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Day in the Life

May 5, 1884

Journal Entry

May 05, 1884 ~ Monday

May 5th [FIGURES] I received 2 letters from Sarah and
J W Crosby I wrote Letters to Sarah Sent $10 to [her]
I set apart Theadore Brandley to a Mission to the
Mennonites at Minnosota & other places Br F D Richards
ordained Wittewer a seventy and set him apart for
the same Mission. I ordained John R. Tilby to the office
of A seventy, & set him apart to go on Mission to the
Sandwich Islands. My Daughter Bell came home to
day from Cottonwood quite Poorly I administered to her
& she returned. I also ordained Leonard John
Nuttall Jr to the office of seventy and set him apart
for a Mission to Great Britain I had quite an inter-
esting conversation with President Taylor upon the Iron works

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
784 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John (Jr.)
5 Dec 1859 - 14 Oct 1949
6 mentions
Woodruff, Phoebe Arabell Moses
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
160 mentions
Family
3 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
695 mentions
Family
30 mentions
Missionary

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Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Minnesota
Sandwich Islands
United Kingdom

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May 5, 1884