Today in Mormon History - Nov 19

Today in Mormon History ...

[Book of Abraham] "Went in company with Doc[tor Frederick] Williams and my scribe [Warren Parrish?] to see how the workmen prospered in finishing the House [Kirtland Temple]. The masons on the inside had commenced put[t]ing on the finishing coat of plastureing [sic] .... I returned home and spent the day in translating the Egyptian records. This has been a pleasant day." (An American Prophet's Record, p.66) (1)
-- 175 years ago - Thursday, Nov 19, 1835

[Mormon Tabernacle Choir] Mini-tour to Denver for the National Sports Center for the Disabled. (2)
-- 5 years ago - Nov 19, 2005

[Wilford Woodruff] 19 I spent most of the day in the Endowmet House the evening in the office Journalizing. (3)
-- 150 years ago - Nov 19, 1860


1 - Joseph Smith's Diary Statements Regarding Translation of His Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham, Instutite for Religious Research
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Newsroom, http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=036eb2987ff92110VgnVCM100000176f620aRCRDvgnextchannel=9ae411154963d010VgnVCM1000004e94610aRCRD
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993

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