Day in the Life

Aug 17, 1883

Journal Entry

August 17, 1883 ~ Friday

17 We held a Meeting at 10 oclok L. J. Nuttall Prayed
J. F. Smith spoke 40 M[inutes] G Q Cannon 20 M W. Woodruff 20 M
John Taylor 55 M. We drove in the Afternoon to Bloomington 6 m[iles]
We held Meeting at 3 oclok J L Nuttall Prayed. J Taylor
spoke 35 M, G Q Cannon spoke 20 M W Woodruff 20 M,
J F. Smith spoke 24 M. We held a Meeting in the Evening
with the young people Sister Zina Williams spoke 35 M W Woodruff 30.
I spent the night with Br Horsley. Distance 8 Mils

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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4093 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905

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Wilford sustained in General Conference as Church Historian and recorder.
Majority of proxy endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some proxy sealings also completed.

Aug 17, 1883