Day in the Life

Dec 8, 1889

Journal Entry

December 08, 1889 ~ Sunday

8. Sunday I spent the day at the House reading & writing
we are passing through a strange portion of our History
the whole Nation seems to be united against me us
Judge Anderson has decided not to received any Mormons
to citizenship the whole country is stired up ag[ain]st us

. Sunday I spent the day at the House reading & writing
we are passing through a strange portion of our history
the whole Nation seems to be united against us
Judge Anderson has decided not to receive
any Mormons to citizenship the whole country
is stired up against us

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Letter from Gottfried Eschler, 8 December 1889
Paris Idaho Prest. Wilford Woodruff. Dier Brother, In answer to your Letter or Call to go on a Mission to Swytzerland or Germany I will say: I consider it a Call from God and will go under all circumstances when I am called. I know it will be a Blessing to me, but will have to state my Circumstances I have been verry badly in Debt, but will be able to pay them all up befor I leave here, but my Famely which consists of two Wifes and four little helpless Childern without any Means to live opon
Letter from M. Marks, 8 December 1889
San Pedro . Mr Wilford Woodruff. Salt Lake city Uta Dear Sir I have written to Mr Moses Thatcher about colonizing the Yaqui River by your people and Mr Thatcher has directed me, to write to you, regarding the same. Mr Thatcher says in his answer to me, that he was of the opinion that your people would not tacke hold of the above described land for the reason that the Yaqui Indians are, on a continous warfare, which is not as bad as the papers report the same, the Yaquis have been Robbing from the Mexican Ranchers and the Mexican Goverment have

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Wilford receives revelation on politics and polygamy; will not trade religion for statehood.
Church membership 188,000; Utah Territory 210,779; population of 44 United States. 62,948,000.

Dec 8, 1889