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Letter, Wilford Woodruff to Solomon Copeland, 19 March 1844

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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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, Letter,
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
Solomon Copeland

1799–between May 1843 and July 1845. Farmer, business investor. Born in Sumner Co. (later in Overton Co.), Tennessee. Son of Stephen Copeland. Elected surveyor of Henry Co., Tennessee, 1831, 1839. Served as Henry Co. estate administrator and court commissioner...

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, Pigeon Roost post office, Henry Co., TN, 19 Mar. 1844; handwriting of
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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; dockets in handwriting of
Thomas Bullock

23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...

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and Jonathan Grimshaw; four pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.

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intelligenc & glory that was ever designd for man by the God of heaven that it would strike a cord & vibrate your Soul as with the rapidity of lighting yea the Silent Language of which was, this is congenial with my Spirit & the sentiments of my heart. And whenever in my perigrinations I have met with any master spirits of this kind I have markd it in my mind & laid it up in my memory for a future day, permit me Sir to say that inasmuch as you are one of the most prominant ones with whi[c]h I have met in my travels I feel disposed to express my mind freely to you upon the subject which I have in view. Sir Those primary principle appertaing to the Kingdom of God & the salvation of man which we taught in our spiritual Infancy & in which you seemd to take a deep interest are of no less consequene now than then in fine evry day that rolls over our heads adds to its magnitude & importane for whenever a[n]y great & noble purpose work or plan is put into operation its light & influence is seem & felt more & more by the Nations of the Earth Much Sir has been said concerni[n]g us as a peopl, our motives & principles have all the day long been misrepresentd By wickd & designig men We as a people are not known in our true light I would to God we were I would to God that president Joseph Smith was known in his true light to all the wise, the good the virtuous, the meek & the honest in heart & th[e]y would be laud[e]d by a portion of the same spirit that is like fire shut up in his bones He ownly kneed to be known by men to be haled as one born out of due time to frown upon opp[r]ession, plead the Cause of the opp[r]essd, as the universal [p. [2]]
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