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Day in the Life

Apr 23, 1889

Journal Entry

April 23, 1889 ~ Tuesday

Tuesday April 23rd 1889
Brother Cannon and Brother Clawson and myself
met Mr W. W. Stow at the Grand Hotel this morning at
10 o'clock. We had a very interesting conversation
with him. he arranged for us to have an interview
with the Southern Pacific people tomorrow morning,
At 2 o'clock we had an interview with Hon. M.
M. Estee, who presided at the late Republican con-
vention at Chicago, at which President B. Harrison
was nominated for President of the U.S. We had a long
and interesting conversation with him. He has had
his interest awakened on our question through
Col. Isaac Trumbo, and feels very kindly disposed,
and desirous to do us good. We had an appointment
this evening to dine with Mr Alexr Badlam at 6 o'clock,
at his house. Mr Badlams house is palatial in its exter-
nal appearance and in its internal fittings up. It
is most elegantly furnished and has one of the finest
collections of paintings to be found in the city. His paint-
ings are estimated at eighty thousand dollars. There
is one vary celebrated painting in his dining-room
called the "Holland Fish-Market." this painting brought
$18,500.00. It afterwards fell into the possession of
Samuel Brannan, who is an uncle of Mr Badlams,
for $12,000.00 Mr Badlam bought it from Mr. Brannan
The family consists of Mr & Mrs Badlam, two sons, "Alx"
and "Edgar," and a daughter named "Maud." We were
received with great cordiality, and everything

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Badlam, Alexander
abt. 1835-1898
52 mentions
3 mentions
29 mentions
1 mention
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2221 mentions
Apostle
Clawson, Hiram Bradley
7 Nov 1826 - 29 Mar 1912
129 mentions
104 mentions
Badlam, Mary Burgess
abt. 1839-1908
8 mentions
10 mentions
18 mentions
Brannan, Samuel
2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889
65 mentions
4 mentions

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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

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Letter from William King, 23 April 1889
Wm King Laie Rec May 15 [18]89 [end of sideways text] Laie Oahu Sandwich Islands April 23nd 1889 President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother I herewith send you a Financial Report of the Laie Plantation for the year ending March 30th 1889 Also General Statistical and Financial Report of the Hawaiian Mission for the half year ending April 6 1889. You will see that our Debt at Mr Waterhouses is $15,111.95 and 95 Tons of Sugar in transit Some of which I understand has brought 6¢ per lb the returns of which I expect by next Steamer. We had to draw considerable to send home Returning Missionaries But notwithstanding we will have the debt at Mr Waterhouses lessened considerable below what it is now Say eight or nine thouse remaining. If the weather and all works well we will have a learger crop to come off next crop

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Apr 23, 1889