Schedule for General Conferences, between 10 and circa 15 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons

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Schedule for General Conferences,
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, between 10 and ca. 15 Apr. 1844. Version published in “General Conferences in the United States, for 1844,” Times and Seasons, 15 Apr. 1844, 5:506–507.

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GENERAL
CONFERENCES
A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
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UNITED STATES
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
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, FOR 1844.

Quincy
Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...
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, Ill[inois] Sat and Sunday, May 4 & 5

Princes Grove, " " " 11 12

Ottowa, " " " 18 19

Chicago
Settled by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, 1779. U.S. Fort Dearborn established, 1804. Town organized, 10 Aug. 1832. Incorporated as city, May 1837. Population in 1837 about 4,200; in 1840 about 4,500; and in 1844 about 11,000. Twenty-six members of Church ...
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" " " 25 26

Comstock, Callaman [Kallamazoo] Co. Mich[igan] " June 1 & 2

Pleasant Valley " " " 8 9

Franklin, Oakland Co. " " " 15 16

Kirtland
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Ohio " " 22 23

G. A. Neal’s, six miles w. Lockport, New York " " 29 30

Batavia
Seat of Genesee Co., located along Tonawanda Creek about 250 miles west of Albany. Organized 30 Mar. 1802. Incorporated as village, 1823. Population in 1840 about 4,200. Church conferences held in Batavia, 25 Dec. 1842 and 6–7 Apr. 1843.
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" " July 6 & 7

Portage, Allegany Co. " " " 13 14

Hamilton, Madison Co. " " " 20 21

Oswego " " June 29 30

Adams, Jefferson Co. " " July 6 7

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