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Minutes, 20 January 1843

Source Note

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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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, Minutes,
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, 20 Jan. 1843; handwriting of
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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; three pages; Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 1840–1844, CHL. Includes docket.
Bifolium measuring 9⅛ × 7¼ inches (23 × 18 cm) when folded. After inscription, the document was folded in half twice and docketed for filing.
The document was docketed by
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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, who served as the regular clerk of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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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since at least 1841, keeping minutes of meetings and writing correspondence on behalf of the quorum.
1

See, for example, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 31 Aug. 1841; and Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.

He also served as JS’s scribe from December 1841 until JS’s death in June 1844 and served as church historian from December 1842 until his own death in March 1854.
2

JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841 and 21 Dec. 1842; Orson Spencer, “Death of Our Beloved Brother Willard Richards,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Mar. 1854, [2].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Richards presumably retained the minutes after inscribing them, and they were likely among the “Minutes of the Twelve 1840 to 1844” listed on an 1846 inventory of the Church Historian’s Office (later Church Historical Department).
3

“Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

By the mid-1970s, the minutes were included as part of the Brigham Young Office Files at the Church Historical Department (now CHL).
4

Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878, microfilm, Aug. 1975, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

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

In 1986 the minutes of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for the 1840s in the Young files were transferred to the Office of the First Presidency. The minutes were returned to the CHL in 2008 but cataloged separately from the Young files in 2016.
5

See the full bibliographic entry for Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 1840–1844, in the CHL catalog.


The document’s early docket, inclusion in the 1846 inventory, and subsequent provenance indicate continuous institutional custody.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See, for example, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 31 Aug. 1841; and Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.

    Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.

  2. [2]

    JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841 and 21 Dec. 1842; Orson Spencer, “Death of Our Beloved Brother Willard Richards,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Mar. 1854, [2].

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

  3. [3]

    “Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

  4. [4]

    Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878, microfilm, Aug. 1975, CHL.

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

  5. [5]

    See the full bibliographic entry for Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 1840–1844, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

On 20 January 1843, JS participated in a meeting of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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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in
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 discuss
Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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’s standing in that
quorum

An organized group of individuals holding the same office in the Melchizedek priesthood or the Aaronic priesthood. According to the 1835 “Instruction on Priesthood,” the presidency of the church constituted a quorum. The Twelve Apostles also formed a quorum...

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. Earlier in 1842,
John C. Bennett

3 Aug. 1804–5 Aug. 1867. Physician, minister, poultry breeder. Born at Fairhaven, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Son of John Bennett and Abigail Cook. Moved to Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, 1808; to Massachusetts, 1812; and back to Marietta, 1822. Married ...

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and
Sarah Marinda Bates Pratt

5 Feb. 1817–25 Dec. 1888. Seamstress. Born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York. Daughter of Cyrus Bates and Lydia Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Pratt, 18 June 1835, near Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co. Married...

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, Orson’s wife, had accused JS of proposing marriage to Sarah. In turn, JS and others had accused Bennett and Sarah Pratt of having an extramarital affair. In summer 1842, Orson Pratt was deeply conflicted over whether to believe his wife or JS. In a letter he wrote in July 1842, Pratt lamented that “if the testimonies of my wife & others are true then I have been deceived for 12 years past” but that if “the other testimonies are true then my family are ruined forever.”
1

Historical Introduction to Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842; Orson Pratt, Letter, [Nauvoo, IL], 14 July 1842, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Pratt, Orson. Letter, [Nauvoo, IL], 14 July 1842. CHL. MS 16976.

On 22 July 1842, Pratt opposed a public resolution in Nauvoo proclaiming JS to be “a good, moral, virtuous, peaceable and patriotic man,” but he never came forward in open opposition to 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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, as Bennett had urged him to do.
2

Minutes, 22 July 1842.


In mid-August, the members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles living in Nauvoo spent several days trying to convince Pratt to “recall his sayings against Joseph & The Twelve,” but he refused. Finally, on 20 August, Pratt was “cut off from the Church” and
Amasa Lyman

30 Mar. 1813–4 Feb. 1877. Boatman, gunsmith, farmer. Born at Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Son of Roswell Lyman and Martha Mason. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Lyman E. Johnson, 27 Apr. 1832. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co....

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was
ordained

The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...

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to replace him in the quorum—actions that JS apparently sanctioned or directed.
3

Woodruff, Journal, 10 Aug.–19 Sept. 1842; Historian’s Office, Brigham Young History Drafts, 63–64. There is no record of any action being taken against Sarah Pratt during this time.


