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Oct 15, 1890

Journal Entry

October 15, 1890 ~ Wednesday

15 I signed 42 Recommends I receivd 22 Letters
I signed saline stock Met with the board of the Bank
& with Z.C.M.I. & with Nephi Clayton on the Salt-
lair works I took a vary severe cold in the night

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Clayton, Nephi Willard, b. 1855
8 Oct 1855 - 12 Jul 1922
31 mentions

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Saltair, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898

Cash for ' $25 Cash $50 75

Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898

Received Cash for 2 to 4 28

Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898

Dr to Cash N 20

Letter from Brigham Young Jr., 15 October 1890

Prest Wilford Woodruff Dr Br: We are busy closing up emigration a/e for this year. Tho' we were all inex- perienced who were left in this office, business went smoothly on. Requested you to meet all the Railway fares from your office, for I found that many drafts had been sent to Cover expence of emigrants and we received but little money from them. This last payment to Guion & Co has reduced our finances a little lower than I think they ought to be considering the responsibility this office is under. However you can see from mon- thly statements our true Condition We are making friends and enemies, but there is not half enough elders in the field; please send us a few score, Plenty room ^for^ good efficient men. See Bro. Fieldsted concerning efficiency of scan- dinavian elders; his views suit our condition well. If my son Albert would round up his shoulders he ought to ^be^ called on a mission. My son BS could be very useful to me and we need some one to begin to pick up a knowledge of the clerical business of this office in view of Bro. Alstons release next year, his health is very poor and we cannot

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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).

Oct 15, 1890