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Day in the Life

Aug 29, 1877

Journal Entry

August 29, 1877 ~ Wednesday

29 Aug 1877 We met in Prayer Circles at 7 oclok
[FIGURES] and continued to Pray through the day I received
Telegrams through the day Every half hour which
I communicated to all the prayer circles as they came
up to 4 oclok when I received a Telegram that He di[e]d
at 4 oclok Aug 29, 1877 I dismissed all the prayer circle

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Autobiography 1897 Deseret Weekly
President Young died August 29, 1877, John Taylor succeeding him as President of the Church. From 1877 to 1887, during the Presi- dency of John Taylor, I spent most of my time traveling, preaching in Utah and Arizona, and laboring in St. George temple for the salvation and exaltation of the living and the dead. When John Taylor was accepted as
Telegram from William Bernard Dougall, 29 August 1877
From Salt Lake Received at 12:56 PM. To W Woodruff Telwelve Oclock, no change for the better on the Prest Condition WBD. 11 paid William B Dougall Rvd apr 9 1909

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Wilford's vision of Signers of Declaration of Independence; proxy baptisms for 100 Eminent Men and 68 Eminent Women under Wilford's direction.
Majority of endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some sealings also completed.
Wilford publicly shares his vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Aug 29, 1877