Comprehensive Works Cited

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

Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–1858. CHL. CR 100 475, box 1, fd. 5.

By January 1843, the tension between Pratt and JS seems to have ebbed. This was especially true after 16 January, when Pratt delivered to JS a private letter that Bennett wrote to Pratt and
Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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informing them of his plans to instigate a new effort to extradite JS to
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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.
4

Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 Jan. 1843; John C. Bennett, Springfield, IL, to Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt, Nauvoo, IL, 10 Jan. [1843], Sidney Rigdon, Collection, CHL.


Four days later at
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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’s house, JS and
Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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met with
Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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and the seven apostles then in
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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to consider restoring Pratt’s standing in the church and in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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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noted that Pratt had “repented in dust & ashes as it were for opposing Joseph & the Twelve” and that he “desired much to return to the quorum.”
5

Woodruff, Journal, 19 [20] Jan. 1843.


Comprehensive Works Cited

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

At the meeting, JS announced that the actions cutting off and replacing Pratt were invalid because only three of the apostles had been present, and Pratt retained his standing. The meeting’s participants discussed additional business that was not recorded in the minutes. JS proposed that he, Hyrum Smith, all twelve apostles, and several other church members undertake a mission in 1843, preaching throughout the
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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before traveling to
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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, mainland Europe, and eventually
Jerusalem

Capital city of ancient Judea. Holy city of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Population in 1835 about 11,000; in 1840 about 13,000; and in 1850 about 15,000. Described in 1836 as “greatly reduced from its ancient size and importance.” Control of city changed...

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.
6

JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843; Clayton, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, the men retired to the riverbank near JS’s home, broke through the ice, and rebaptized Orson and
Sarah Pratt

5 Feb. 1817–25 Dec. 1888. Seamstress. Born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York. Daughter of Cyrus Bates and Lydia Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Orson Pratt, 18 June 1835, near Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co. Married...

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as well as
Lydia Granger

5 Apr. 1790–1861. Born in Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Daughter of Cornish Dibble and Lydia. Moved to Phelps, Ontario Co., New York, before 1813. Married Oliver Granger, 8 Sept. 1813, in Phelps. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

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.
7

It unclear whether Sarah Pratt shared her husband’s renewed enthusiasm for JS and the church. Though she accompanied her husband on several missions following their rebaptism and joined him in Utah Territory in 1851, in May 1874 she testified before the House Committee on Elections in Washington DC that she had “not been a believer in the Mormon doctrines for thirty years.” (“The Polygamous Delegate,” National Republican [Washington DC], 22 Jan. 1875, [1], [4].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

National Republican. Washington DC. 1872–1888.

Granger’s connection to the Pratts in this matter is unknown.
Apostle
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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, a frequent scribe for JS and the
Twelve

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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, kept the minutes of this meeting. He recorded two separate accounts of the meeting, one in JS’s journal, which he was keeping, and the other on loose leaves of paper, which is the version featured here.
8

For the journal account, see JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.


Richards emphasized different elements of the meeting in these two accounts. In the minutes, he included only the discussion of
Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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’s status in the quorum, while in JS’s journal he recorded a lengthy dream JS related to the council, two prophecies he made, and his proposal for his and the Twelve’s combined missionary efforts the next year. In the journal, Richards wrote nothing about Pratt or his situation. It is unclear why this discrepancy exists, though it suggests that Richards may have taken contemporaneous notes—no longer extant—during the meeting and then copied certain parts of the notes into the minutes and other parts into JS’s journal.
9

Some of Richards’s entries in JS’s journal and their corresponding minutes seem to share a common original text. (See, for example, Minutes, 10 Feb. 1843; and JS, Journal, 10 Feb. 1843.)


After completing the official minutes of the meeting, Richards signed the document for
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 Quorum of the Twelve and for himself as scribe.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Historical Introduction to Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842; Orson Pratt, Letter, [Nauvoo, IL], 14 July 1842, CHL.

    Pratt, Orson. Letter, [Nauvoo, IL], 14 July 1842. CHL. MS 16976.

  2. [2]

    Minutes, 22 July 1842.

  3. [3]

    Woodruff, Journal, 10 Aug.–19 Sept. 1842; Historian’s Office, Brigham Young History Drafts, 63–64. There is no record of any action being taken against Sarah Pratt during this time.

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

    Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–1858. CHL. CR 100 475, box 1, fd. 5.

