The previous meeting took place on 23 October 1841. The minutes of that meeting state that the next meeting was to take place on 30 October 1841 at one o’clock in Hyrum Smith’s office. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 23 Oct. 1841, 25.)

Brigham Young was elected a city councilor on 4 September 1841 to replace Don Carlos Smith, who had died. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 4 Sept. 1841, 21.)

At the 23 October meeting of the Nauvoo City Council, John Taylor, Orson Pratt, Hugh McFall, and Heber C. Kimball were added as councilors. Gustavus Hills and Orson Spencer were also appointed as aldermen at that meeting. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 23 Oct. 1841, 25.)

At the city council meeting held on 1 May 1841, a motion was carried that ten acres “be procured for the Burying Ground,” or cemetery, for the city of Nauvoo. On 16 October, the city council requested a report from the committee appointed to purchase the burying ground, but at the 23 October meeting, the committee asked for more time to prepare before giving a report. The contents of the committee’s report are not known. (Minutes, 1 May 1841; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 16 and 23 Oct. 1841, 23, 25.)

The committee formed to investigate Hill’s petition reported on 6 November 1841. The city council discussed the report, after which Hill was asked to withdraw his petition. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 6 Nov. 1841, 29.)