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Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, and JS, Discourse,
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, 18 Apr. 1844; in Council of Fifty, “Record,” pp. [142]–[206]; handwriting of
William Clayton

17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844 Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845

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Jesus Christ as they now stand, to carry to the nations, than any thing else. He dont want the legs, nor the head, nor the back bones, nor any thing else of the old horse. We dont <​want​> to be like the sectarian churches, who, when they have seen errors would turn and run from the truth and run into deeper mud than before. Let our president be elected, and let the people say amen to it. He dont see any necessity of getting the constitution only just as far as we need it. There is not a man in this council but who, when he goes before the Lord remembers that we have a prophet between us and the Lord. If it was necessary, and we were where we could not get at the prophet, we could get [p. [176]]
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Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
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