  4. [4]

    Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 Jan. 1843; John C. Bennett, Springfield, IL, to Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt, Nauvoo, IL, 10 Jan. [1843], Sidney Rigdon, Collection, CHL.

  5. [5]

    Woodruff, Journal, 19 [20] Jan. 1843.

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

  6. [6]

    JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843; Clayton, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.

    Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.

  7. [7]

    It unclear whether Sarah Pratt shared her husband’s renewed enthusiasm for JS and the church. Though she accompanied her husband on several missions following their rebaptism and joined him in Utah Territory in 1851, in May 1874 she testified before the House Committee on Elections in Washington DC that she had “not been a believer in the Mormon doctrines for thirty years.” (“The Polygamous Delegate,” National Republican [Washington DC], 22 Jan. 1875, [1], [4].)

    National Republican. Washington DC. 1872–1888.

  8. [8]

    For the journal account, see JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.

  9. [9]

    Some of Richards’s entries in JS’s journal and their corresponding minutes seem to share a common original text. (See, for example, Minutes, 10 Feb. 1843; and JS, Journal, 10 Feb. 1843.)

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation.
*Minutes, 20 January 1843
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843 History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843] History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843] “History of Joseph Smith”

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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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Jan[u]ary 20[th]. 1843
The
Quorum of the Twelve

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, assembled at the house of
Elder

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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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— present, viz—
B. 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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[,]
H[eber] C. Kimball

14 June 1801–22 June 1868. Blacksmith, potter. Born at Sheldon, Franklin Co., Vermont. Son of Solomon Farnham Kimball and Anna Spaulding. Married Vilate Murray, 22 Nov. 1822, at Mendon, Monroe Co., New York. Member of Baptist church at Mendon, 1831. Baptized...

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,
Orson Hyde

8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...

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,
W[ilford] 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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—
John Taylor

1 Nov. 1808–25 July 1887. Preacher, editor, publisher, politician. Born at Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, England. Son of James Taylor and Agnes Taylor, members of Church of England. Around age sixteen, joined Methodist church and was local preacher. Migrated ...

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[,]
Geo. A. Sm[i]th

26 June 1817–1 Sept. 1875. Born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield, 10 Sept. 1832, at Potsdam. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio,...

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, &
W[illard] Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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,— also,— Presidint Joseph Smith, &
Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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of the
fir[s]t presdcy [presidency]

The highest presiding body of the church. An 11 November 1831 revelation stated that the president of the high priesthood was to preside over the church. JS was ordained as president of the high priesthood on 25 January 1832. In March 1832, JS appointed two...

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also.
Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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,— it being a meeting the meeting having been called to investigate his case.—
President Joseph Smith remarked— that as there was not a
quroum

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— when
Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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’s case came up before, that he was still a member— he had not legally been cut off——
O; Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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remarked that he had rather die than go to preach in any other sta[n]ding than I had before.——
Joseph— Let him have the same calling of that Paul had, let him have the
keys

Authority or knowledge of God given to humankind. In the earliest records, the term keys primarily referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth...

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— to the Jews.— first unto the Gentiles then unto the Jews——
Paul held the keys of transfer— that is when the Gentiles have heard all they will— it shall be given to the Jews.—
1

In his epistle to the Romans, the apostle Paul explained that while the Israelites were foreordained as God’s chosen people, their unbelief would cause the gospel to be given to the Gentiles instead. However, Paul explained that after “the fulness of the Gentiles,” the Israelites would again receive the gospel. The journal account of the meeting contains statements from Orson Hyde and JS about Hyde’s recent mission to Jerusalem and the desire for future missions there. (Romans chaps. 9–11; JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.)


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Orson

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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by transgresion laid himself liable to have another
ordaind

The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...

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in his stead,— & brought Jacob & Esau were brought for example.—
2

See Genesis 25:29–34; 27:1–40.


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    1. [1]

      In his epistle to the Romans, the apostle Paul explained that while the Israelites were foreordained as God’s chosen people, their unbelief would cause the gospel to be given to the Gentiles instead. However, Paul explained that after “the fulness of the Gentiles,” the Israelites would again receive the gospel. The journal account of the meeting contains statements from Orson Hyde and JS about Hyde’s recent mission to Jerusalem and the desire for future missions there. (Romans chaps. 9–11; JS, Journal, 20 Jan. 1843.)

    2. [2]

      See Genesis 25:29–34; 27:1–40.

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