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Day in the Life

Dec 19, 1869

Journal Entry

December 19, 1869 ~ Sunday

19. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended meeting
in the Tabernacle Wm H. Folesome spoke 15 Minutes & W. Woodruff 45 M[inutes].
Afternoon O. Pratt spoke on spiritualism & the presidt apealing
in this City AIt was a powerful discourse & will be published
I spent the Evening with Elias Smith

People

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Smith, Elias
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
182 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle
Folsom, William Harrison
25 Mar 1815 - 19 Mar 1901
76 mentions

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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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1870
Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
February 1870
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.

Dec 19, 1869