150 years ago today - Dec 1, 1867

PRESIDENTS Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells with Elders George Q. Cannon, David O. Calder, Thomas Ellerbeck, and seven others spent the dayin the office, counting over and burning up $100,000 of the Deseret Currency as it had been redeemed and did not wish to put it in circulation any more. The Presidency and Twelve attended the prayer circle;...

[Source: Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]

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