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Jul 4, 1887

Journal Entry

July 04, 1887 ~ Monday

July 4, 1887 [FIGURES] I wrote ^9^ Letters to day to C. E. Richardson
A M Tenney & P J Christofferson and Jaques Emma Owen
Blanch Nellie & Alice I gave Letters of instruction to
the 3 Lamanite Missionaries. There was quite a celebration
of the 4 in St George

July 4, [FIGURES] I received a Letter from George
Q Cannon
giving me an account of the dangerous condition
of President Taylor He is liable to drop off any day
[FIGURE] I wrote Brother Cannon a short Letter
Thus I am satisfied that my late Dreams are
abot to fulfilled and that President Taylor is about
to be taken from us. Thermometer 110 in the shade

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
439 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Tenney, Ammon Meshach
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
239 mentions
6 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Manella
4 Jul 1860 - 30 Nov 1905
238 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
1966 mentions
Apostle
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
439 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
181 mentions
Family
49 mentions
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

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Letter to Winnifred Blanche Woodruff, 4 July 1887
My Deer Blanch It is the 4 of July and vary hot to day and I have not time to write long letters to day to all I received your class pass and I was vary much pleased with yours & Owens I think they are both vary good I am pleased to see you advancing in your studies I suppose you are having a long vacation I hope you will enjoy it I expect you are getting to be quite a young grown up lady

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Wilford, as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, becomes the leader of the Church.

Jul 4, 1887