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Day in the Life

Jul 21, 1844

Journal Entry

July 21, 1844 ~ Sunday

21. Sunday I preached in the school house forenoon
and afternoon, & broke bread unto the Saints they made
me a contribution of $10 and Ashbel Dewey let me
have $10 on Br Sparks Book account, which I gave
him an order for on Br Sparks.

I recieved $1 dollar for the Temple from John J. Stocking
I recieved $1 dollar for the Temple from Elizabeth Easton
I recieved $4 dollars for the Temple from Maria Dewy
I recieved $10 dollars in a letter to go to a man in Nauvoo
from Vinson Shirtliff from Russell Russell Depo Mass
call upon Titus Billings & he will tell whare the letter
is to go. I took the parting hand with the Saints
and rode to Simsbury called upon Aunt Cosset found
her still deranged but better spent the night at
Phelps Tavern 25 miles

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56 mentions
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Dewey, Ashbel
1795-1846
10 mentions
1 mention
Stocking, John Jay
24 Apr 1806 - 23 Oct 1870
21 mentions
Family
1 mention
Sparks, Quartus S.
abt. 1820-1891
9 mentions
Billings, Titus
24 Mar 1793 - 6 Feb 1866
4 mentions
19 mentions

Events

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August 8, 1844
Meeting where majority of Church members sustain the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as governing body of the Church.
August 12, 1844
Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

Jul 21, 1844