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Day in the Life

May 29, 1896

Journal Entry

May 29, 1896 ~ Friday

May 29
I spent the day in the office and talked over our Church
Debts & how to settle them F S Richards Just Notified
me that the Government had sent back our Real Esstate
Property to salt Lake City to be dismissed by the Court
& the property turned over to the Trustee in trust
we are having a rainy time & quite cold

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Richards, Franklin Snyder
20 Jun 1849 - 7 Sep 1934
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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Letter from Charles E. Gerber, 29 May 1896

President Wilford Woodruff City Dear Brother, In answer to the letter from the First Presidency asking my feelings about a foreign mission I will say that I am willing to fill the same and to go on August 8th 1896 as desisered I have no ready means so far, but trust that the Lord will open my way and that I may be able to leave on the above date. Yours respectfully Charles E. Gerber 251st W. 4th N. I believe Elder Gerber will perform a faithfull mission. Isaac Barton Bp 19th Ward

Business/Financial - Account Book, 1889-1898

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Letter from Marriner Wood Merrill, 29 May 1896

Logan, Utah, President Woodruff and Councillors My Dear Brethern your communication about Temple Ordinance Ceremonies Recd and will be adopted as you suggest; I wish here to state that I never have changed added to or eleminated any thing from the Ceremonies since the Opening of the Temple Twelve years ago, the Ceremonies were brought here from st George Temple by Bro John T.D. McAlester and the most of them written in an Ordenance Book which He left Here and which we now have, and we have strectly followed the Book, will say farther the little changes you have heretofore suggested have ^been adopted^ also been incorporated in this Book above named, and I heately agree with all your suggestions includeing the last Recd; I here with inclose you a coppy of the Ceremonies we have formulated from your letter as I unders- and it for your approvel, and if you approve of them, then will have them incorporated in Our Ordinance book, one question I would like to

Letter from John D. Bennett, 4 June 1896 and Mabel Louisa Gaulter, 29 May 1896

Lamoni Iowa President Woodruff, Dear Bro in Christ, You will think it strange that I write to you upon the subject which I now intend to present, (because I am a woman) but when there is no one else to do the work there is nothing else to do but to fill the place as acceptably as I can. Having been troubled at least three years ago about the condition of the church and also the rising generation and seeing that despite all the efforts of the ministry toge^t^her with Sunday school, school and educational works of every kind that pride, envy, malice, licen-

Letter from James Lewis McCarrey, 29 May 1896

Richmond, Utah, . President Wilford Woodruff, Dear Brother: I received a letter from you dated May 27, calling me on a mission to the Northern States, Will say in reply: that I am will- -ing to go, providing I can bring my circumstances so that I will be able to leave. I will try and give you as correct an account of my circumst- ances as possible. In the y[ea]r 1893 I entered a homestead at; Weston, Idaho and have made a number of improvements on the same. I have a house built; about 30 acers of it ploughed; and about 600 r[o]ds of wire fence. The time for me making

Letter from William Daniel Hill, 29 May 1896

Mt Sterling President Woodruff Dear Brother I receved yours of May 27th 1896 notifying me for a mission to the Sandwich Islands, to start from Vancouver June 30th 1896 Will say that I will be ready to start on the time appointed. Please let me know when I am to be set apart for the mission & what time I will half to leave Logan to get there on time to sail Your Brother in the Gospel William D. Hill William J. Hill Bishop

Estate Papers - Tithing receipt, 29 May 1896

Salt Lake City, Utah, 189[6] This Certifies that A H Woodruff Of Farmers Ward, SALT LAKE Stake, HAS VOLUNTARILY DONATED Feifteen # [00]/100 Dollars, ($15.00) To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. IN MISCELLANEOUS. Z. C. M. I. Wm. B. Preston, By C A C

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April 6, 1896
Wilford and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issue Political Manifesto about separation of church and state.

May 29, 1896