The Papers
Browse the PapersDocumentsJournalsAdministrative RecordsRevelations and TranslationsHistoriesLegal RecordsFinancial RecordsOther Contemporary Papers
Reference
PeoplePlacesEventsGlossaryLegal GlossaryFinancial GlossaryCalendar of DocumentsWorks CitedFeatured TopicsLesson PlansRelated Publications
Media
VideosPhotographsIllustrationsChartsMapsPodcasts
News
Current NewsArchiveNewsletterSubscribeJSP Conferences
About
About the ProjectJoseph Smith and His PapersFAQAwardsEndorsementsReviewsEditorial MethodNote on TranscriptionsNote on Images of People and PlacesReferencing the ProjectCiting This WebsiteProject TeamContact Us
Published Volumes
  1. Home > 
  2. The Papers > 

Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton

Source Note

General conference of the church, Minutes, and JS, Discourses, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 6–8 Apr. 1844. Version inscribed in William Clayton, Minutes, Nauvoo, Hancock Col, IL, 6–8 Apr. 1844; handwriting of ; thirty-eight pages; Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, CHL. Includes dockets, use marks, and notation.
Nineteen loose leaves measuring 12⅜ × 7⅝ × ⅛ inches (31 × 19 × 0.3 cm). Each page is ruled with either thirty-four or thirty-five blue lines. Some leaves are embossed in the top left corner or bottom right corner of the recto with the inscription “D & J. AMES”, the insignia of a Springfield, Massachusetts, paper mill firm established by brothers David and John Ames in 1828. At some point, the leaves were unevenly cut by hand. After inscribed the minutes, the document was folded for filing. There are holes from staples (now removed) at various places on the top and bottom of each leaf.
The minutes were docketed by Robert L. Campbell, who served as a clerk in the Church Historian’s Office (now CHL) from 1854 to 1874. They were also docketed by Jonathan Grimshaw, who served as a clerk in the Church Historian’s Office from 1853 to 1856. In the mid-twentieth century, the document was included in a miscellaneous minutes collection that was a vestige of a genre-based filing method used by the Church Historian’s Office in the first half of the twentieth century. This document genre collection contained many documents that subsequently formed the basis for the General Church Minutes collection that was cataloged in 1994. The document’s early dockets and its inclusion within the General Church Minutes collection suggest continuous institutional custody.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Whiting, “Paper-Making in New England,” 309; Gravell et al., American Watermarks, 235.

    Whiting, William. “Paper-Making in New England.” In The New England States: Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History, edited by William T. Davis, vol. 1, pp. 303–333. Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897.

  2. [2]

    Historian’s Office, Journal, 20 Nov. 1854 and 11 Apr. 1874.

    Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.

  3. [3]

    Historian’s Office, Journal, 7 June 1853; Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to George A. Smith, 30 Aug. 1856, in Historian’s Office, Letterpress Copybooks, vol. 1, p. 364.

    Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.

    Historian’s Office. Letterpress Copybooks, 1854–1879, 1885–1886. CHL. CR 100 38.

  4. [4]

    See the full bibliographic entry for Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 1839–1877, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844] “History of Joseph Smith” “History of Joseph Smith” “History of Joseph Smith”

Page 6 [18]

<​.​> read the 14th verse &c— The c will observed that is the only knowledge those persons had of the Holy Spt— Peter inform ‘(Joel)’ God would pour &c— Your sons and daughters shall prephesy &c Now says Peter this is the Holy spt this is what God promised to pour upon all flesh read from 37 to last verse. This proclamation was not made till after the apostles describ the effect of the spt— had distinguished it for all others— when poured out your sons & daughters will be prophets &c This then is the Holy Spt— I have found no other description of it. So says Peter and I am not at liberty to deny— What is the Spt of G— of Prophesy Revelation, that can touch the meanest domestic in your kitchen and shew him the things of heaven and roll back the things of heaven before his view. Will pour it up on all flesh. The Jews would not be mistaken. they were now councilling their way to salvation at the very gates of death— What should we do— repent &c. Why did he not except [accept] some of them should think in 3000 there was some scoundrels— black hearted— villains, harlots— why did he not say you who are worthy— no he said all— repent and ye shall get that spirit prom[i]sed by Joel. How long would a man have to wait on our old Sectarian scheme before he could prophecy &c— you know it would take 7 eternities to get it— never worked that way— different scheme and G. was not at the head of it. I’ll be told by a preacher to go to an anxous bench till I am converted. I’ll go and get the best that ever could be got at the bench— and when will I be— I am converted to what to God— no to an anxious bench. God shall give it to me. Shall come to pass in the last days saith God I will pour out my spt. &c— Could I with all the religion I could get act such or plea prophesy— I have no doubt I am changed am converted but not to God— he would have had me prophecying. And it shall [come] to pass in the last day &c! Is not that large— I believe I am flesh— you are all flesh— some born to support it— they live in the last days so How dos Peter talk to us— in the last days— (repeat the promise) [p. 6 [18]]
View entire transcript

|

Cite this page

Source Note

Document Transcript

Page 6 [18]

Document Information

Related Case Documents
Editorial Title
Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
ID #
13269
Total Pages
38
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
  • William Clayton

© 2024 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.Terms of UseUpdated 2021-04-13Privacy NoticeUpdated 2021-04-06