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Jul 17, 1894

Journal Entry

July 17, 1894 ~ Tuesday

17 July 1894 President Cleveland signed the
[FIGURES] Bill this day which gave Utah admission
into the Union as a state Government
This has been a hard struggle for years as it had
seemed as though all Earth & Hell had been combineded
against the Latter Day Saints Having a state Government
And now we have to Give God the Glory for our
admission into the Union. We met with several
Brethren to Day among the Number was Wm H Segmiller
upon the subject of the price of the University Lands
that are to be sold He represented He thought they
would range from $3 to $12.50 per Acre

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Seegmiller, William Henry
19 Dec 1843 - 1 Sep 1923
38 mentions
Missionary

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17 July 1894 President Cleveland signed the [FIGURES] Bill this day which gave Utah admission into the Union as a State Government This has been a hard struggle for years as it had seemed as though all Earth & Hell had been combined against the Latter Day Saints Having a State Government And now we have to Give God the Glory for our admission into the Union.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter to Ovando Collins Beebe and Clara Martisha Woodruff Beebe, 17 July 1894
Dear Dear Ovando & Clara I made a good Breakfast this morning out of the Large trout you sent us I did not see it before it was cooked would suppose it weighted 3 or 4 lb, it was fine I Enclose a Letter from Owen to Clara I went to Ogden on Sunday to attend the Confere [cens] home Sunday night was sick all night with Dia^r^hrea Diarhea was poorly yesterday [and] Well this morning Little Emma is Well & happy Asahll ^Asahel^ ^&^ Naoma Leave for N York to night I would like to know how many trout you ketch & what weight How is Woody & Vedie I hope you are all Well W Woodruff
Letter from Thomas Heddock Hilton, 17 July 1894
To The First Presidency, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dear Brethern: Your kind favor of the 20th ult came duly to hand with the check for $40000; thanks very much. I also received my appointment to succeed Elder Ransom M. Stevens in the presidency of the Samoan Mission. Although I feel very weak in endeavoring to take upon myself such a great responsibility; and tremble within myself for fear I, through my weaknesses, and imperfections, should make a misstep, and fail to perform the duties of this high and holy calling acceptably before my Heavenly Father, I am thankful to my Maker, and feel to praise His high and holy name: that I have been counted worthy to labor in His Cause, and assist in the spreading of Truth among this dark and benighted people. I humbly accept the trust you have seen fit to place upon me, and I sincerely hope and pray that I will be filled continually with the Spirit of God, that my every thought and deed may be actuated by the same; that I may perform the duties and labors enjoined upon me, in humility and meekness and for the best ad- vancement of the Cause of truth among this people.

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Jul 17, 1894