JS, License, , Hancock Co., IL, for , 5 June 1843; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; notation in handwriting of ; one page; JS Collection, CHL.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This certifies that —— has been received into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, organized on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and has been ordained an Elder—— according to the rules and regulations of said church; and is duly authorized to preach the gospel, agreeably to the authority of that office.
Given by the direction of a general conference of the authorities of said church, assembled in , Ill. on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.