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[James E. Talmage] In addition to other committee work I attended an afternoon session of the Book of Mormon committee, at which preliminary...

[Joseph F. Smith] "The judgments of God upon the nations. The hand of the Lord as seen in the Spanish-American war and the English-Boer...

[Interview of David Whitmer] 1 [Q]--Do you know that the plates seen with the Angel (on the table) were real metal, did you touch them? Ans ...

[Wilford Woodruff] We are living in Perilous times. No man who obeys the Patriarchal Law of Marriage is safe. I am informed that officers ar...

[Brigham Young] The Pres. said no doubt they have applied to Joseph Smith, son of the Prophet, to take his place as his right and Joseph wil...

[Patriarchal Blessing of Jesse N. Smith] ... I pray my Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus to preserve thy life and health, even unto the c...

[President Heber J. Grant] Brother [John] Nicholson felt so outraged on account of being in the penitentiary, althought (sic) a poor man, he...

Idaho's admission as a State and the test oath were argued in the U.S. Senate Committee on Territories. The argument was continued the f...

General mass meeting of the ladies of Salt Lake City, to protest against the passage of the Cullom bill. [Source: Richards, Franklin Dewe...

About this time Smith reportedly informed Pratt about the principle of polygamy. [Benjamin] Winchester later recalled that Smith was engaged...

In Abner Cole's weekly Palmyra Reflector, he continues to print Chapter 1 of the First Book of Nephi from the Book of Mormon. [Source...

[George Albert Smith] left SLC to stay at Laguna Beach "to rest my nerves" and returned on Feb 27, 1950 - worked on Church matters...

Benjamin Johnson states that Joseph "put off" polgyamy and waited until an "angel with a drawn sword" came to him. [...

[John Henry Smith] H. J. Grant is inclined to believe that he and his brother B. F. Grant has made a rich find of gold in San Louis Valley, ...

[Heber C. Kimball] In the evening of January 12, 1865 I was told by the Lord that I should not be removed from their places [his position in...

[William Clayton] At the Council Hall. Elder H. C. Kimball preached. He used many figures to illustrate his ideas amongst the rest when spea...

[First Presidency & Quorum of Twelve Minutes] ... President Cannon ... believed that greater power and gifts would be given to the Apos...

[Apostle Rudger Clawson] ... The tables were then set for the sacrament, and Pres. B. Young, Jr, was mouth in blessing the bread and wine, a...

[Apostle Brigham Young Jr.] Met in Temple at 10. Spoke for 20 m[inutes]. conversation general. One assertion I made while talking That ...

[Apostle Abraham Owen Woodruff] ... We partook of the bread and wine, emblems of our Master's body and blood. After the Lord's suppe...