Day in the Life

Jan 9, 1882

Journal Entry

January 09, 1882 ~ Monday

Jan 9. A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I received 2 letter from Bleak who gives
a sum total of all work in the St George Temple from
1877 to 1881 inclusive as follows Baptism for the living and
Dead 129,327, Endowments 57,936, Ordinations 21315
sealings 19,696, sealing children to Parents 4064,
Adoptions 2,033, second Anointing 1,562. I also
Received a letter from Br Farnsworth I wrote ^4^ Letters
to Sarah sent $5 to Sarah D. sent $5 I wrote to Br Thompson
and sent him my Photograph. I also wrote to Br Farnsworth
I spent the day in the office writing. The Legislature met
and was organized to day and prepared for work

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Bleak, James Godson
15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin
5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
701 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
171 mentions
Family
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
263 mentions
Missionary

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Letter to Moses Franklin Farnsworth, 9 January 1882
Salt Lake City [1882] Dear Brother Farnsworth I have just received your letter of 6 Jan which I was pleased to get I also received to Day from Br Bleak a full account of all the labor done in the Temple ordinances from Jan 1877, which was certainly very interesting I have been very busy since my return from our Southern Mission I have also been 10 days on a Mission North visiting the settlements & attending the mutual Conferences The presidency & Twelve & families are well as usual exept E. Snow sprained his ancle the day of his arrival in this City which makes him quite lame but He met with the Legislature today and spoke in the Tabernacle yesterday 44 minutes I have been quite surprised at the Many sudden Deaths this fall in our

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Jan 9, 1882