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Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, and JS, Discourses,
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, 11 Apr. 1844; in Council of Fifty, “Record,” pp. [94]–[141]; 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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; CHL.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844 Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845

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civil officers to protect him, how happy he is”.
While the president was speaking on these subjects he felt animated and used a 24 inch gauge or rule pretty freely till finally he broke it in two in the middle.
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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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said, that as the rule was broken in the hands of our chairman so might every tyrannical government be broken before us.
Mr
Uriah Brown

9 May 1784–22 Mar. 1853. Laborer, inventor. Born in Connecticut. Married Mary Perry, 3 Dec. 1805, in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts. Publicly demonstrated his invention of ironclad warships that propelled liquid fire, 1814, in Baltimore. Petitioned...

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arose to thank the chair for the explanation given concerning himself and the two other gentlemen, who are admitted members of this council and are not members of the Church. He is not connected with any religious body. He has sought after [p. [123]]
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Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
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