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Day in the Life

May 14, 1844

Journal Entry

May 14, 1844 ~ Tuesday

14th Spent the fore part of the day at Br
Lane's met at the Toulon Court House at
2 oclok according to appointment when we
arived the methodist had collected saying they
had an appointment at the same hour we
adjourned ours to Br Perrys. Before we arived at
his house the M[ethodist] preacher came & wished us
to hold our meeting in the Court House according
to appointment we did so. I preached &
was followed by a few remarks by Elder
Smith. we dissmissed our meeting & we stope[d]
& herd the methodist preach his discourse
we spent the night at Br Lanes

[FIGURE] we wrote a letter to the editor of the Times

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3 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
48 mentions
1835 Southern Convert

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Toulon, Stark County, Illinois

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May 4, 1844
Wilford completes brick home in Nauvoo; over the next 2 years he lives in it for less than 6 weeks.

May 14, 1844