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Letter from Lorenzo Snow, 10 October 1842

Source Note

Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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, Letter, London, Middlesex and Surrey counties, England, to JS, [Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL], 10 Oct. 1842. Featured version copied [ca. 10 Oct. 1842] in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, pp. [177]–[183]; handwriting of
Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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; CHL.
Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [1841–1843, 1848]; handwriting of
Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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; 211 pages; CHL. Included archival marking; includes architectural drawing.
Small blank book measuring 6⅜ × 3¾ × 1 inches (16 × 10 × 3 cm). The text block consists of 110 leaves, including 2 leaves of unevenly cut ledger paper that were tipped into the volume and a partially excised or torn leaf. The volume is bound in brown leather with a metal clasp.
Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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inscribed the letterbook with black and blue ink, though on the front inside cover he recorded in graphite the date of his departure from
Hancock County

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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, Illinois, and the date of his arrival in
England

Island nation consisting of southern portion of Great Britain and surrounding smaller islands. Bounded on north by Scotland and on west by Wales. Became province of Roman Empire, first century. Ruled by Romans, through 447. Ruled by Picts, Scots, and Saxons...

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. Snow primarily used the volume from 1841 to 1842 to copy letters, licenses, minutes, notes, and journal entries. Most of the items copied into the letterbook appear to date from this period; however, one of the undated letters contextually seems to be from 1839, and the licenses date from 1840 with the exception of an 1837 elder’s license. The licenses and earlier letter appear to have been copied into the volume in 1841. Sometime in 1843 or shortly thereafter, Snow copied a letter of recommendation for Snow to the First Presidency into the volume. Around March 1848, Snow copied a letter addressed to an unidentified cousin into the book.
Eliza R. Snow

21 Jan. 1804–5 Dec. 1887. Poet, teacher, seamstress, milliner. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca. 1806. Member of Baptist church. Baptized into Church...

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,
Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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’s sister, likely had access to the volume in the early 1880s when she was preparing a biography of him, as a few letters from the letterbook were reproduced in the biography in a heavily revised form.
1

See, for example, Smith, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, 48–51, 58–59.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Snow, Eliza R. Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1884.

The volume apparently remained in the custody of Lorenzo Snow’s descendants until 1965, when William K. Mordock Jr., Snow’s great-grandson, donated the volume to W. Paul Summerhays, the director of the Oakland Temple Bureau of Information. Later that year, Summerhays forwarded the letterbook to the Church Historian’s Office (now CHL).
2

See the full bibliographic entry for Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, in the CHL catalog; and Cowan and Larsen, Oakland Temple, 161.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Cowan, Richard O., and Robert G. Larsen. The Oakland Temple: Portal to Eternity. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2014.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See, for example, Smith, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, 48–51, 58–59.

    Snow, Eliza R. Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1884.

  2. [2]

    See the full bibliographic entry for Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, in the CHL catalog; and Cowan and Larsen, Oakland Temple, 161.

    Cowan, Richard O., and Robert G. Larsen. The Oakland Temple: Portal to Eternity. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2014.

Historical Introduction

On 10 October 1842,
Lorenzo Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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wrote a letter from
London

City in southeast England; located on River Thames about sixty miles west of North Sea. Capital city of England. Population in 1841 about 2,000,000. London conference of British mission organized, 1841.

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, England, to JS at
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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, Illinois, to report on the progress of his missionary labors. Snow explained to JS that he felt obligated to report on his stewardship, and he accordingly described his mission from April to October 1842. He previously sent other reports of his labors to
Brigham Young

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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in November 1841 and April 1842.
1

Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, 26 Nov. 1841, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL. Snow’s April 1842 letter to Brigham Young is not extant.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.

Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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left
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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in July 1840, arriving in
England

Island nation consisting of southern portion of Great Britain and surrounding smaller islands. Bounded on north by Scotland and on west by Wales. Became province of Roman Empire, first century. Ruled by Romans, through 447. Ruled by Picts, Scots, and Saxons...

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in October.
2

In both a notation on the inside cover of his letterbook and an 1841 letter, Snow recorded his arrival date as 22 October 1840. (Notation in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, flyleaf; Note, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 153; Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to “E. McConougley,” [between late 1840 and early 1841], in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [15].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

Following short stints preaching in
Liverpool

Seaport, city, county borough, and market-town in northwestern England. Experienced exponential growth during nineteenth century. Population in 1830 about 120,000. Population in 1841 about 290,000. First Latter-day Saint missionaries to England arrived in...

