[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.
[Source: 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]
Interesting find:
ReplyDeleteThe Journal History online has scanned files/images for July 1899 and September 1899, BUT NOT FOR AUGUST 1899!
https://eadview.lds.org/findingaid/CR%20100%20137
ReplyDeleteI have August 1899 entries for these dates:
ReplyDelete1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19 & 29
Items of interest will be posted.
Thanks.
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