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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845

1 March 1845 • Saturday, continued Page 1 4 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 32 11 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 77 18 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 131 22 March 1845 • Saturday Page 181 25 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 231 5 April 1845 • Saturday Page 266 11 April 1845 • Friday Page 267 15 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 327 22 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 349 29 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 355 6 May 1845 • Tuesday Page 361

Source Note

See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.

Historical Introduction

See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.

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and we have nothing to fear.
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In their 15 February 1844 letters from the pineries, George Miller and Lyman Wight proposed creating a gathering place in the “table lands of Texas” somewhere near the Colorado River of Texas. With the annexation of Texas by the United States becoming increasingly more likely, Miller was shifting his sights further south, into Mexico. Several of Miller’s arguments appear to echo those made in his and Wight’s earlier letters, such as the need for a “more congenial” climate and the propriety of settling in the midst of “the Lamanite world.” Indeed, included in their original proposal was a plea to preach the gospel to “the Lamanites bordering on the United Territories from Green Bay to the Mexican Gulf,” with Mexico being specifically identified as a place where the “Gospel has not been fully opened.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.)


When you hear the word go from the
proper source

1 June 1801–29 Aug. 1877. Carpenter, painter, glazier, colonizer. Born at Whitingham, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of John Young and Abigail (Nabby) Howe. Brought up in Methodist household; later joined Methodist church. Moved to Sherburne, Chenango Co., New...

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, then cut loose, As to mobs, the evil arises in our midst and if we suffer them to grow in our midst they will prick the veins of the heads of this church as they have said they would.
Councillor
W.W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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said that some information he possesses has lead him to arise on the floor. It is well known the course the
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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is taking to grasp
Oregon

Lewis and Clark expedition wintered in area, 1805–1806. Treaty of 1818 between U.S. and England provided decade of joint rights to area. Major immigration to area from existing U.S. states commenced, 1839. Oregon Trail used as main route to area, beginning...

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but there is not stability enough among them to do any thing. This is one reason why the Lord raised up this church. The only thing which induces men to Legislate from year to year is the gain. They have in the Legislative Halls of
Illinois

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

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, murderers, whose hands are yet dripping with innocent blood,
40

Phelps likely referred to Jacob C. Davis, the state senator for Hancock County who had been among those indicted for the murders of JS and Hyrum Smith. (Journal of the Senate . . . of Illinois, 2 Dec. 1844, 3; Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 55–56.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Journal of the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Regular Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 2, 1844. Springfield, IL: Walters & Weber, 1844.

Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.

and the other States are no better. Information has come in a paper from Tennessee which says, “three cheers for the [p. [23]]
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  1. [39]

    In their 15 February 1844 letters from the pineries, George Miller and Lyman Wight proposed creating a gathering place in the “table lands of Texas” somewhere near the Colorado River of Texas. With the annexation of Texas by the United States becoming increasingly more likely, Miller was shifting his sights further south, into Mexico. Several of Miller’s arguments appear to echo those made in his and Wight’s earlier letters, such as the need for a “more congenial” climate and the propriety of settling in the midst of “the Lamanite world.” Indeed, included in their original proposal was a plea to preach the gospel to “the Lamanites bordering on the United Territories from Green Bay to the Mexican Gulf,” with Mexico being specifically identified as a place where the “Gospel has not been fully opened.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 10 Mar. 1844.)

  2. [40]

    Phelps likely referred to Jacob C. Davis, the state senator for Hancock County who had been among those indicted for the murders of JS and Hyrum Smith. (Journal of the Senate . . . of Illinois, 2 Dec. 1844, 3; Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 55–56.)

    Journal of the Senate of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at Their Regular Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, December 2, 1844. Springfield, IL: Walters & Weber, 1844.

    Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.

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