Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898
Cash for ' $25 Cash $50 75
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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
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Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898
Received Cash for 2 to 4 28
Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898
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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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Wilford meets with three apostles regarding decision on polygamy.
Wilford issues Manifesto on polygamy as a press release. Official Declaration 1
Majority of members of the Church attending General Conference sustain the Manifesto.
Wilford inaugurates weekday religious education classes for elementary school-aged children (precursor to seminary and institute programs).