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Day in the Life

Jul 16, 1888

Journal Entry

July 16, 1888 ~ Monday

16 [FIGURE] I spent the day at the Gardo House I signed 18 Recommends
I received 20 Letters 7 Letters I wrote 6 pub, & 1 to Jaques

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Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
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Gardo House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Letter from H. C. Kofod, 16 July 1888
Levan, Juab Co. Utah Prest Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Brother I have received yours of the 12 inst appointing me to a Mission to Scandinavea to leave Salt Lake City on the 10th of October next, and in answer I say: I am willing, and shall try to be ready as the time appointed Your Brother in the Gospel H. C. Kofod. Niels Aagaard Bp
Letter from Karl G. Maeser, 16 July 1888
[end of sideways text] BOARD OF TRUSTEES A. O. SMOOT, President H. H. CLUFF, W. H. DUSENBERRY, M. TANNER, D. C. YOUNG, J. E. TALMAGE. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE Brigham Young Academy. KARL G. MAESER, Principal Provo City, Utah, July 16, 1888 President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother, Your favor of the 11th inst. and that of Pres. Geo Q. Cannon of the same date came to hand yesterday and contents ^were^ carefully con- sidered. If in my letter to Pres. Cannon of the 11th and to you of the 12th, or at any other time or occasion I have appeared to you too presumtuous in manifesting my anxiety for the development of the glorious educational movement contemplated by you and the Quorum of the Twelve, and ^in^ assuming the initiation in proposing items when I should have waited for instructions, I pray to kindly overlook it for this once, for it shall be hence- forth my earnest solicitude to watch the brakes. Bishop Schoenfeld spoke to me also about the necessity of a new ^German^ edition of the Book of Mormon in conformity with the English translation, and told me he was going to lay the matter before you. The German translation cannot be im- proved as much I now can recolect, having read it in German several times, but not much since 1870, when I returned from my German mission. But the paragraphing in accordance with the new English edition with The references as will take some time and requires care-

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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.

Jul 16, 1888