JS and , License, for , , Geauga Co., OH, 21 Mar. 1836. Version copied [ca. 21 Mar. 1836] in Kirtland Elders’ Certificates, pp. 2–3; handwriting of ; CHL.
This certifies that has been received into the , organized on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, & thirty, & has been an according to the rules & regulations of said Church, & is duly authorized to preach the gospel, agreeably to the authority of that Office. From the satisfactory evidence which we have of his good moral Character, & his zeal for the cause of righteousness, [p. 2]