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

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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

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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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    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”

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The Ld has an est law in relation to the matter. there must be a particular spot for the sal[vation] of our dead. I verily believ this will be the place. hence men who want to save their dead can come and bring their families do their work and return to live and wait till the[y] go to receive their reward. Shall leave the rest for the brethren— tis my duty to teach the doctrine— spt is willing flesh is weak. God is not willing to let me gratify you— but I must teach the and they should teach you He will make me to be God in your stead & they be mouth for me. Have been giving some inst[ructions] to to to speak to you & when he makes a mistake will get up and correct him.
, If will give at[tention] will read from scrip[ture]— as the found[ation] of a few remarks for your edification. think, better for Pres S or to make texts than him— will address the sinner— read Obadiah— upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance &c— or in other words Jacob shall possess their possession among the gentiles— prop[het] declares on Mount Zion when they shall possess &c shall come saviours & k. be the Lds.
Wish all to und[erstand] the text— commens 17 v. 1st. as the idea of the establish of Z[ion] amg Gentiles is stumbling block to many— are ready to exclaim we rejoice in the gosple in faith as you preach it rep[entance]— — . promise of Gifts as declared by Ers— best oh the idea of . God will build literal Z. well of course there will be Z when there will be stakes but will be a starting point. They say why is it if Z is to be est[ablished] why among the gentiles & why calld house of Jacob.— there is reason & of God and will stand— before talk of the saviours— wish to notice for strangers. When we drive them to ack. Z they tell us Z. was to be in Jerusalem— He take position— there shall be a literal Z— in a l place— after Z is plannd in Jer.— a long time after— it has passed away— 1st. fact he wants to establish, read latter pt 3 & fore 4 of Micah— [p. 2 [32]]
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