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Day in the Life

Jun 9, 1885

Journal Entry

June 09, 1885 ~ Tuesday

9. [FIGURE] I received a letter from Wilford I spent the day reading
Josephus on the fall of Jerrusalem it was certainly a history
[FIGURES] of the Most dredful Events of anything I Ever read in my
life In Josephus Book history of the wars with the Jews
On Page 423 He says there Perished in the fall of Jerrusalem
under Titus 2565000 souls 1,100000 dead bodies were
carried through the gates outside of the walls of Jerrusalem
Brother McAllister & Thompson called upon me in the Evening

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McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
599 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
260 mentions
Missionary

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Jerusalem, Palestine, Ottoman Empire

Jun 9, 1885