Letter to John E. Page, 9 April 1842

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Letter to John E. Page, 9 April 1842
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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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, Hancock Co., IL, to
John E. Page
25 Feb. 1799–14 Oct. 1867. Born at Trenton, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Ebenezer Page and Rachel Hill. Married first Betsey Thompson, 1831, in Huron Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Emer Harris, 18 Aug. 1833, at Brownhelm...
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, 9 Apr. 184[2]; handwriting of
David S. Hollister
4 June 1808–after 3 Oct. 1851. Merchant, steamboat owner, ship captain, speculator. Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., New York. Son of Stephen Hollister and Anna Sprague. Moved to Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, ca. 1829. Married Mary Ann Wilson, Oct. 1831, ...
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; one page; in Charles L. Woodward scrapbook, Manuscript and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, New York City, NY. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to John E. Page, 16 July 1842.

Historical Introduction
See Historical Introductions to Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842, and Letter to John E. Page, 16 July 1842.
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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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April 9. 184[2]
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TEXT: “184[page torn]”. Context suggests this letter was written in 1842.

Dear
Brother
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Inasmuch as You have be[e]n Solicited to visit the town of Hanibal Mo. and the City of
Alton
City and river port, situated on east bank of Mississippi River. Incorporated as city, 1837. Population in 1840 about 2,300. Two hundred Saints, some from Liverpool, England, detained in Alton, winter 1842–1843; Saints later departed Alton aboard steamer ...
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Ill, on Your contemplated Mission to
Pittsburgh
Also spelled Pittsbourg, Pittsbourgh, and Pittsburg. Major industrial port city in southwestern Pennsylvania. Near location where Monongahela and Allegheny rivers converge to form Ohio River. French established Fort Du Quesne, 1754. British captured fort,...
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, You are required so to do, Spending as mutch time in each as to you may deem Judicious.

Joseph Smith

To
Elder
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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Jno, E, Page
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Verso is presumably blank. The letter is glued into a scrapbook.
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Letter to John E. Page, 9 April 1842
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David S. Hollister
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TEXT: “184[page torn]”. Context suggests this letter was written in 1842.
[2]
Verso is presumably blank. The letter is glued into a scrapbook.