Wilford Woodruff Papers Wilford Woodruff Papers
About About Wilford Woodruff Volunteer Meet the Team Partners Impact Editorial Method
2023 Conference Articles Photos Podcasts Updates Videos Newsroom

Day in the Life

Oct 17, 1891

Journal Entry

October 17, 1891 ~ Saturday

17 I spent the day at the Gardo with F S Richards
& the Twelve preparing for the Court on Monday ^signed 63 Recommend 24 Letter^

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Richards, Franklin Snyder
20 Jun 1849 - 7 Sep 1934
109 mentions

Places

Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.

Gardo House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Related Documents

Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.

Letter from F. S. Watts, 17 October 1891
Denver, Colorado, Wilford Woodruff, Reverend Sir— Please excuse me if I do not address you rightly as I do not know better. I am a young man thirty years of age and unmarried. I have never given much attention to religion until within the last year. Somehow I thought a good deal of the church you are the chief of, and read all I could about the teachings. I didn't get to know much, but a number of things impressed them- selves on my mind and I am anxious to know more so that I may be taken as a member if worthy. Have you any
Telegram from Arthur Stayner, 17 October 1891
Received at Salt Lake 8:18 am Dated Galesburg Ills 16 To President Wilford Woodruff Gardo House- I have just heard that twenty tons of white sugar were turned out this morning my congratulations are respectfully tendered Arthur Stayner
Letter from August Carlson, 17 October 1891
Recd 20 [Oct. 1891] Ogden Utah oct 17 [18]91 President Wilford Woodruff Sat Lake City Dear Brother Your comunication of the 30 of Sept. With a call to toeke a mission to scandinovia i did not recived untill yestearday. In reply to the same, will, say that it will be almost impossible for me to be ready as early as the 21st of november 1891. owing to the shape my buseness is in at preasent. if you would please excuse me untill the firt company of missinarays that leaave for scandinavia in the year 1892

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

November 6, 1891
Wilford decides temple recommends will be signed by Bishops and Stake leaders only, not by Church president.

Oct 17, 1891