Footnotes
It is unclear who attended the meetings. At the time, the Quorum of the Twelve had ten members; two of them, Orson Hyde and William Smith, had been suspended from office on 4 May 1839, meaning they likely did not attend the 6 and 7 May meetings. Parley P. Pratt was still imprisoned in Missouri. The remaining seven—Heber C. Kimball, John E. Page, Orson Pratt, George A. Smith, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Brigham Young—were in Quincy and may have attended the meetings. As for the “others” who attended, Woodruff recorded that “several of the Brethren attended this conference that was wounded by the Missouri mob,” including Isaac Leany. Woodruff also mentioned that Joseph Young had recently escaped Missouri violence and that “although the balls flew around him like hail stones, yet he was not wounded,” suggesting that Young was also present at the meeting. (Minutes, 4–5 May 1839; JS, Journal, 4–7 May 1839; Woodruff, Journal, 6 May 1839.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6 May 1839.
Historian’s Office. General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL
See JS History, vol. C-1, 935; and Kimball, “History,” 103.
Kimball, Heber C. “History of Heber Chase Kimball by His Own Dictation,” ca. 1842–1856. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 2.
JS, Journal, 4–6 May 1839. In contrast to other records, Kimball’s history states that the 6 May meeting was part of the general conference. (Kimball, “History,” 103–104; see also Woodruff, Journal, 6 May 1839; and Quorums of the Seventy, “Book of Records,” 12 May 1839, 72.)
Kimball, Heber C. “History of Heber Chase Kimball by His Own Dictation,” ca. 1842–1856. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 2.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Record of Seventies / First Council of the Seventy. “Book of Records,” 1837–1843. Bk. A. In First Council of the Seventy, Records, 1837–1885. CHL. CR 3 51, box 1, fd. 1.
The rough draft of these minutes states, “Resolved that it be observed as a general rule that those of the above named Seventies who have not yet preached shall for the future not be sent on foreign missions, except &c &c some honorable exc[eptions].” Of the Seventies appointed to join the Quorum of the Twelve in Europe, four are not identified in extant documents as having previously served missions: Pitkin, Hubbard, Scott, and Mulliner. It is unclear how or why exceptions were made; Scott and Mulliner were converts from Canada with possible ties to England, which may have led to their assignment. (Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6 May 1839.)
Historian’s Office. General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL
The same day as this meeting, a certificate was produced for Greene that declared he was authorized to preside over church affairs in the region. (See Authorization for John P. Greene, ca. 6 May 1839.)
Minutes from the meeting held the next day have not been located.