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Apr 3, 1889

Journal Entry

April 03, 1889 ~ Wednesday

3 A hand pointing to the right I signed 33 Recommends I received 18 Letters
I spent the day in council with the Twelve Apostles
9 in Number Moses Thatchers AFals accusation
against George Q Cannon on the Beck Mine was
taken up & discussed and his gross Mistake was
shown him I called upon Judge Smith family
and spent the Evening

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Smith, Elias, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
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Apostle
418 mentions
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April 5, 1889 ~ Friday 5th April 11 of the Twelve Apostles met in Council [FIGURES] and we organized the first Presidency By Apointing Wilford Woodruff President & George Q Cannon & Joseph F Smith Councillers
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter from Hiram Munzer, 3 April 1889
Chicopee falls Hiram Munzer Rcd April 8 [18]89 Dear sir exuse me ^Hiram Munzer^ for wrighting you as a head Elder of the mormon Church at Salt Lake City. I feel impresed to wright a few lines, but not as a Prophet or a Prophet or a Prophets sun, but on old Man 83 years old a Preacher for 45 years and attended over 200 Conf Meetings, and nesesariley acquainted with human nature, and with the first little Men men companey that met in ^the^ Valley some 50 years agoe the first in May althoe you will concider me a gentile and oposed to poligumey once tollerated under the Mosaic dispensation the gentiles prosess better things, but doo alone 2 other [clases] to [friyer] in our Nation that are a worse curse to religion and virtue then the Mormones on quitting of first the Roman Catholic Church the wicked history is before the world, which Hyprocritiely practice poligamey. while the Mormons doo it boldley and many of them think it right from a tradition taught them by suporting their wives while the Cathalic Priests have a right to only women in their Church and mak the Histemed or further suport them a thing the Mormons dont doo. none as this
Letter from William Griffiths Reese, 3 April 1889
Logan, . Prest. Wilford Woodruff Box B. Salt Lake City, Dear Brother, It is with tregret that I inform you that father, Chas Reese, whom you notified some time ago to be ready to start on a mission to Great Britain the 9th inst. is still confined to his room with sickness. You no doubt recollect receiving a letter some weeks ago stating tht he was suffering from an attack of pneumonia. After recover- ing from that other complaints set in and he has not been able to leave his room, except two or three times during the winter. He is still in hopes of being able to start in May, and he desired me to ask you to please inform him when the company of missionaries starts Your brother in the Cause of Christ W. G. Reese. Address Chas Reese Benson Cache Co. Utah. answer him L J n

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Apr 3, 1889