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Day in the Life

Jun 8, 1888

Journal Entry

June 08, 1888 ~ Friday

8 A hand pointing to the right I signed 31 Recommends I received 30 Letters, I
wrote 16 Letters 12 pub & 4 to Thompson, Cottam, Wells & Sarah
I went to the farm & spent the night 3 Miles

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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
796 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
Family
Cottam, Thomas
20 Oct 1820 - 10 Nov 1896
78 mentions
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
263 mentions
Missionary

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Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Letter to Brigham Young Jr., 8 June 1888

Salt Lake City, Utah, . Elder Brigham Young, Dear Brother: The enclosed letter, so full of pathos and good feeling concerning the case referred to, and expressive of the writer's strong desire for her household to be kept in fellowship with the Church, has been recieved by me from Sister Mary Coray Roberts, the wife of Brother O. C. Roberts. The letter fully explains the case as far as we know anything about it. I would like you to take the matter in hand and have it carefully examined. It would be well perhaps to have Brother John Morgan join you in the examination of this case. He is here at the present time, but leaves for Colorado in the morning. We have submitted this matter to him, and he says that if he is advised by you where he shall meet you, he will hold himself in readiness to respond to any request you may make to meet him. You should inform him the time and the place most convenient for you to meet. A letter addressed to Manassa, Colora- do, will reach him. We have written by this mail to Brother F. A. Ham- mond to not enforce the decision, but to await a further examination of the case by you. With love and praying the Lord to bless you, I remain, Your Brother, Wilford Woodruff

Letter to the General Committee of the Salt Lake Stake Academy, 8 June 1888

Angus M. Cannon, Chairman, W. B. Dougall, A. E. Hyde, Spencer Clawson, Francis Cope, Rodney C. Badger, Wm. H. Rowe, Wm. A. Rossiter, General Committee of the Salt Lake Stake Academy. Dear Brethren: At a meeting, held to-day, of the Board of Education elected at the last General Conference to take the management of the educational in- terests of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the condition of the edu- cational affairs of the Salt Lake Stake was taken into consideration. It is felt that it is very desirable that we should have a thoroughly good school here, in which all the branches of learning will be taught, to which our children can go and receive instruction also in the principles of their religion—a school in which the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants will be used as text books. We feel that this matter cries loudly for action upon our part, and that the cause of true education can no longer be neglected. One of the motions which was presented to the Board and voted upon was:

Letter to San Juan Stake Presidency, 8 June 1888

Salt Lake City, Utah, . President F. A. Hammond and Counselors, San Juan Stake. Dear Brethren: We have received a letter from Sister Mary Coray Roberts, the wife of Prother O. C. Roberts, in which she describes her feelings in a most path- etic manner concerning the position of her husband and the action that has been take[n] by you upon his case and the probable effects it may have, if carried out, upon her children. She writes in a feeling manner, as a Latter-day Saint who is exceedingly desirous for the salvation of her household. In view of all that we hear, we think that your action i[n] the case shiould be suspended until a further examination can be had. We have writt[en] by this mail to Brother Brigham Young, requesting him to exanmine into this matter a[nd] make such a decision as he may be led to do. We shall advise him to get Brother Mo[r] gan to join him in examining the affair. With love and praying the Lord to bless you, I am, Your Brother, Wilford Woodruff

Letter to Karl Gottfried Maeser, 8 June 1888

Professor Karl G. Maeser, Provo. Dear Brother: The Board of Education met to-day according to appointment, at twelve o'clock. Yourself, Brothers Thatcher and Willard Young were the only ones absent. We suppose that you must have failed for some reason to get the notice of the meeting or we feel assured that you would have been present. We regretted that you were not there, as we depend largely upon you for information upon a number of points connected with iour school interests. However, we did some business looking to getting affairs into shape. We had considerable general conversation on the needs of the Territory, and then we proceeded to elect a Secretary for the Board. We chose Brother George Reynolds for this position. It was decided to write a letter to the Presidency of each Stake and request them to select a Stake Board of Education of en- ergetic men who take an interest in education, and who would be suitable for this purpose, the number not to be less than five not to exceed eight, whose duty it will be to take into consideradion the formation of Church schools and the best method for arranging for their establishment, and for them to communicate the results of their conclusions to the General Board. We shall address letters of this character to all

Letter to George Washington Thatcher, 8 June 1888

George W. Thatcher, Esq., Logan. Dear Brother: The Board of Education met to-day, according to appoint- ment, at twelve o'clock. Yourself, Brothers Maeser and Willard Young were the only members absent. Brother Maeser must have failed for some cause to get the notice of the meeting. We were desirous to have him present, as we depend upon him for inform- ation upon a number of points connected with our school interests. However, we did some business looking to getting matters into shape. We had considerable general con- versation on the needs of the Territory, and then we proceeded to elect a Secretary for the Board. We chose Brother George Reynolds for this position. It was decided to write a letter to the Presidency of each Stake and request tehem to select a Stake Board of Education of energetic men who take an interest in education, and who would be suitable for this purpose, the number not to be less ^than^ five nor to exceed eight, whose duty it will be to take into consideration the formation of Church schools and the best method for arranging for their establishment, and for them to communicate the results of their conclusions to the General Board. We shall address letters of this character to all the Stakes. Salt Lake Stake already has a board, and the members will be requested to take steps to ascertain what can be done here towards the organ-

