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Day in the Life

Oct 8, 1870

Journal Entry

October 08, 1870 ~ Saturday

Oct 8, 1870

Conference opened at 10 oclok. Erastus Snow Prayed & then
spoke 44 Minutes G. A. Smith 20 D. H. Wells 24 & President
B. Young 5 Minutes. We held a council at noomn at Pres-
ident Youngs office the Presidency & all of the Twelve & By unanimous
[FIGURE] vote cut of Isaac Haight, John D. Lee & Wood for
committing a great Sin & they were not to have the
Privilege of Returning again to the Church again in this life
Afternoon The Authorities of the Church were presented
President Young resigned his office as Trustee in trust the
People voted against accepting it He also resigned his office
as Presidet of the Perpetual Emigrating fund & Horace S Eldridge
was appointed to that office. G. A. Smith Resigned his
Office as Historian & General Church Recorder & Albert
Carrington was Appointed in his place President Young spoke
36 Minutes & O Hyde 10 Minutes. We held a Meeting
in the Evening in the old Tabernacle of the Priesthood
C. C. Rich spoke & called for volenteers to go to soda springs
the Presidency spoke & L Snow

People

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
210 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3304 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
344 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
141 mentions
Haight, Isaac Chauncey
27 May 1813 - 8 Sep 1886
9 mentions
27 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
653 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
673 mentions
Apostle

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

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Oct 8, 1870