Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 09, 1882 ~ Sunday
9. Sunday Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Joseph E Taylor
Authorities of the Church were then Presented and a list
of Missionaries called J F Smith spoke 60 Minutes
Afternoon prayer By E Snow. President Taylor
spoke two hours & 13 Minutes A reporter from New
Yourk world was present and corresspondent of the
London Times President Taylor spoke vary plain
and pointed upon our determination to keep the comm-
andments of God and obey the Constitutional Laws of
the Land. hI met with the Twelve and yound Men
& young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association
in the Assembly Hall at 7 oclok in the Evening and
we had a crouded House And speeches was mad[e]
By 10 of the young Men superintendents of the young Men
and 4 young Ladies followed By W Woodruff M Thatcher
& Joseph F Smith and John Henry Smith
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Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
698 mentions
Apostle
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
298 mentions
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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1961 mentions
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Taylor, Joseph Edward
11 Dec 1830 - 13 Feb 1913
69 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4135 mentions
Apostle
Thatcher, Moses
1842-1909
446 mentions
Apostle
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First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.