March 7,8 1886
This would have been Phebe W. Woodruff Birthday if she
had Been alive she would have been 79 years of Age But she
was taken home a short time before having Died the 10 Nov
I spent Sunday the 7 at the farm
10 I wrote to Jaques{Sent for money.} wrote to David and Nellie I read in the History of the world the great
last Battle & seige of paris by the Jermans who beat
the French Armey who numbered 660000 Men
and the German Army 610000 Total of the two armies 1270000 Men The French had to pay the Germans as
an indemnity for the war $1,000,000,000 besids a great Loss of Life on both sides
~ Thursday
11 ^^ A foot of snow on the ground this morning I recd
Letters from Jaques & Clara I wrote Letter to Jaques and Clara Asahel called in the Evening The
Governor Murry has vetoed Evry Bill the Legislature
has passed this session & the Government has refused to
pay the Legislature
March8 1886
[FIGURE]
This would have been Phebe W. Woodruff Birthday if she
had Been alive she would have been 79 years of Age But she
was taken home a short time before having Died the 10 Nov
I spent Sunday the 7 at the farm
9 FIGURES I received Letters from Sarah, Jaques, & McAllister
I wrote Letter to Jaques Sarah Newton & Mary
More raiding to day
~ Wednesday
10 [FIGURE] I wrote to Jaques{Sent for money.} wrote to David and
Nellie I read in the History of the world the great
last Battle & seige of paris by the Jermans who beat
the French Armey who numbered 660000 Men
and the German Army 610000 Total of the two armies
1270000 Men The French had to pay the Germans as
an indemnity for the war $1,000,000,000 besids a
great Loss of Life on both sides
~ Thursday
11 A foot of snow on the ground this morning I recd
Letters from Jaques & Clara I wrote Letter to Jaques
[FIGURE] and Clara Asahel called in the Evening The
Governor Murry has vetoed Evry Bill the Legislature
has passed this session & the Government has refused to
pay the Legislature
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," March 8, 1886 - March 12, 1886, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 6, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/oZDA