confirming ’s statement. He went on to say, in relation to inserting the acts of the City Council in the history; all such acts as brother Joseph got up or was active in he should be in favor of preserving, but all acts got up by he should wish left out.
was in favor of doing as Joseph told him, and that was to put in every thing that was good.
Coun. made some remarks on an ordinance which was passed by the City Council concerning the organization of the Legion, and which he was unwilling should go in the history.
Coun. requested the officers of the Legion to furnish the history of the Legion.
made some remarks in relation to the government of the Legion. [p. [224]]
John C. Bennett served as the first mayor of Nauvoo until May 1842, when he resigned facing accusations of immoral conduct. (“New Election of Mayor, and Vice Mayor, of the City of Nauvoo,” Wasp, 21 May 1842, [3]; “Affidavit of Hyrum Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 Aug. 1842, 3:870–872.)
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
At the first meeting of the Nauvoo City Council on 3 February 1841, JS presented a bill “to Organize the Nauvoo Legion,” which passed unanimously. Notwithstanding Rockwood’s recommendation, the ordinance was recorded in the manuscript history of the church. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 Feb. 1841, 2–3; JS History, vol. C-1, 1160–1161.)