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Jun 25, 1890

Journal Entry

June 25, 1890 ~ Wednesday

25 I signed 22 Recommends I received 9 Letters
I went up the cannon [canyon] to Hardys with two cars
of People 15 Miles & returned. Distance 30 M[iles]

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Letter from George Teasdale, 25 June 1890

Recd July 7. [end of sideways text] LATTER-DAY SAINTS,' EUROPEAN PRINTING PUBLISHING AND EMIGRATION OFFICE. 42 Islington, Liverpool, June 25, 1890. President W. Woodruff & Council. Salt Lake City, Utah. Beloved Brethren: On friday last, 20th inst, the following named missionaries arriv- ed in Liverpool, per Guion S. S. Wisconsin. They spent Sunday with us and were appointed to the Conferences named as follows—Frederick W Chappell, to the Manchester; James H. Clark and Richard Graham to Leeds; John F. Merrill, Samuel S. Newton and Edmund M. Dugdale to Newcastle; Thomas Wheatley Jr. and Charles Cottrell Jr to Sheffield; Charles T. Black and Prime Coleman to Norwich; Henry Moyle to Bris- tol; James Smith to London & Edward Burton to the Nottingham Conferences; and James H. Cook to the Scottish Mission. These were all for the British Mission. Anders S. Hyrup for the Scandinavian and Joseph A. Young for the Swiss & German Mis- sion. On Saturday 21st June Elders George H. Baugh and wife, Hyrum Ricks and Noah Williams returned home per Guion S. S. Alaska, R. F. Neslen, W. Langton & F. T. Bailey with their wives and some others going to Utah sailed on the same vessel. You referred to Prest J. U. Stucki being released if we had any one to succeed him. There is only Brother

Letter from Christian H. Poulsen, 25 June 1890

Franklin Idaho Prest. Willford Woodruff Dear Brother I received your letter notifining me that my name has been accepted as a misionary. I am willing to go and do the best I can and I will be redy at the apointed time. I am thankful that I have been counted worthy to be called as a misionary to promulgates the everlasting gospel to the nations of the earth. you asked the country of my nationly. my father came from Denmark: my mother came ^from^ Norway, and I was Born and raised in W Utah. Yours truly Christian H. Poulsen. L. L. Hatch Bishop. O.K. J. F. S.

Letter from Morgan David Warner, 25 June 1890

Recd June 26 Spanish Fork June 25th 1890. Pres. W. Woodruff Dear Brother I received a letter forom you a few days ago calling me on a mission to Great Britain on the 16th of July. If my surcant- stances would permit I am Two hundred Dollars in debt at the preasant time, and the time being so short that I cannot make arrangements to pay this debt, and get means to take me there this debt being contracted before I was ordained a Seventy. it being about six weeks sence I was ordained If you could extend the time until October or as soon after as may

Letter from Melissa Miller, 25 June 1890

My Dear Bretheren Elders Woodruff & Cannon A few thoughts suggest themselves as growing out of our recent interview that I will take the liberty of communicating to you My feelings are a mixture of sadness and of satisfaction. Sadness to think that the first Elders of our church should have the conceptions they have in regard to some of the most important usages and doctrines of the Church as found in it's sacred books. It is perfectly true as set forth by you that all revelations embodying laws to govern the church should come through the head of the church and not through the sisterhood, and it is also true that the President of the church should be a Prophet, Seer and Revelator as Moses was, having power to detect all false spirits coming to the Church. It is equally true the "testimony of Jesus" is given as, God wills, to every member of the church, including the sisterhood and the chil- dren. I hardly need to remind you that this

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August 1890
Frank H. Dyer resigns as receiver under accusations of malfeasance of Church property and is replaced by Henry W. Lawrence.

Jun 25, 1890