Letter from James Godson Bleak, 1 March 1883
James G. Bleak.
To President Wilford Woodruff.
March 1, 1883
March 1, 1883 Wilford Woodruff 76 years of Age
This is my birth day I have lived
to see 76 years in the flesh this day at
10 oclock. Through the blessing of God
I have lived to reach this age and
Am in the Enjoyment of good health
I thank my Heavenly Father for this
great Blessing, and esspecially that I have lived to receive
the fulness of the Everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ and have
been blessed with the Apostleship and have the great honor
of being the President of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, and through the Blessings of God
have been Enabled in connexion with my family of Being
Baptized for about 3000 of my Dead relatives and also
through the Assistance of friends have been Enabled to get Endowments
in the Temple of St George for about 2500 of my relatives Besides
having Been Baptized in the font of St George Temple for 100
Eminent Men including all the signers of the Declaration of
Indipendence of the United States for these Blessings I feel
to thank my Heavenly Father and praise his Holy Name
My wife Phebe W Carter Woodruff has been preserved
unto me me we having been Married 49 years the 13 day
of next month Apriail. This is also my wife Emmas Birth
day Making her 45 years old to day she being born March 1, 1838
I met a few friends at my House with my family & spent the
Even[in]g there were present G. Teasdale & Sisters Eliza R Snow Smith
Zina Young, Sarah Kimball, and Sister Horn. We spent the
Evening vary Plesantly conversed upon past days and Events
I pray the Lord to give me power to spend the rest of my days in his service
March 1. I spent the forenoon at fast Meeting & spoke to the
people it was a vary plesant day. Through the Blessing of God
we had a great victory to day in the Decision of the
Mandamus Case in the supreme court of the United States
Territory of Utah. An appleal was allowed to the supreme
Court of the United States and Bonds Approved I acknowledge
the hand of God in this and also in Blocking up the way of
Edmunds not getting his Bill through the senate of the U.S up
to the present time I received 4 letters from McAllister Bleak
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