The version of the letter from which this version in the Council of Fifty record was apparently transcribed was later revised in pencil. The penciled additions name Brigham Young as a chairman over a committee that was also composed of Willard Richards, Orson Spencer, Orson Pratt, William W. Phelps, Almon Babbitt, and John M. Bernhisel. (Brigham Young et al., Letter, Nauvoo, IL, Mar. 1845, copy, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.)
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.