140 years ago today - May 19, 1881

[Wilford Woodruff]
19 I received a letter from Br Barfoot Concerning a cloak belonging to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Sister Viena Jaquist [Vienna Jaques, plural wife of Joseph Smith] made a Donation of it to the Museum. The Cloak was shown to me. I spent the day in the board of trade & night at the farm. 6 M.

[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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