Day in the Life

Jan 17, 1880

Journal Entry

January 17, 1880 ~ Saturday

17 A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I received 3 letters from Bulah, David and Milo B Webster

Milo B Webster is my Nephew Sister Eunice son. I wrote
I wrote him a letter of 9 pages gave short sketch of my Life
and travels I wrote a letter to A M Musser of 8 Pages and gave
my views of the state of the Nation I told him if Grant was
the next President I thought he would be the last President
and the Nation would go down on his hands of course this
is ownly the reflection of the mind time must Determin the
state of the Nation one thing is certain that the Nation is fast
riping in Iniquity

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Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
109 mentions
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
Family
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
227 mentions
Family
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
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Webster, Milo Burgess
14 May 1842 - 7 Jan 1896
21 mentions
Family
Grant, Ulysses S.
27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885
29 mentions

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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
17. [FIGURES] I received 3 Letters from Bulah David and My Nephew Milo B Webster I wrote 2 Letters to David P. Woodruff 7 & Milo B Webster Sister Eunice Son I wrote him 9 Pages, gave a short sketch of my life & travels I wrote a Letter to A M Musser of 8 pages & gave my views of the state of the Nation I told him I thought Gen Grant wanted be next president of the U. S. and the Last I think the Government will be broaken up on his hands Our Nation is fast ripening in Iniquity

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1880
Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Jan 17, 1880