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Day in the Life

Aug 5, 1896

Journal Entry

August 05, 1896 ~ Wednesday

5 I met at the offie The Mining Committee Also had a talk
with President Cannon upon our voyage at sea
^ A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right^ I received a Letter from Sarah I wrote her one yesterday
{Unless God opens [to/dead] deal it looks as though [we had means] but the Lord [has more] for us}
it seems as though ruin was uppon us unless we raised some money

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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2224 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Letter from Joseph H. Davis, 5 August 1896
President Woodruff Dear Brother Having been called to go on a mission to California. I responded to the call, the time for my departure being Sept 3rd I am willing to go and try to perform my duty to the best of my ability, with the help of my Heavenly Father Very Respectfully Your Brother in the Gospel Joseph H. Davis Brother Davis is ^a^ good young man but if you send him on this mission we will have to suport his wife and three children

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Aug 5, 1896