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Nov 26, 1887

Journal Entry

November 26, 1887 ~ Saturday

26 A hand pointing to the right I signed 25 Recommends. I receivd 20 Letters
15 public & 5 Private I wrote 10 Letters 7 Public
& 5 private. I wrote Letters to A. O. Smoot Mc[♢♢♢♢]
Merril Sarah & Newton I had interviews with G Q C
Legrand Young & Clawson & Wilkin

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
85 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Clawson, Hiram Bradley
7 Nov 1826 - 29 Mar 1912
129 mentions
Young, Marcus LeGrand
27 Dec 1840 - 23 Jul 1921
55 mentions
Merrill, Marriner Wood
25 Sep 1832 - 6 Feb 1906
162 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Newton, b. 1863
3 Nov 1863 - 21 Jan 1960
153 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
Family

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Letter from Joshua Homer, 26 November 1887
Pres't Willford Woodford Salt Lake City Dear Bro Yours of the 16th to hand In answer to the Call made of me I will be in Salt Lake City at the ap- pointed time. Prepared to start to the Southeren States Dec. 13th 1887 Your Bro in the Gospel Joshua Homer John Jardine Bp
Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 26 November 1887
[end of sideways text] KARL G. MAESER, PRINCIPAL. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE Brigham Young Academy, Provo City, Utah, Novemb. 26, 1887. President Wilford Woodruff. Dear Brother, By request of the Bishop and several leading breth- eren of Springville, and with the consent of President Smoot of this Stake, I went to Springville in the morning of Sunday, Novemb. 6, for the purpose of addressing the Saints there in the interest of a church- school, and to meet with the Board of the proposed institution. After having met with the Sunday- schools, and the general meeting in the forenoon and afternoon respectively, a special meeting for in the interest of the new school was appoin- ted for the evening, which was attended by par- ents and young people to overflowing I ha did endeavor to lay before them the spirit and in- tent of such schools and the necessity of having the youth of Zion educated upon the principles of the Gospel as a foundation for all learning. The Board have fitted up the Seventies Hall of Springville in a very creditable manner for school purposes, and have engaged, upon my recommendation, Bro. Simon Eggertsen,

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Nov 26, 1887