JS and , Blessing, to Ezra Strong Jr., , Hancock Co., IL, 7 Oct. 1840. Version copied [ca. 1882] in Ezra Strong Jr., Notebook, ca. 1882–1884, [78]–[85]; handwriting of Ezra Strong Jr.; CHL.
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The same day By The prophet Joseph Smith And His Br , Cald to be Scribe.
Beloved Brother Ezra Strong [Jr.], In the name of Jesus Christ we lay our hands on your head, to upon the, thy right to the key of knolledge, for thou art the chosen of the Lord, and art of that lineage through which He works; agreable to [p. [78]]