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Day in the Life

Mar 8, 1898

Journal Entry

March 08, 1898 ~ Tuesday

Tuesday Mar 8/[18]98. I went to the office feeling well. Prest Joseph F
Smith returned from the East last night and made his report
to me this morning. I wrote to Madam Mountford & the letter was
mailed. MyI staid at the office till 6 p.m. when Emma accompanied me to
Phebe W Snows residence where spwe spent the evening in a family gathering
and enjoyed ourselves.

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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3569 mentions
Apostle
60 mentions
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
332 mentions
Family

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President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Letter from Andrew King Jr., 8 March 1898

Logan, Utah, Pres Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother I recived yours letter calling me to the work of the ministry I will be present ^the day^ previous to me being set apart at the Historians Office hoping that I may prove myself wirathey of the call That has been made of me Your Brother in the Gospel Andrew King Jr William Hyde Bp 5 Ward

Letter from David Hiltbrand, 8 March 1898

Logan Prest Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother I will be ready as you request to start on a Mission to Montana on March 24. David Hiltbrand. William Hyde Bp 5 W.

Letter from George William Williams Jr., 8 March 1898

Clifton Ariz Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Dear Brother I have received the notification of my being called as a missionary to the southern states. And feel in duty bound to respond to the same. Although it will be difficult for me to raise the means necessary for my expences and leave my family in proper condition in so short a time I made a trip with my family to S. L. City last summer to do our work

Letter from James Ephraim Steele, 8 March 1898

Iona, Idaho, Presidents Wilford Woodruff And Councilors Salt Lake City Ut Dear Brethren, I enclose to you under seperate Corr, the names of 20 brethren, who have been recomend by thair Bps to go on foreign missions. I Am personaly Acquainted with Some of them, others I am not. But thair Bps say they are good men and belive they will make good missionaries. We may be able to Send you a few more names, in a few days. I thought best to send this report now and not wait longer, as some will be ready to start About April the 1st and will be looking for the call. Ever praying for the success of Zion I am Your Bro & Co Labor Jas. E. Steele

Letter from Jesse Charles Phillips, 8 March 1898

Arizona President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother In responce to the call made upon me, to perform a mishion to New Zealand. Will say I will be in Salt Lake City at the apointed time Oct. 1898 Will try and perform that mishion to the very best of my ability. It is my Grandfather Patriarch Christopher Laytons 77th birthday today. President Andrew Kimball as apointed a family meeting at his place to day Heis health is no better Your Brother in the Gospel Jesse C Phillips Bp I. E. D. Zundel

Letter from Leo Hurst, 8 March 1898

Pres. Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Dear Brother, I accept with pleasure the call made upon me, and will try to present myself at the Historians Office, at the time appointed. Respectfully, Your Brother in the Gospel, Leo Hurst, Logan, Utah. P.S. My call was for Oregon and the Northwest, date May 26 [18]98. William Hyde Bp. 5 Ward

Letter from Orren Henry Packard, 8 March 1898

Burlington Pres. Wilford Woodruff Dear Bro. I am in receipt of your favor of Mar 8th with a call to fill a mission to the Northern States. Which call I gladly axcept, and feel thankfull to my heavenly-father that I am acounted worthy of such a calling, and by his aid and the prayers of the saints I will fill this mission to the ^best^ of my ability. Your Bro in the gospell Orren Packard Wm H Packard Bishop

Letter from Thomas Edwin Ricks and Others, 8 March 1898

Pres Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Utah Dear Brother We quote the following extract from a letter from Bp. Wm. B. Preston to us under date of Mar 1st "We beg to inform you that in the future we can not allow the Tithing Department to be charged with the expense of buggy for Pres. Ricks, as also the feed and care of horses for him. These items must be eliminated from the amount of 1898 unless permission is given in writing by the First Presidency" A word of explanation as to what we have been doing in this particular might not be out of place We have on hand a large two [axled] buggy that was furnished for our use a few years ago under the direction of Bp Preston. We also have a buggy harness here belonging to the Tithing Department Bro Ricks has furnished his own team gratuitously, but the expenses of feed, repairs, horshoeing etc have been charged to the general expense account of our

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April 10, 1898
Wilford's Conference address on his 1877 vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Mar 8, 1898