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Day in the Life

Apr 1, 1870

Journal Entry

April 01, 1870 ~ Friday

April 1. I am quite poorly in health to day G. Q. Cannon Received
a Telegraph from Hon Wm H Hooper that the senate of the United States
had put off the Collum Bill one Month. I wrote 5 letters to Harriet
[FIGURE] Woodruff, Wilford & Emily I F Carter & Shuah Moulton
to Phebe A Snow & A F Williams of Farmington Ct. for Sam-
uel Deming I told him of our religion, of my travels, of our
Mass Meeting &c I spent most of the day in the House.
[FIGURE] I also received 2 letters from Susan & I. F. Carter.

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Woodruff, Emily Jane Smith
28 Oct 1850 - 8 May 1878
34 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
1968 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Harriet Newell Cole
7 Sep 1823 - 21 Oct 1870
6 mentions
Family
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
392 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
334 mentions
Family
11 mentions
Moulton, Shuah Coffin Carter
20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905
87 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
700 mentions
Family
124 mentions

Places

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Valley House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Events

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February 1870
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.

Apr 1, 1870