Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
1 March 1845 • Saturday, continued Page 1 4 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 32 11 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 77 18 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 131 22 March 1845 • Saturday Page 181 25 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 231 5 April 1845 • Saturday Page 266 11 April 1845 • Friday Page 267 15 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 327 22 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 349 29 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 355 6 May 1845 • Tuesday Page 361
Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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Spanish. This Captain went to
California
Originally part of New Spain. After Mexico declared independence, 1821, area became part of Mexico. American colonization increased, after 1840. By 1841, area was known variously as California, Upper California, Alta California, and New California. Area included...
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about a year ago and is expected home soon with his vessel, and when he returns he intends to come to
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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on a visit. He is not a member of the church but is a friend to us.
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A possible reference to John Franklin Segee, a mariner who married church member Charlotte Morgan Very on 17 June 1844 in Salem, Massachusetts. Erastus Snow may have become acquainted with the Segees during his travels in Salem from 1841 through 1844, though more likely during his journey to the area campaigning for JS’s election to the U.S. presidency in the late spring and early summer of 1844. (O’Donovan, “Mormons of Essex County, MA,” [119]; Snow, Journal, 1841–1847, 3–4, 11–40, 48–50.)
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O’Donovan, Connell. “Mormons of Essex County, MA, (Salem, Beverly, Lynn, Newbury, Rowley, Gloucester, Danvers, etc.), September 22, 2014.” Unpublished paper. Accessed 10 July 2015. www.connellodonovan.com/essex_mormons.pdf.
Snow, Erastus. Journals, 1835–1851; 1856–1857. CHL. MS 1329, box 1, fds. 1–3.
From the information I he received from this Captain he should say that
Dr Bernhisel
23 June 1799–28 Sept. 1881. Physician, politician. Born in Sandy Hill, Tyrone Township, Cumberland Co. (later in Perry Co.), Pennsylvania. Son of Samuel Bernhisel and Susannah Bower. Attended medical lectures at University of Pennsylvania, 1818, in Philadelphia...
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has given a faithful description of the country.

The
chairman
1 June 1801–29 Aug. 1877. Carpenter, painter, glazier, colonizer. Born at Whitingham, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of John Young and Abigail (Nabby) Howe. Brought up in Methodist household; later joined Methodist church. Moved to Sherburne, Chenango Co., New...
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said with regard to our finding a location, it is for us to go where we can do the best. If the company who goes out this spring should find a location not far distant, where we can stay a year or two as circumstances may require, we will soon have a company on the way. But our final object is to get on the sea coast where we can have the advantages of commercial navigation But if we can get one hundred miles beyond [p. [139]]
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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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[210]
A possible reference to John Franklin Segee, a mariner who married church member Charlotte Morgan Very on 17 June 1844 in Salem, Massachusetts. Erastus Snow may have become acquainted with the Segees during his travels in Salem from 1841 through 1844, though more likely during his journey to the area campaigning for JS’s election to the U.S. presidency in the late spring and early summer of 1844. (O’Donovan, “Mormons of Essex County, MA,” [119]; Snow, Journal, 1841–1847, 3–4, 11–40, 48–50.)
O’Donovan, Connell. “Mormons of Essex County, MA, (Salem, Beverly, Lynn, Newbury, Rowley, Gloucester, Danvers, etc.), September 22, 2014.” Unpublished paper. Accessed 10 July 2015. www.connellodonovan.com/essex_mormons.pdf.
Snow, Erastus. Journals, 1835–1851; 1856–1857. CHL. MS 1329, box 1, fds. 1–3.