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Day in the Life

Feb 3, 1842

Journal Entry

February 03, 1842 ~ Thursday

Fedb 3rd 1842 Thursday [FIGURE] A Revelation was given a
few days since for the Twelve to obtain the printi-
ng esstablishment of E Robinson & govern the
printing of the Times & Seasons & all the Church
publications as they are directed by my Holy
Spirit in the midst of their councils saith the Lord

After consulting upon the subject the quorum
appointed TElders J. Taylor & W Woodruff of
the Twelve to Edit the Times & Seasons & take
charge of the whole esstablishment under the
direction of Joseph the Seer. Accordingly I left
my station at the Nauvoo provision store &
commenced this day to labour for the Church in
the printing esstablishment. Elder Taylor &
myself spent the afternoon in taking an invoice
of the printing esstablishment & met in council
in the evening at Joseph store

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Robinson, Ebenezer
25 May 1816 - 11 Mar 1891
26 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2224 mentions

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Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

when I took charge of the business department of the printing-office.

Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

Nauvoo, Feb 3rd 1842 1842 Joseph Smith (trustee in trust for Church of L.D.S.) Dr to work [blank] in printing office at $ $ [blank] per day $ ¢ May 29th Z pulsipher Dr to Neighbor 2 00 July 8th 1843 To Times & Seasons & Sundays 2 15 June 14th To Advertising Land for Sale 6 in 6 00 Jan 179th 1843 To Advertising Administration Note 4 in 2 12 1/2 Aug 9th To Advertising Land for Sale 3 month 3 00 15 27 1/2 Settelled with Zera pulsipher Feb 15, 1844 All Note & Book Acco[u]nts up to this date [rest of page blank]

Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

Nauvoo 1842 Joseph Smith (trustee in trust for Church of LDS) Cr $ ¢ Feb 3rd By 1 German silver penscil 0 37 1/2 1 form Book 1 00 Life of Cobbett 37 1/2 L. D. Barnes Refferences 25 Blank Deeds 50 5th 1 pork Barrel (consecrated to temple) 1 25 Cash 39 1/2 9 $2.00 worth of wood 2 00 10th Cash 31 11th To 20 lbs flour 2 1/2 cts 50 1 Broaken candle 2 1 quire of paper 25 2 bushels meal from store 18th Cash 2 00 15 lb pork 3 45 19th 1 vol Times & Seasons By Wm Pitt 2 00 [19th] [1 vol Times & Seasons] By [blank] Tracy 2 00 [19th] [1 vol Times & Seasons] By Newel Knight 2 00 [19th] A Bill of goods' from store 7 47 [19th] 2 Bushels corn 50 [19th] Cash 2 31 1/4 [19th] 1 Blank Book 75 [19th] Cash 2 00 22 Cash 2 00 [22] 4 bushels corn 1 00 [22] 4 4 lbs flour 1 00 1 Turkey 50 3 lb veal 3 9 March 1st To fish 1 2 1/2 3 To cash 1 2 1/2 7 To mending A Boot By Stephen Luce 3 1 1/4 9 To cash paid for Letter 25 To 3 candles 6 10 To 24 papers sent to friends 2 00 12 To 18 lbs Bacon 5 90 13 To 4 sheets paper 4 ct & 3 candles 6 10 34 85

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

Accordingly on the 3rd I

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

attending the Nauvoo House provision store untill the when I took charge

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February 3, 1842
Wilford appointed manager of the Church's official newspaper Times and Seasons.
February 19, 1842
Wilford sets type for printing/publishing the Book of Abraham in Times and Seasons.

Feb 3, 1842