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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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getting our publications printed elsewhere. The
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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have had more money out of us than of any other people. When we combine our means and get the same union amongst the brethren as there is here, we can do good to ourselves. Every person is capable of adding in some degree to the common stock of knowledge, or of laboring and doing something for the benifit of society, and it would be much better for us if we had our printing establishment so fixed that we could draw ideas from every source, and do something to draw money from the world for our benifit. In a short time we shall be enabled to print books, as cheap (and with better matter) than can be got any where else in the world. We can publish books for the instruction of our children
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A 14 June 1831 JS revelation commanded Phelps to assist Oliver Cowdery “to do the work of Printing & of Selecting & writing Books for Schools in this Church that little Children also may receive instruction before me as is pleasing unto me.” (Revelation, 14 June 1831 [D&C 55:4].)


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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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    A 14 June 1831 JS revelation commanded Phelps to assist Oliver Cowdery “to do the work of Printing & of Selecting & writing Books for Schools in this Church that little Children also may receive instruction before me as is pleasing unto me.” (Revelation, 14 June 1831 [D&C 55:4].)

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