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Day in the Life

Aug 28, 1888

Journal Entry

August 28, 1888 ~ Tuesday

28 [FIGURE] I signed 30 Recommends ^I received^ 23 Letters. I
wrote 15 Public Letters & signed 36 drafts I spent
Most of the day in council with 9 of the Twelve and
Done a great Deal of Business I also had interviews
with Phebe Snow, Bulah & James J. we Left at
10 o'clok & went to John McDonalds & spent the night
Among other Business of the day we voted to Liberate
J. D. T. McAllister from the presidency of St Georg Stake
and confine his labors to The Temple work we also
voted to Donate $50,000 of church funds for Educational
Purposes I Appointed a committee of F D Richards
M Thatcher & John R Winder to take into consideration
some of our Political Affairs

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Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
85 mentions
Family
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
599 mentions
Missionary
12 mentions
102 mentions
370 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 mentions
Family

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July 9, 1888
Church's attorneys obtain commitment from United States Solicitor that temples would not be confiscated.

Aug 28, 1888