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May 12, 1882

Journal Entry

May 12, 1882 ~ Friday

12 A hand pointing to the right I wrote 2 letters to A Carrington & M F Farnsworth

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin
5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906
172 mentions

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Letter to Moses Franklin Farnsworth, 12 May 1882
Salt Lake City Dear Brother Farnsworth Your letter of Aprail 22nd arived in good time, but have not Been able to answer before. now In the first place I will say that we are calling for some Missionaries perhaps 20 Men & as many women to go to St George at the opening of the Temple in Sept to learn to work in the Temple so they can be prepared to work in the Temple at Logan at the commencement of the work there, and ^among^ the rest we are going to send Samuel Roskelley to work with you for awhile so as to be able to take charge of the records at Logan when they open He will be able to help you on the records through the winter and at the same time we want you to give him what information you can so that He will be qualified to th take charge of the records of that Temple. president Taylors view isare that
Letter to Albert Carrington, 12 May 1882
Salt Lake City, . Dear Brother Carrington—Your interesting letter of April 20 came safely to hand. You show a large increase in your early emigration. I was glad to hear of your good health and the progress of the work in your field of labor. The work is also prospering in rather a wonderful manner in our Southern States, under the presidency of Brother John Morgan. I have had several interesting letters from him of late, in one of which he says, "During the forty days since I left Salt Lake, I have travelled 4852 miles, passing through nine states and three territories, witnessed 50 baptisms, blessed nine children, and administered to nine sick." In his last letter he says they baptized 50 in the month of April, and that the work is increasing in the Southern country. The speeches of several southern members in the Senate, against the Edmunds bill, and in favor of Geo. Q. Cannon taking his seat, have been published in pamphlet form and have had a good effect in the South. There have been far more calls there for preaching than before. Brother Morgan has called for ten more missionaries now, and he wants twenty more by the first of September. The terrible raging of

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March 24, 1882
First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
April 1882
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.

May 12, 1882