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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.

Page [310]

for this church be done here in the lower rooms of the
Masonic Hall

Illinois lodge Grand Master Abraham Jonas granted dispensation to establish Nauvoo lodge, 15 Oct. 1841. First lodge meeting held, 29–30 Dec. 1841, in Hyrum Smith’s office. Installation ceremonies held, 15–16 Mar. 1842. Prior to eventual dedication of Masonic...

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, including the ground floor which will be three stories,
438

That is, in the basement, ground floor, and second floor of the structure, with the upper lodge room still free.


and that we use our influence to render proper assistance and get what new type we want and then keep two sets of hands constantly to work, one set to do the job work,
439

In nineteenth-century printing terminology, “job work” was “commercial or common work, as distinct from book or news work.” Such work required job type or job font (mentioned later in these minutes), which was “distinct from larger fonts for book work.” (“Job Font,” and “Job Work,” in Rummonds, Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices, 2:1002–1003.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress. 2 vols. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2004.

and the other to attend to the papers.
Orson Hyde

8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...

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wants some pamplets printing and he wants to go to
St Louis

Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...

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and pay them two or three hundred dollars.
440

Among the items Hyde intended to publish was a “Farewell to Rigdonism,” which had been discussed in previous council meetings. This pamphlet was issued from the church’s printing office and published as Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Ridgon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845). (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 22 and 25 Mar. 1845.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Rigdon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845. Copy at CHL.

Orson Pratt

19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...

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wants to go to
New York

Dutch founded New Netherland colony, 1625. Incorporated under British control and renamed New York, 1664. Harbor contributed to economic and population growth of city; became largest city in American colonies. British troops defeated Continental Army under...

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, and pay out two or three hundred dollars for printing an Almanac.
441

The previous summer Orson Pratt had published an almanac for 1845; in the summer of 1845, he published an almanac for 1846. Both almanacs were published in New York City at the printing office of the Prophet, the church’s newspaper in that city. (Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:269–272, 308.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Brother Snow

9 Nov. 1818–27 May 1888. Farmer, teacher, merchant, publisher, manufacturer. Born at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont. Son of Levi Snow and Lucina Streeter. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by William Snow, 3 Feb. 1833, at Charleston...

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wants a pamphlet printing, and
mother Smith

8 July 1775–14 May 1856. Oilcloth painter, nurse, fund-raiser, author. Born at Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates. Moved to Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, 1779; to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, 1788...

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wants her history printing
442

During winter 1844–1845 Lucy Mack Smith, JS’s mother, began writing a history of her family with the assistance of Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and Howard Coray. She informed her son William in January 1845, “I have by the councill of the 12 undertaken a history of the family that is my Fathers Family and my own.” She asked William to start a subscription to raise about one hundred dollars to buy paper to print her history and, in July 1845, obtained a copyright. In October 1845, at the church’s general conference, Lucy Mack Smith “gave notice that she had written her history, and wished it printed before we leave this place.” The history was not printed until 1853, by Orson Pratt in Liverpool, England, as Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations (Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853). (Lucy Mack Smith, Nauvoo, IL, to William Smith, 23 Jan. 1845, CHL; Copyright for Lucy Mack Smith, “The History of Lucy Smith,” 18 July 1845, Robert Wright Harris, Copyright Registry Records for Works concerning the Mormons to 1870, CHL; “Minutes of the First General Conference,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1845, 6:1014; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 3:91–97.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Harris, Roger Wright. Copyright Registry Records for Works concerning the Mormons to 1870, ca. 1974. CHL.

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

We also want the book of Covenants and other books printing,
443

The second edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was published in Nauvoo in 1844, with copies available by September. Because the book had been stereotyped, it was possible to readily issue other printings. A second printing occurred later in 1845 and a third in 1846, both published in Nauvoo by the church’s printing office. (See Historical Introduction to Doctrine and Covenants, 1844; and Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:277–280, 302–303, 340.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

and we want to set our hands to work and find them employment and means at home. [p. [310]]
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Footnotes

  1. [438]

    That is, in the basement, ground floor, and second floor of the structure, with the upper lodge room still free.

  2. [439]

    In nineteenth-century printing terminology, “job work” was “commercial or common work, as distinct from book or news work.” Such work required job type or job font (mentioned later in these minutes), which was “distinct from larger fonts for book work.” (“Job Font,” and “Job Work,” in Rummonds, Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices, 2:1002–1003.)

    Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress. 2 vols. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2004.

  3. [440]

    Among the items Hyde intended to publish was a “Farewell to Rigdonism,” which had been discussed in previous council meetings. This pamphlet was issued from the church’s printing office and published as Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Ridgon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845). (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 22 and 25 Mar. 1845.)

    Speech of Elder Orson Hyde, Delivered before the High Priest’s Quorum in Nauvoo, April 27th, 1845, upon the Course and Conduct of Mr. Sidney Rigdon, and upon the Merits of His Claims to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845. Copy at CHL.

  4. [441]

    The previous summer Orson Pratt had published an almanac for 1845; in the summer of 1845, he published an almanac for 1846. Both almanacs were published in New York City at the printing office of the Prophet, the church’s newspaper in that city. (Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:269–272, 308.)

    Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

  5. [442]

    During winter 1844–1845 Lucy Mack Smith, JS’s mother, began writing a history of her family with the assistance of Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and Howard Coray. She informed her son William in January 1845, “I have by the councill of the 12 undertaken a history of the family that is my Fathers Family and my own.” She asked William to start a subscription to raise about one hundred dollars to buy paper to print her history and, in July 1845, obtained a copyright. In October 1845, at the church’s general conference, Lucy Mack Smith “gave notice that she had written her history, and wished it printed before we leave this place.” The history was not printed until 1853, by Orson Pratt in Liverpool, England, as Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations (Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853). (Lucy Mack Smith, Nauvoo, IL, to William Smith, 23 Jan. 1845, CHL; Copyright for Lucy Mack Smith, “The History of Lucy Smith,” 18 July 1845, Robert Wright Harris, Copyright Registry Records for Works concerning the Mormons to 1870, CHL; “Minutes of the First General Conference,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1845, 6:1014; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 3:91–97.)

    Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

    Harris, Roger Wright. Copyright Registry Records for Works concerning the Mormons to 1870, ca. 1974. CHL.

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

    Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

  6. [443]

    The second edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was published in Nauvoo in 1844, with copies available by September. Because the book had been stereotyped, it was possible to readily issue other printings. A second printing occurred later in 1845 and a third in 1846, both published in Nauvoo by the church’s printing office. (See Historical Introduction to Doctrine and Covenants, 1844; and Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:277–280, 302–303, 340.)

    Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

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