Letter to Willard Young, 8 June 1888

Captain Willard Young, Portland, Oregon. Dear Brother: The Bioard of Education elected at the last Conference to take the management of our educational interests in a Church capacity, held its first meeting to-day at twelve o'clock. All the members were present excepting yourself, Prof. K. G. Maeser and Brother Geo. W. Thatcher. Brother Maerser must have failed to re- ceive the notice of the meeting or we feel sure that he would have been present. Brother Thatcher was prevented by a wedding in his family; and we did not send you word, thinking it would be better to hold a preliminary meeting, or perhaps more, be- fore asking you to come so long a distance to join with us in our deliberations. I would like to know from you whether it would be convenient for you to come should we desire to hold an important meeting. We would bvery much like to have the benefit of your presence and your experience as an educator would be, we think, of great value to us; but we do not know hou [how] much notice you would require in order to get the nec- essary leave of absence, or whether it would be out of your power to come unless there should be some cessation of the work in which you are engaged. Upon these points we would like you to give us all the information you can, as we shall govern ourselves

Letter to the Maricopa Stake Presidency, 8 June 1888

To the Presidency of Maricopa Stake: Dear Brethren— A meeting of the General Board of Education was held to-day, and the subject of the educational in- terests of the Latter-day Saints was taken into consideration and discuused at some length. It was decided that a Board of Education, consisting of not less than five and not to exceed eight in number, should be selected in each Stake to take charge of and promote the interests of education in the Stake. This communication is ad- dressed to you to inform you of this action, and to have you select energetic men who are friends of education, who understand the needs of the people, and who have influence with the Saints, to carry out any suggestions in this direction that may be deemed proper. In the decision that was made by our Board it was made the duty of these Boards to take into consideration the formation of Church schools and the best method of accomplishing this, and after arriving at proper conclusions, to re- port them to the General Board. Communications of this character may be addressed to Elder George Reynolds, who is the Secretary of the Board. It was felt by the Board that, to begin with, there should be one Stake Academy established in each

Letter to Francis Asbury Hammond, 8 June 1888

To the Presidency of San Juan Stake: Dear Brethren— A meeting of the General Board of Education was held to-day, and the subject of the educational interests of the Latter-day Saints was taken into consideration and discussed at some length. It was decided that a Board of Education, consisting of not less than five and not to exceed eight in number; should be selected in each Stake to take charge of and promote the interests of education in the Stake. This comm- unication is addressed to you to inform you of this action, and to have you se- lect energetic men who are friends of education, who understand the needs of the people, and who have influence with the Saints, to carry out any suggestions in this direction that may be deemed proper. In the decision whsich was made by our Board it was made the duty of these Boards to take into consideration the formation of Church schools and the best method of accomplishing this, and after arriving at proper conclusions, to report them to the General Board. Communi- cations of this character may be addressed to Elder George Reynolds, who is the Secretary of the Board. It was felt by the Board that, to begin with, there

Letter to Thomas and Caroline Smith Cottam, 8 June 1888

Salt Lake U. T. Dear Brother & Sister Cottam I received Brother Cottams Letter of May 3, & read it with much interest I am very glad if my Photograph is of any Satisfaction to Any body at Least my friends My health is about as usual I have gone cold in my head which affects my Hearing some you see we have had to bury Brother Snow we done all we could to save him but He had to go, when I see so many going I feel as though my turn cannot be a great way off but I hop to be prepared I am still overwhelmed in business, my family are as well as usual Emma wishes to be remembered to you & all the families

Letter from Henry Eyring, 8 June 1888

Mexico, , Pres[iden]t Wilford Woodruff, Dear Bro. yesterday I learned the sad news of the death of Apostle Erastus Snow, with whom I had been more or less intimately associated for nearly 34 years. While we feel that he has been delivered from pain and suffering, the church at large, as well as his family and many personal friends will miss him very much. Perhaps you will want to know how we are pro- gressing in the Mexican Mission. I will state, that by this time nearly all the returning colonists have reached this place, only seven persons being yet in transit. Those who have lately returned manifest a pretty good spirit and are beginning to realize, that they made a great mistake, when they left the colony. The general outlook in the mission remains unchanged, we have however a prospect of baptizing two or three persons. The number of those, who remain firm in the faith are very few indeed. Our register shows a membership of about 200 persons, but in re- ality we have not more than 6 or 7 brethren and a few sisters, whom we can consider as firm in the

Events

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June 14, 1888
Wilford directs all 32 stakes to establish Stake Academies to educate youth of the Church.
July 9, 1888
Church's attorneys obtain commitment from United States Solicitor that temples would not be confiscated.

Jun 8, 1888