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,
Manchester

City in northwest England, located on River Irwell. Noted for manufacture of cotton, linen, and silk goods. Population in 1831 about 187,000. Some early church publications for British Saints, including a hymnal and Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, published...

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, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, Snow arrived in
London

City in southeast England; located on River Thames about sixty miles west of North Sea. Capital city of England. Population in 1841 about 2,000,000. London conference of British mission organized, 1841.

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in February 1841 to take charge of the London
conference

A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...

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of the
church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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.
3

Lorenzo Snow, Journal and Letterbook, 40–42; Lorenzo Snow, Journal Entry, 6 Mar. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [32]–[33]; Woodruff, Journal, 11 and 14 Feb. 1841.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Snow, Lorenzo. Journal and Letterbook, 1836–1845. Lorenzo Snow, Journals, 1836–1845, 1872. CHL.

Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

At the time he was appointed to preside, the London conference included much of the southeastern part of England, with
branches

An ecclesiastical organization of church members in a particular locale. A branch was generally smaller than a stake or a conference. Branches were also referred to as churches, as in “the Church of Shalersville.” In general, a branch was led by a presiding...

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in London, Ipswich, Woolwich, and Bedford.
4

Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Parley P. Pratt, 25 May 1841, in Millennial Star, June 1841, 2:31–32.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

The total number of church members in the area was less than one hundred, with only forty-six Latter-day Saints in London itself.
5

Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Parley P. Pratt, 21 Aug. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [63].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

Indeed, the earliest missionaries to the city found it to be a challenging place to spread the gospel. For example,
Wilford Woodruff

1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...

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recorded in his journal, “London is the hardest place I ever visited for esstablishing the gospel.”
6

Woodruff, Journal, 2 Sept. 1840; Allen et al., Men with a Mission, 181–197.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

Allen, James B., Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker. Men with a Mission, 1837–1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

In April 1841, Snow was also appointed to serve as a counselor to
apostle

Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...

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Parley P. Pratt

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....

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, who had replaced
Brigham Young

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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as president of the British mission.
7

Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:311.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Snow continued to preside over the London conference throughout 1841 and 1842. By the end of 1841, the membership in London had grown to 140, and in early 1842 Snow reported that the London conference had grown to nearly 400 members, with new converts being
baptized

An ordinance in which an individual is immersed in water for the remission of sins. The Book of Mormon explained that those with necessary authority were to baptize individuals who had repented of their sins. Baptized individuals also received the gift of...

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daily.
8

Lorenzo Snow, Journal Entry, 21 Dec. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [81]; Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to “Dear Aunt,” 6 Feb. 1842, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [130].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

In his 10 October 1842 letter to JS,
Snow

3 Apr. 1814–10 Oct. 1901. Schoolteacher. Born in Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. Son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Attended Oberlin College. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 19 June 1836, in Kirtland...

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reported on his attendance at the British mission’s general conference in May 1842 and his subsequent return to
London

City in southeast England; located on River Thames about sixty miles west of North Sea. Capital city of England. Population in 1841 about 2,000,000. London conference of British mission organized, 1841.

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with
Pratt

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....

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and
John Snider

11 Feb. 1800–19 Dec. 1875. Farmer, mason, stonecutter. Born in New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Martin Snyder and Sarah Armstrong. Married Mary Heron, 28 Feb. 1822. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1836, at Toronto. Stockholder in Kirtland...

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.
9

See “General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:28–32.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Despite challenges from the press and the Protestant Christian clergy, Snow reported several significant accomplishments during summer 1842. In July 1842, for instance, he organized a branch at Marylebone and another at Clerkenwell to accommodate the growing numbers of Saints in London. Snow also informed JS that after several months of effort, he had arranged for two copies of the Book of Mormon to be presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on or around 10 October 1842. Snow closed the letter asking JS’s permission to return 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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around the beginning of January.
10

Snow had been contemplating returning to Nauvoo since at least August, when he had written to Levi Richards that he was “perfectly relieved from any further responsibility and a free man, ready to go to Zion as soon as I can get the means.” Snow hoped that he would be able to leave for Nauvoo in the “latter part of Sept. or fore part of Oct.,” provided that Pratt did not object. (Lorenzo Snow, Bedford, England, to Levi Richards, Liverpool, England, 12 Aug. 1842, Levi Richards, Papers, CHL, underlining in original.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Richards, Levi. Papers, 1837–1867. CHL.

