Day in the Life

Jun 13, 1888

Journal Entry

June 13, 1888 ~ Wednesday

13 A hand pointing to the right I signed 45 Recommends, I received 40 Letters,
I wrote 11 Letters 10 public, 1 to Jaques I was in council
with the Twelve all day we had present two of our Lawyiers
F S Richards & Legrand Young we were trying to lay a
plan to come to a settlement with Peters & Dyer upon
our Church Law suit

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59 mentions
Richards, Franklin Snyder
20 Jun 1849 - 7 Sep 1934
111 mentions
20 mentions
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
451 mentions
Young, Marcus LeGrand
27 Dec 1840 - 23 Jul 1921
55 mentions

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Letter from Ernestine Martin, 13 June 1888
To the Leader of the Mormon Church. Salt Lake City Utah. Dear Sir, please inform me, whether I would be welcome in your communi- ty, if I opened there a French-German School? I have come to Portland for that purpose—and to live in a climate that agrees with me better than the East—but I find that, what bet- ween the already established public schools and the entire absence of all interest in foreign languages, there is not much chance for me here. Now I have been told that there is a great desire for instruction in foreign languages in Utah, but I am
Letter from Charles Ora Card, 13 June 1888
Canada Prest. Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Utah u. s. a. Dear Brother Your most excellent letter of the 25th ult. just to hand and perused and reread with great satisfaction. It gave me great joy to learn of the dedication of another Temple to the name of the most Hhigh. The out pourings of the spirit and manifestations of the power of God ^witnessed^ at the dedicatory services are very encouraging to the saints at home and abroad at this trying hour. It certainly strengthens the faith of the people to witness Fathers acknowledgemt and aceptance of their offering and it certainly will add to our strength on both sides of the veil. My prayer is that, that Holy sanctua- ry may be preserved to fill the pur- pose of its erection and should the greed of our enemies lead them to meddle with our temples, I feel

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June 14, 1888
Wilford directs all 32 stakes to establish Stake Academies to educate youth of the Church.
July 9, 1888
Church's attorneys obtain commitment from United States Solicitor that temples would not be confiscated.

Jun 13, 1888