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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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the spirit of God for every thing. When our agents go out, they go to effect this union and let God provide the means. He is too much of a democrat to submit to tangling alliances;
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In his 1801 inaugural address as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, head of the Democratic-Republican Party, endorsed “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 33:150.)


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Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Vol. 33, 17 February to 30 April 1801. Edited by Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, Elaine Weber Pascu, Martha J. King, Tom Downey, Amy Speckart, Linda Monaco, and John E. Little. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. The contents of this publication are also available at founders.archives.gov.

this is what we want and what we are striving to get from under God has means enough in the hills and mountains, and he is in favor of letting the
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and the British governments alone, we are better without them.
Coun.
J. Fielding

26 Mar. 1797–19 Dec. 1863. Farmer. Born at Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England. Son of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, 21 May 1836, in Black Creek...

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said he could see now and then a leaning towards the powers of this world, and notwithstanding what
brother Haws

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has said, backed up by
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it dont meet his mind. He feels averse to asking favors of any government on earth. He expects it will be by wisdom by cunning—by deceit that we are to overcome this world. Any assistance that we [p. [302]]
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    In his 1801 inaugural address as president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, head of the Democratic-Republican Party, endorsed “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 33:150.)

    Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Vol. 33, 17 February to 30 April 1801. Edited by Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, Elaine Weber Pascu, Martha J. King, Tom Downey, Amy Speckart, Linda Monaco, and John E. Little. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. The contents of this publication are also available at founders.archives.gov.

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