120 years ago today - Aug 4, 1899

[Angus M. Cannon]
I received a letter from the First Presidency asking me to give my personal attention to obtaining, in a quiet way, the number of families living in this stake, where I preside, that are pol[y]gamous, that we may determine the relative number, compared with what existed at the time the [Wilford Woodruff] Manifesto was proclaimed.

[Angus M. Cannon Diary, 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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