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Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842

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Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, 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. Version copied [ca. 28 Apr. 1842] in Relief Society Minute Book, pp. [34]–[42]; handwriting of
Eliza R. Snow

21 Jan. 1804–5 Dec. 1887. Poet, teacher, seamstress, milliner. Born in Becket, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Leonora Pettibone. Moved to Mantua, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca. 1806. Member of Baptist church. Baptized into Church...

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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Discourse, 28 Apr. 1842.
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Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842
Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book

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Minutes of the Proceedings
of the
Fifth Sixth Meeting of the
Society

A church organization for women; created in Nauvoo, Illinois, under JS’s direction on 17 March 1842. At the same meeting, Emma Smith was elected president, and she selected two counselors; a secretary and a treasurer were also chosen. The minutes of the society...

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Lodge Room, April 28,th 1842.
 
The Meeting meet met according to adjournment, present Prest. Joseph Smith and
Elder

A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...

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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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President Smith arose and said that the purport of his being present on the occasion was, to make observations respecting the
Priesthood

Power or authority of God. The priesthood was conferred through the laying on of hands upon adult male members of the church in good standing; no specialized training was required. Priesthood officers held responsibility for administering the sacrament of...

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, and give instructions for the benefit of the Society That as his instructions were intended only for the Society; he requested that a vote should be taken on those present who were not members, to ascertain whether they should be admitted— he exhorted the meeting to act honestly and uprightly in all their proceedings— inasmuch as they would be call’d to give an account to Jehovah. All hearts must repent— be pure and God will regard them and bless them in a manner that they could not be bless’d in any other way—
A vote was then taken on the following names, to wit,
Hannah Dibble aye Elizabeth Sprague ay
Sally Angell ay Mary Mc.Carle [McCarroll] "
Mary Ann Man[s]field do [ditto] Marianne Chase "
Lydia A. Taylor do Elizabeth Music "
Harriet P. Decker no Olive Chase "
Sarah D. Rich ay Phebe Woodruff "
Philote Pack " Abigail Tippetts "
Julia Pack " Catharine Petty "
Sarah Foster " Charity Stoddard "
Sarah Boyce [Boice] " Elizabeth Rolfe "
Catharine Head " Jane Judd "
Lury
1

TEXT: Possibly “Lucy”.


[Lucy] Scovill
" Emerett L. Randall "
Emily Partridge " Emily Spencer "
Louisa Knight " Anna Cleveland "
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Minutes and Discourse, 28 April 1842
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      TEXT: Possibly “Lucy”.

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