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Day in the Life

Aug 19, 1877

Journal Entry

August 19, 1877 ~ Sunday

19. Sunday Met at the Tabernacle at 11 oclok prayer By W W Smith
Augustus Hardy spoke 10 Minuts, Thomas Hall 10 M[inutes], B F
Pendleton 14 Minuts. Afternoon prayer By James Nixon
Frank B. Woodly spoke 2 M[inutes], Moroni Snow 2 M[inutes], Seth Pimm 1,
Erastus B Snow spoke 6 M[inutes], W Woodruff 35 M[inutes] D. H. Cannon 35
I wrote 2 Letters to Bulah, & Emma.

[FIGURE] I spent the Evening in preparing a list of the Noted Men of the
17 centaury and 18th including the signers of the declaration of
Independance and the Presidents of the United State[s] for
Baptism on Tuesday the 21, Aug 1877

People

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Hardy, Augustus Poore
2 Mar 1831 - 23 Dec 1912
8 mentions
4 mentions
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
141 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
874 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus Beman
10 May 1853 - 22 Sep 1900
14 mentions
Woolley, Franklin Benjamin
11 Jun 1834 - 21 Mar 1869
9 mentions
Family
Nixon, James William
1836–1882
18 mentions
Snow, Moroni
13 May 1858 - 18 Jan 1935
2 mentions
2 mentions
9 mentions
5 mentions

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St. George Tabernacle, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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August 19-21, 1877
Wilford's vision of Signers of Declaration of Independence; proxy baptisms for 100 Eminent Men and 68 Eminent Women under Wilford's direction.
August 22-24, 1877
Majority of endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some sealings also completed.
September 16, 1877
Wilford publicly shares his vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Aug 19, 1877