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Day in the Life

Aug 20, 1887

Journal Entry

August 20, 1887 ~ Saturday

20 [FIGURES] I wrote 4 Letters to A. M. Tenney Sarah &c. I received
8 Letters signed 26 Recommends we had a visitation of A Marshal
in the office we went in the Evening to Br G Q Cannon & spent the night

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Tenney, Ammon Meshach
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
239 mentions
1967 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
695 mentions
Family

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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Daybook (July - November 1887 and April - October 1888)
20. Recem[men]ds 20 x 6 Rcd letters 4 x 34 x wrote letters 4 to Tinney Sarah 2 [FIGURE] wrote to E A & W

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July 25, 1887
Wilford, as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, becomes the leader of the Church.

Aug 20, 1887