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Day in the Life

Jan 20, 1887

Journal Entry

January 20, 1887 ~ Thursday

20 [FIGURES] I received 1 Letter from A M Tenney I wrote
3 Letters to President Taylor, A. M. Tenney and Jaques
[FIGURES] I went to the Temple with Emma was sealed for 26 couple of Dead friends


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I finished my work in the Temple by being sealed for 26 couple
of Dead friends of the Haart family. That is we were sealed
for all that had their Endowments Wm H. Thompsons wife
Emma were sealed for 6 couple

while at the Altar to night I had the following Reflection.
Sixty years ^ago^ in 1827 I had a promise from the Lord that I should
Live to have a Name & a place within the House of God, & within
its walls as of sons and Daughter An Everlasting Name that
should not be cut off. Six years after this promise I heard
Zera Pulsipher An Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints Preach the first gospel ^sermon^ by authority I
Ever heard in my ^life^ I offered myself for Baptism And my
Brother Azmon & myself were the first two Baptised in oswego
County New York. this was on the 31 day of Dec 1833. I
have traveled with the Church since that day fifty four
years And AnDedicated the st George Temple in 1877 and
have presided over that Temple now for ten years and have
held the keys for the redemption of my Dead, And through
the Blessings of God and assistance of my friends have Redeemed
almost Three Thousand of my Dead friends including the Woodruff
Haart & Thompson family. I related this to Brother McAllister
& Thompson who were present

People

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Tenney, Ammon Meshach
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
239 mentions
Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
348 mentions
Family
Cottam, Emma Thompson
27 Jun 1850 - 24 Apr 1901
23 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
599 mentions
Missionary
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
439 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
260 mentions
Missionary
Pulsipher, Zerah
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872
101 mentions

Places

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Oswego County, New York
St. George Temple, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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Letter to John Taylor, 20 January 1887
Salt Lake City, Utah, President John Taylor Dear Brother I recieved your letter of Dec 16. But have not answered it before for I have not had anything of importance to lay before you. But there is a few things I would like to say this mor- ning First I will say I have made satisfa- ctory arangements with the party spoken of in your Letter M. H. Again I receiv- ed a letter last Evening from A. M. Tenney in which he asks several questions I can do no better than to enclose his Letter to you And if you give your consent to the adition He asks for And if that part of the Temple work is blocked up in Utah could it be atten- ded to in Arizona or Mexico by some proper Authority We have been looking for years for our Nation to take their turn in striking a blow against the Church and Kingdom of God the same as Towns counties & states here done, and this in fulfillment of Ancient & modern prophets. And it seems that we have lived to see that day. We have no reason to expect anything Els but when the
Letter from George Teasdale, 20 January 1887
My beloved Brother: As this is the first communication to you this year, I shall do myself the pleasure of wis[h-] ing you a happy, peaceful, prosperous New Year, wh[ich] I do with all my heart. You must forgive me for no[t] answering your very welcome letter, of the 18th Nov sooner. To tell the truth I do not have so much [page cut off] here as I had in Mexico, and there towards the latte[r] and I was very busy turning over affairs to other [page cut off] I was very interested in that mission, and do [page cut off] all I could, under the blessing of God, to make it a success. When I left things were shaping very s[atis-] factory. Bro. Wm D. Johnson Jr writes me he has put a good house and several of the brethren had done [the s]ame. They have two settlements, Juarez and Diez. Juarez is near Casas Grandes, and Diez near La Ascencion. The brethren at the last named place were kind enough to call it Teasdale, as they said I had given so much support to the miss[ion] and had been with them from the beginning, but [page cut off] suggested it should be called Diez. I told them I appreciated the honor, as I knew it sprang from the good feeling towards me, and I knew I should alw[ays] live in their memory: but as we were in a spanis[h] ^speaking^ country, they would not put the english accent but the spanish and make it sound something else. I suggested that as the President of Republic had be[en]

Events

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January 13, 1887
Edmunds-Tucker Act passed by Congress: disincorporated the Church and Perpetual Emigration Fund; authorized confiscation of Church property.

Jan 20, 1887