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Day in the Life

Feb 18, 1850

Journal Entry

February 18, 1850 ~ Monday

18th [FIGURE] I obtained one letter from N. H. Felt I walked into Boston
with Father Carter visited the Medical College whare Dr Parkman
was murdered, we then visited other parts of the city I called
upon Br Cannon 123 Washington street He took my Daguerotype
likeness And put it into a Bosom pin for Mrs Woodruff Also
one in a small case, I engaged A Pair of lasts for my feet to make
[FIGURE] Shoes & Boots upon And returned home after walking 8 miles

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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
14 Feb 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
284 mentions
Family
5 mentions
26 mentions
58 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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February 21, 1850 ~ Thursday 21st [FIGURES] I Recieved one letter from George H. Russell & wrote one to I. F. Carter. Brother Wallace called upon me to day on his mission to England, we conversed upon things in the valley, and all the news all the brethren bring from the Valley is cheering to the soul the time to favor Zion is in vary deed come the saints are prosipering in all things
~ Wilford Woodruff

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1850
Church membership 51,839; population of Utah Territory 11,380; population of United States 23,192,000.

Feb 18, 1850