History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
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History draft; handwriting of ; 20 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1842 to 30 June 1842.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
<11 <12>> Sunday 12; Mostly at home, called at the for some papers.
<13> Monday 13. Attended a General Council in the Lodge Room to devise ways & means to furnish the poor with labor. Many of the Eng Saints have emigrated Gathered to , and most of whom are unacquited [unacquainted] with any kind of labor except spinning weaving &c.— and having no factories in this place, they are troubled to know what to do. Those who have funds have more generally neglected to gather, and leave left the poor to build up the , & the Kingdom, of God in these last days
<14> Tuesday 14. Rode to the big Mound. on the road,— accompaned by , & ,— & purchased 3/4 Section of Land of , including the Mound. The Twelve, viz. Pret <15.> , , , & , Bishop & of the High Prists Quorum in council at the , voted (Minutes) .
<’s defence of the proceeding of at &c may be seen on the 37. 38 & 39 pages of <(wasp>>
<15> Wedne[s]day. 15. visited at diffe[ren]t places in the , & my in the p[r]airie, accompanid by my , & <&> Supped at s issued an Editorial on the Gift of the Holy Ghost, commencing on page 123 T & Seasons.
<16> Thur[s]day 16[th] at the Masonic Lodge.— “Notice. To All (Wasp 43) Dispensation,”
<17.> Friday. 17[th], “What have the Mormons done in (T&S, 831.2) Law, The above (T&S, 832,) to.
<22> Wedn[es]day 22. was a special session of the city council where was passed “an ordinance repealing all ordinances & resolutions relative to the changing of the names of Streets” in the city of
<24 <23>> Thurday 23, I published the followying To the chuch (Wasp 42, 43) Smith
<have been engaged in domestic affairs— & in counselling the brethren the pa[s]t week>
<24> Friday 24. Rode called St John’s day. I rode (LL. 125) Mills, wrote as follows. “ (L B. 233. 4. 5,)
There was a severe shak[e] of an Earthquake at Antigua.
<25> Satuday 25, Transacted business with Bros Hunter, & Babbit, & Mr Babbit and sat for a drawing of my profile, to be placed on a lithograp[h] of the Map of the City of ,— Messrs Stephens & Catherwood have succeded in collecting <in the interiors of > a large amount of relics of the Nephites, or the Ancient inhabitants of America, treated of in the Book of Mormon, from the interior of America— which have recently been landed in .— [p. 18]
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Footnotes
Footnotes
- [145]
See 12 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1339.
- [146]
See 13 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1339–1340.
- [147]
See 14 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1340.
- [148]
See 15 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1340.
- [149]
See 16 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1340.
- [150]
See 17 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1340–1342.
- [151]
See 22 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1342.
- [152]
See 23 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1342–1346.
- [153]
See 24 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1346–1348.
- [154]
See 25 June 1842 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1348.
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