Abraham H. Cannon, Diary, extracts, 1894

File — Box: 1, Folder: 9

Identifier: I

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Scope and Contents

"I [George Q. Cannon] am thankful for what has been revealed.... There has been a disposition since the days of Nauvoo for men to seek to add to their future kingdoms by having dead persons sealed and adopted to them. Amasa Lyman once said, 'When it comes to the game of kingdoms, I can hold my own with any of them,' meaning that his following was as large.... Adoptions to certain men naturally led men to seek counsel from those to whom they were thus adopted, and consequently the Presidency and general priesthood was set to one side."

Dates

1894

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