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Day in the Life

Dec 25, 1885

Journal Entry

December 25, 1885 ~ Friday

25 Christmass day I spent the day in the chamber
locked up as a prisioner [prisoner] while all the family went
to the ward school House to attend the Christmass [blank]
[FIGURE] I wrote Letters to George Teasdale & Thomas E Ricks
I felt Thankful to God I was still a free man
on Earth

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Teasdale, George
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jul 1907
502 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Ricks, Thomas Edwin
21 Jul 1828 - 28 Sep 1901
144 mentions
Missionary

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14th Ward School House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Dec 25, 1885