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Day in the Life

April 05, 1882 ~ Wednesday

5 I spent the day in council {Fifty} to day many speeches
made upon the subject of organizing a State Government

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Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.

First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."

Sixth Constitutional Convention for held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.