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May 13, 1844

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May 13, 1844 ~ Monday

13^th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Mrs Woodruff & sent
By Elder Grant informed her to write to Kirtland
we had a rainy morning. we parted with Elder
Grant and rode to Toulon and spent the night with
Br Adam Perry held a meeting with the Saints
& appointied a meeting at the Court House at
2 oclock on the morrow distance of the day 9 m[iles]

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25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856

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Wilford attends meeting when confers priesthood keys on Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Wilford records discourse on important doctrines at funeral of .

May - August 1844

Wilford serves fifth mission in the Northeastern United States; holds conferences, campaigns for .

Wilford completes brick home in ; over the next 2 years he lives in it for less than 6 weeks.

Wilford arrives in to attend convention; nominate for President of the United States.

and are murdered while in .

Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in to nominate .

Work on the resumes.

Wilford learns of and death through newspaper article in Times.

May 13, 1844