The letter sent to JS is apparently not extant. Presumably after inscribing the letter, Snow copied it into his personal letterbook, the source of the text featured here. It is unclear whether JS ever received the letter.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, 26 Nov. 1841, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL. Snow’s April 1842 letter to Brigham Young is not extant.

    Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.

  2. [2]

    In both a notation on the inside cover of his letterbook and an 1841 letter, Snow recorded his arrival date as 22 October 1840. (Notation in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, flyleaf; Note, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 153; Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to “E. McConougley,” [between late 1840 and early 1841], in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [15].)

    Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

  3. [3]

    Lorenzo Snow, Journal and Letterbook, 40–42; Lorenzo Snow, Journal Entry, 6 Mar. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [32]–[33]; Woodruff, Journal, 11 and 14 Feb. 1841.

    Snow, Lorenzo. Journal and Letterbook, 1836–1845. Lorenzo Snow, Journals, 1836–1845, 1872. CHL.

    Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

    Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

  4. [4]

    Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Parley P. Pratt, 25 May 1841, in Millennial Star, June 1841, 2:31–32.

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

  5. [5]

    Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to Parley P. Pratt, 21 Aug. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [63].

    Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

  6. [6]

    Woodruff, Journal, 2 Sept. 1840; Allen et al., Men with a Mission, 181–197.

    Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

    Allen, James B., Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker. Men with a Mission, 1837–1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

  7. [7]

    Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:311.

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

  8. [8]

    Lorenzo Snow, Journal Entry, 21 Dec. 1841, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [81]; Lorenzo Snow, London, England, to “Dear Aunt,” 6 Feb. 1842, in Lorenzo Snow, Letterbook, [130].

    Snow, Lorenzo. Letterbook, ca. 1839–1846. CHL.

  9. [9]

    See “General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:28–32.

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

  10. [10]

    Snow had been contemplating returning to Nauvoo since at least August, when he had written to Levi Richards that he was “perfectly relieved from any further responsibility and a free man, ready to go to Zion as soon as I can get the means.” Snow hoped that he would be able to leave for Nauvoo in the “latter part of Sept. or fore part of Oct.,” provided that Pratt did not object. (Lorenzo Snow, Bedford, England, to Levi Richards, Liverpool, England, 12 Aug. 1842, Levi Richards, Papers, CHL, underlining in original.)

    Richards, Levi. Papers, 1837–1867. CHL.

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different parts of
England

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, then proceeded to
Man[cheste]r

City in northwest England, located on River Irwell. Noted for manufacture of cotton, linen, and silk goods. Population in 1831 about 187,000. Some early church publications for British Saints, including a hymnal and Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, published...

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where we held our general
Conference

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in Month of May
3

This conference was held in Manchester in two locations, a meeting hall known as New Corn Exchange and a room connected to Hayward’s Hotel, from 15 to 17 May 1842. The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star dubbed the conference “the most important conference ever held in the British Isles, by the Church of Jesus Christ” and explained that it was “accompanied . . . by manifestations of the goodness of God unto us, and an exhibition of love and affection amongst the people, that must have left an impression on the minds of the Saints, which time can never erase.” (“General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:32; see also Lorenzo Barnes, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842, CHL.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Barnes, Lorenzo D. Letter, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842. CHL.

The transactions of that Conference you have been informed of previous of previous to this we hope and trust it has meet with your approbation
4

Minutes of the conference were printed in the June 1842 issue of the Millennial Star, a copy of which was presumably delivered to JS sometime in 1842 along with other copies of the periodical printed around this time. During the conference, Snow spoke about efforts to raise funds in London for the Nauvoo temple and sang in tongues. (“General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:28–32; Note, Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842, 3:779.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

After the close of the Confer◊ it became necessary that I should return to this
city

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I had the pleasure of being accompanied on my return by
Elder Pratt

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....

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,
Sister [Mary Ann Frost] Pratt

14 Jan. 1809–24 Aug. 1891. Midwife. Born in Groton, Caledonia Co., Vermont. Daughter of Aaron Frost and Susanna Gray Bennett. Moved to Bethel, Oxford Co., Maine, by 1820. Married first Nathan Stearns, ca. Feb. 1832, in Bethel. Husband died, 25 Aug. 1833. ...

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and our much esteemed brother
Elder Snyder [John Snider]

11 Feb. 1800–19 Dec. 1875. Farmer, mason, stonecutter. Born in New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Martin Snyder and Sarah Armstrong. Married Mary Heron, 28 Feb. 1822. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1836, at Toronto. Stockholder in Kirtland...

