130 years ago today - Aug 22, 1884

[Wilford Woodruff] I spent the day reading Bancroft History of the Mormons. ...

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Howe_Bancroft

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  2. Are you sure 1884 is the correct year? Book was published in 1889.

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  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=2OwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

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  4. Thus, the correct year for this entry should be either 1889 or 1894.

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  5. Unless of course WW was proofreading HHB's pre-publication manuscript.

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    1. Mar 18-26,1862:
      Wilford Woodruff compiles history for Hubert Howe Bancroft (ibid).

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