Day in the Life

May 5, 1884

Journal Entry

May 05, 1884 ~ Monday

May 5th A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right 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
816 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1944 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John (Jr.)
5 Dec 1859 - 14 Oct 1949
Moses, Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
164 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
701 mentions
Family
33 mentions
Missionary

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May 5, 1884