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. They tarried in
London

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about to two weeks then returned to
Liverpool

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.
5

Pratt and Snider arrived in London around 8 June 1842. (Lorenzo Barnes, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842, CHL.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Barnes, Lorenzo D. Letter, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842. CHL.

Elders

A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...

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P.

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....

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and
S.

11 Feb. 1800–19 Dec. 1875. Farmer, mason, stonecutter. Born in New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Martin Snyder and Sarah Armstrong. Married Mary Heron, 28 Feb. 1822. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1836, at Toronto. Stockholder in Kirtland...

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calling upon they Conferences as they passed to lay before them them the object of
Elder Synder

11 Feb. 1800–19 Dec. 1875. Farmer, mason, stonecutter. Born in New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Martin Snyder and Sarah Armstrong. Married Mary Heron, 28 Feb. 1822. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1836, at Toronto. Stockholder in Kirtland...

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’s mission
6

A 22 December 1841 revelation appointed Snider to undertake a mission to England. He was to remind the Saints of their duties to assist with the construction of the Nauvoo temple and the Nauvoo House. He was then to “return with all means speedily which shall be put into his hand.” Snider left for the mission on 26 March 1842, carrying with him an epistle from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles calling on the Saints to donate to the temple and the Nauvoo House. Soon after he arrived in England, the Millennial Star published the epistle announcing the purposes of Snider’s mission. During the May conference in Manchester, Pratt addressed the British Saints on making donations, and the Saints resolved to “pledge ourselves, and agree to instruct the churches, and use our utmost endeavours to fulfil the objects of elder Snider’s mission to this land, according to the epistle of the twelve now received.” Throughout his mission to England, Snider collected donations totaling approximately £202 (or $976.25 according to William Clayton’s calculations). (Revelation, ca. 22 Dec. 1841–B; JS, Journal, 22 Dec. 1841; 28 Jan. and 26 Mar. 1842; 23 Jan. 1843; Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:17–20; “General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:31; Book of the Law of the Lord, 319–325.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

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Footnotes

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    This conference was held in Manchester in two locations, a meeting hall known as New Corn Exchange and a room connected to Hayward’s Hotel, from 15 to 17 May 1842. The Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star dubbed the conference “the most important conference ever held in the British Isles, by the Church of Jesus Christ” and explained that it was “accompanied . . . by manifestations of the goodness of God unto us, and an exhibition of love and affection amongst the people, that must have left an impression on the minds of the Saints, which time can never erase.” (“General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:32; see also Lorenzo Barnes, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842, CHL.)

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

    Barnes, Lorenzo D. Letter, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842. CHL.

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    Minutes of the conference were printed in the June 1842 issue of the Millennial Star, a copy of which was presumably delivered to JS sometime in 1842 along with other copies of the periodical printed around this time. During the conference, Snow spoke about efforts to raise funds in London for the Nauvoo temple and sang in tongues. (“General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:28–32; Note, Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842, 3:779.)

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

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    Pratt and Snider arrived in London around 8 June 1842. (Lorenzo Barnes, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842, CHL.)

    Barnes, Lorenzo D. Letter, Leeds, England, to Elijah Malin and Edward Hunter, Chester Co., PA, 8 June 1842. CHL.

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    A 22 December 1841 revelation appointed Snider to undertake a mission to England. He was to remind the Saints of their duties to assist with the construction of the Nauvoo temple and the Nauvoo House. He was then to “return with all means speedily which shall be put into his hand.” Snider left for the mission on 26 March 1842, carrying with him an epistle from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles calling on the Saints to donate to the temple and the Nauvoo House. Soon after he arrived in England, the Millennial Star published the epistle announcing the purposes of Snider’s mission. During the May conference in Manchester, Pratt addressed the British Saints on making donations, and the Saints resolved to “pledge ourselves, and agree to instruct the churches, and use our utmost endeavours to fulfil the objects of elder Snider’s mission to this land, according to the epistle of the twelve now received.” Throughout his mission to England, Snider collected donations totaling approximately £202 (or $976.25 according to William Clayton’s calculations). (Revelation, ca. 22 Dec. 1841–B; JS, Journal, 22 Dec. 1841; 28 Jan. and 26 Mar. 1842; 23 Jan. 1843; Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:17–20; “General Conference,” Millennial Star, June 1842, 3:31; Book of the Law of the Lord, 319–325.)

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

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