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Day in the Life

Dec 23, 1889

Journal Entry

December 23, 1889 ~ Monday

23. This day was set apart this birth day of the prophet
for a day of prayer & fasting I met with the presidency
& Twelve Apostles we dressed and prayed all around &
[FIGURE] then we praid at the Altar we held a Meeting G Q Cannon
was Mouth we Mout [met] with some of the City Council
I spent the night at the farm Rec[eiv]ed 9 Letter ^I signed 15 Recom[men]d^ 6 M[iles]

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Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2224 mentions

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Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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November 24, 1889
Wilford receives revelation on politics and polygamy; will not trade religion for statehood.
1890
Church membership 188,000; Utah Territory 210,779; population of 44 United States. 62,948,000.

Dec 23, 1889