Day in the Life

Nov 8, 1879

Journal Entry

November 08, 1879 ~ Saturday

8 A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I received a note from J. W. Young At Moan Coppy He
thought he would be at Moan Coppy I received a letter from Brigham
Young
I wrote 3 letters To Brigham Young, Phebe & Jaques it was a
cold windy day. I filed all of Lot Smiths Letters today, one
Package of 15 in number of President Y[ou]ngs letters which I
read and were more precious than gold and a package
of 10 of President Taylors since he had been President of the
Church all such docum[en]ts are worthy of Preservation

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Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
589 mentions
Apostle
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1961 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
328 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
365 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1587 mentions
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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
^[FIGURES]^ Nov 8. 1879 [FIGURES] I received a Note from John W Young at Moencoppy He thought He would be at Conference {shorthand} I received a letter from Brigham Young I wrote 3 Letters To Brigham Young Phebe WW & Jaques it was a cold winday day. I filed all of Lot Smiths Letters to day one Package of President Young Numbering 15 more precious than gold and package of 10 of President John Taylors since He has been the president of the Church all such Documents are worthy of preservation

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Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.

Nov 8, 1879