Joshua Seixas, former Hebrew teacher of Lorenzo Snow, begins instructing Joseph Smith and his colleagues of the "Hebrew School" in the Kirtland Temple, to enable them to translate biblical Hebrew texts. He gives two lectures per day, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. and from 2:00 to 3:00 PM five days per week. The class has about forty students but more are added as the class continues. By mid-February, Seixas is teaching four separate classes. Joseph Smith says, "His introduction pleased me much. I think he will be a help to the class in learning the Hebrew." (1)
-- 175 years ago today - Jan 26, 1836
[Capital Punishment] On January 26, 1996, the last person to be executed by firing squad in the United States took place in Utah. (2)
-- 15 years ago today - Jan 26, 1996
[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 26 I went to the Garde & Signed 51 Recommends. I received 23 Letters. (3)
-- 120 years ago today - Jan 26, 1891
1 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html
2 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Capital Punishment, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CAPITOLPUN.html
3 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
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