More Guest Posts: Wilford Woodruff, Caroline Blake Hardy, Jane Nugent Burke

This week, I had three guest posts at Keepapitchinin: The Mormon History Blog.

The first was a response to unfortunate materials I happened to see online about Wilford Woodruff's vision or dream of the Founding Fathers:

Historical News Flash: Wilford Woodruff’s Vision of the Founding Fathers

The second was an Eminent Women post I've been working on for more than a year:

Caroline Blake Hardy

The third was another Eminent Women post that didn't get quite as much time and attention as the post on Caroline Blake Hardy:

Jane Nugent Burke

Working on all three posts was quite a remarkable experience.

The picture of the St. George Temple is available under a Creative Commons license from Michael Whiffen of Altus Photo Design.

“Br George Jarvis watched with me..”

I am reading through Wilford Woodruff's diary for the time he spent in St. George in the late 1870s, and see the following note:

I thought I was poisond to death to day with a tea made of Indian root which was recommended good for my lungs. After swallowing 3 tea spoonfulls I turned deadly sick for two hours. I felt as though I would die. I drank sweet oil, No 6, and Cayenne pepper tea which finally eased my distress. There was quite a Change Came over my whole system in the Evening. I rested well through the night. Br George Jarvis watched with me for several nights.

Sources

Kenney, Scott, ed., Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1893 Typescript, Vol. 7: 1 January 1871 to 31 December 1880, (Midvale, UT: Signature Books, 1985), 350.

Savage, Charles R., Studio portrait of Wilford Woodruff. Albumen print, originally 4.25×6.5in. C. R. Savage Collection at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, MSS P 24, item 323. As found at Wikipedia.