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Day in the Life

April 16, 1882 ~ Sunday

16 Sunday A stormy day I did not attend Meeting

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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.