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Day in the Life

Apr 5, 1898

Journal Entry

April 05, 1898 ~ Tuesday

Tues April 5th At the office feeling well. Was quite busy in the

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office, and attended a stockholders meeting of ZCMI. at 12 [p]m, and presided. My
report as President was read and accepted, and the election of officers was held.
At 2 pm, I met with Bros Cannon & Smith, with the Trustees of our Deseret Canal
Company & came to a better understanding of matters therein. Concluded that more
money must be raised to complete the dam &c. I continued in meetings until
5 pm & went home.

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1966 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle

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

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Letter from Joseph Weston, 5 April 1898
ogden city utah President Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother it is with grate Pleasher as I take my Pen in hand to answer yours that came to hand 26 inst I apprecate this call and it is the desire of my heart to go and proclame the gospal of Jesus christ to the nations of the Earth and I will Exsept this call to depart at your date Jume 11 and I will Be present at the Historion office on the day previous to that day of my departure I Still Remain your Brother in the gospal of Jesus christ Joseph Weston Wm Jackson Datus H Ensign Coun to Bp 1st Ward
Letter from Joseph Weston, 5 April 1898
Letter from Robert LeRoy Shepherd, 5 April 1898
Beaver Hon. Wilford Woodruff, Dear Brother: Yours of March 25th came to hand some time ago and I feel very highly ^honored^ to be called to take a mission at such an early age. So far as I can see now there is nothing to prohibit tame from taking a mission to the Southern States on July 21st as stated in your letter I therefore will try and be prepared to leave Salt lake City on theis aforesaid date and believe

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

Apr 5, 1898