Appointment as Trustee, 2 February 1841, A. W. Blakesley Copy
Appointment as Trustee, 2 February 1841, A. W. Blakesley Copy
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JS, Appointment as Trustee, , Hancock Co., IL, 2 Feb. 1841; attested by , , and , , IL, [3 Feb. 1841]; certified by , 3 Feb. 1841. Version copied 21 Nov. 1854; handwriting of ; two pages; JS Collection, CHL.
Historical Introduction
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See Historical Introduction to Appointment as Trustee, 2 Feb. 1841.
City of , Hancock Co. Ills.
February 2nd. A.D. 1841.
To the County Recorder of the County of .
Dear Sir
At a meeting of the ” at this place on Saturday the 30th day of January AD. 1841, I was elected Sole Trustee for Said Church to hold my Office during life (my Successors to be the of Said Church.) and vested with Plenary Powers, as sole Trustee in Trust, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints to receive acquire, manage, or convey property Real personal or mixed, for the Sole use and benefit of Said Church, agreeably to the provisions of “an act. entitled an act, concerning Religious Societies” approved February 6th 1835
Joseph Smith LS
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This day. personally appeared. before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of aforesaid. , , and . who being duly Sworn depose and say. that the foregoing certificate of Joseph Smith is true
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Sworn to and Subscribed this third day of February in the Year of Our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred and forty one before me
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Justice of the Peace [p. [1]]
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TEXT: “LS” (locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
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