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Day in the Life

May 28, 1839

Journal Entry

May 28, 1839 ~ Tuesday

28 Elder Brigham Young mooved from my room four rods south. AThe man called Rocky mountain aided
by another man again commenced pulling down the long barn they commit about $200 dollars damage
before they left it Mr Boothe went to Fort Madison to obtain a warrant & an officer to take him

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
2 mentions
2 mentions

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Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

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April 6, 1839
Church leaders escape while being transported for trial with the help of their guards; Church members move to Commerce, Illinois and establish Nauvoo.
May 4, 1839
Wilford receives the official call to serve his third mission.

May 28, 1839