother Schoppmarns school I think He has the best Art of teaching a school of any man I ever sanw the best reading I ever heard. all read to gether that is each class to gether all questions on Grammar are Answered together I like his manner of Government AI felt sick all day yet we started at 6 oclok & drove to Santa Clara 6 miles took took supper with BrotherJames McClellan & Sister McLellen went to Meeting at 8 oclok E Snow preached an hour W Woodruff 20 Minutes went to the House soaked my feet went to bed with a hot ston to my feet and had some sleep not had any sleep the night before I was quite bad with cold on my Lungs 6 M[iles]

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Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Mar 18, 1880