Today In Mormon History

[President Wilford Woodruff] ... Had a cup of coffee & some bread & milk. ... [Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Type...

[George Q. Cannon] ... We took lunch in the Temple, and through the kindness of Prest. [of the Logan Temple] Merrill, we were taken by th...

[John Henry Smith] The question of missionary labor among the Indians was talked over and a vote taken that we would Educate some young I...

Carter sen. and Phebe Whitemore, Ezra Carter jr. and Sarah Fabyan Ozem Woodruff, and Acksa, & Hannah Hart Woodruff. All the Above three ...

[George Q. Cannon] [Translated from Hawaiian] President [Young] told me that if I can take another wife unto myself, it would be a wonder...

[Hosea Stout] John Kay and others gave Harvey Morse 39 hard lashes (to day [crossed out]) last night for frequently attempting to rape tw...

William Clayton claims that Hosea Stout threatened to kill him. The next day, on half an hour's notice, Young has Clayton leave camp to ...

[Wilford Woodruff] Marriage being an institution of heaven & honourable in all, I accordingly accepted the honour upon this memorial ...

Patriarchal Blessing of Wilford Woodruff given by Joseph Smith, Sr. ... Thou shalt have all the power and authority of the Melchisedeck...

Grandison Newell filed a complaint with a Justice of the Peace (apparently with Judge Flint in Painesville) charging Joseph Smith with consp...

The "New Hampshire Sentinel" reports local treasure digging with the comment: "The leader of the 'visionary gang,' is...

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that general authority Loren C. Dunn has censored a church display commemorating the sesquicentennial of the R...

PROVO HERALD article: "Plea of Insanity Accepted in Utah Murder Case." A Logan seminary teacher had killed his infant son after he...

[Heber J. Grant] Met a number of mission presidents and stake presidents. They were disturbed about Brother Stephen L. Richards' talk...

[John Henry Smith] We agreed to send Geo. Albert Smith and W. W. Riter to look over the Country around Palmyra, N.Y. and what the Hill Cu...

[President Wilford Woodruff] Ate a few stewed oysters & drank a cup of coffee for breakfast. ... [Wilford Woodruff's Journal: ...

[George Q. Cannon] ... I went to the Tabernacle, and Brother J. E. Talmage was called upon to speak, which he did for about half an hour....

[Wilford Woodruff] I took Emma & two of her Children Nelly & Alice & went to the [unfinlshed Salt Lake] Temple & w[er?] d...

[George Q. Cannon] This morning went to the Temple and received an endowment for my Grandfather, George Cannon. There was an holy influen...

... Brother Kimball Addressed the meeting & said the spirit of God would make a humbly man handsome. I do not place my affections upon a...