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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together since their appointment,
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TEXT: Possibly “appointments”.
but he had wrote a letter, and had presented it to one of the committee who had expressed his entire satisfaction with the letter. The other one had not seen it. He then read the letter to the council. After which,

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W.W. Phelps
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
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moved that the report of the committee be accepted and that they be instructed to finish & close up the letter, make up a package and forward it— the motion was carried.

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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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then arose to report on the subject of the western mission. He said it is his wishes that brother
Dana
1 Jan. 1805–8 June 1885. Farmer. Born in Oneida Co., New York. Son of Jonathan and Nelly Dana. Chief of Oneida Indian tribe, in New York. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by May 1840. Received elder’s license, 13 May 1840, in Nauvoo...
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&
Dunham
14 Jan. 1800–28 July 1845. Soldier, police captain. Born in Paris, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Jonathan Dunham. Married Mary Kendall. Moved to Rushford, Allegany Co., New York, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained...
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and perhaps one or two others should start on the mission immediately, and go up the
river
Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...
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, unite with the northern tribes and tarry with them untill they go to the council,
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The chairman possibly meant to go north up the Mississippi River to the Menominee in Wisconsin Territory; they had been described in the 15 February 1844 letters from George Miller and Lyman Wight and had been visited by James Emmett on instructions from the council. Alternatively, Young may have referred to the Potawatomi and other tribes who were residing in northern Indian Territory, in the vicinity of Council Bluffs. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.)
the rest of the company will be ready to [p. [273]]
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TEXT: Possibly “appointments”.
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The chairman possibly meant to go north up the Mississippi River to the Menominee in Wisconsin Territory; they had been described in the 15 February 1844 letters from George Miller and Lyman Wight and had been visited by James Emmett on instructions from the council. Alternatively, Young may have referred to the Potawatomi and other tribes who were residing in northern Indian Territory, in the vicinity of Council Bluffs. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.)