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Day in the Life

Sep 2, 1890

Journal Entry

September 02, 1890 ~ Tuesday

2 I signed 26 Recommends I received 10 Letter
There was a subpena issued by the Court for me
to attend the Court, but being absent it was not served
I held a Meeting with the board of Z.C.MI & with several
other men I spent the night at the farm

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

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Letter from Oscar Middleton Mower, 2 September 1890

Utah President Wilford Woodruff S. L. City Utah Dear Brother Yours of the 27th of Aug. is to hand, And in reply will say That throug the blessing of the Lord I will be on hand to start at the Appointed time. Very Respectfully Your Bro. in the Gosple Oscar. M. Mower Nephi Packard (Bishop)

Letter from Charles Ora Card, 2 September 1890

Prest. Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Utah U. S. A. Dear Brother Realizing the deep interest you have in the Sts. at home and abroad, I venture to pen you a few lines from this point. I arrived here on the 22nd ult. and found the saints enjoying good health usuially. There has been 2two or three pretty sick, but by the aid of the Lord they are recovering. In consequence of the drouth our wheat and oats will not be more than one fourth of a crop. As it has been raining considerably since the middle of Aug I think our potatoes and other vegitables will give us a fair yield. We do not feel to complain for we are blessed above our gentile friends for miles arround

Mission - Missionary Certificate for Julius Frederick Gfroerer, 2 September 1890

in behalf of said Church. Wilford Woodruff Geo. Q. Cannon Jos. F. Smith. First Presidency.

Legal - Deed of Trust to sell Lands, 2 September 1890

this . Wilford Woodruff. [seal] Witness: Geo. Reynolds, Wm. King. Territory of Utah, County of [blank] On this [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 1890, personally appeared before me [blank] a notary public, in and for said county, Wilford Woodruff, personally known to me to be the person described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, who acknowledged to me that he executed the same freely and voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed my seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

Next I was quite ill. I had been unwell for several days but now I was obliged to keep to my room; but Elders Kimball and Smith went into the city to visit the people and found some who hearkened to them favourably. We had by this time found that London was the hardest place for a mission which we had ever undertaken, but we did not feel discouraged in the least; and were determined in the name of the Lord to set up the standard of the Kingdom in that city

Events

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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.
October 6, 1890
Majority of members of the Church attending General Conference sustain the Manifesto.
October 25, 1890
Wilford inaugurates weekday religious education classes for elementary school-aged children (precursor to seminary and institute programs).

Sep 2, 1890