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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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restrictions in regard to secrecy as the members of the council.
O. 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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recommended that they take with them Nautical Almanacs for three years to come.
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Probably The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris published by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in Great Britain. (See, for example, The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1846 [London: William Clowes and Sons, 1842].) These almanacs consisted of astronomical figures and charts to be used for navigation. Pratt had a growing interest in almanacs. The previous summer, he published an almanac for 1845, and during the summer of 1845 he published an almanac for 1846. (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.

Councillor Babbit

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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stated that
E[lde]r Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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and his party were going to
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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.
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Rigdon spent much of February 1845 in Kirtland, Ohio, preaching to large audiences at the Kirtland temple and organizing a congregation there. He was joined by other prominent Mormon dissenters, including William Law and William E. McLellin, in preaching at Kirtland. According to Rigdon’s account, these activities led to some conflict with local Latter-day Saints who endorsed the leadership of the apostles. (Sidney Rigdon, Letter to the Editor, Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate [Pittsburgh], 15 Mar. 1845, 145–146.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate. Pittsburgh, PA. 15 Oct. 1844–Sept 1846.

Also that
Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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s papers had done much to prejudice the Legislature against us.
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Rigdon and his followers published the Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate (later named Messenger and Advocate, of the Church of Christ), with the first issue dated 15 October 1844 from Pittsburgh. The paper sought to expose conditions “as they exist at the present time among the Saints, particularly at Nauvoo,” including the practice of polygamy and other allegations against the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. These exposés were quoted by opponents of the church. Thomas Sharp, for example, occasionally reprinted articles from Rigdon’s paper in the Warsaw Signal, noting that “it is by far the ablest edited Mormon Periodical we have ever seen and it scores the Twelveites without mercy.” (John A. Forgeus to Samuel L. Forgeus, 25 Sept. 1844, in Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate [Pittsburgh], 15 Oct. 1844, 10; “Spiritual Wife System,” Warsaw [IL] Signal, 29 Jan. 1845, [1].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate. Pittsburgh, PA. 15 Oct. 1844–Sept 1846.

Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.

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Footnotes

  1. [56]

    Probably The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris published by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in Great Britain. (See, for example, The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1846 [London: William Clowes and Sons, 1842].) These almanacs consisted of astronomical figures and charts to be used for navigation. Pratt had a growing interest in almanacs. The previous summer, he published an almanac for 1845, and during the summer of 1845 he published an almanac for 1846. (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.

  2. [57]

    Rigdon spent much of February 1845 in Kirtland, Ohio, preaching to large audiences at the Kirtland temple and organizing a congregation there. He was joined by other prominent Mormon dissenters, including William Law and William E. McLellin, in preaching at Kirtland. According to Rigdon’s account, these activities led to some conflict with local Latter-day Saints who endorsed the leadership of the apostles. (Sidney Rigdon, Letter to the Editor, Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate [Pittsburgh], 15 Mar. 1845, 145–146.)

    Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate. Pittsburgh, PA. 15 Oct. 1844–Sept 1846.

  3. [58]

    Rigdon and his followers published the Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate (later named Messenger and Advocate, of the Church of Christ), with the first issue dated 15 October 1844 from Pittsburgh. The paper sought to expose conditions “as they exist at the present time among the Saints, particularly at Nauvoo,” including the practice of polygamy and other allegations against the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. These exposés were quoted by opponents of the church. Thomas Sharp, for example, occasionally reprinted articles from Rigdon’s paper in the Warsaw Signal, noting that “it is by far the ablest edited Mormon Periodical we have ever seen and it scores the Twelveites without mercy.” (John A. Forgeus to Samuel L. Forgeus, 25 Sept. 1844, in Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate [Pittsburgh], 15 Oct. 1844, 10; “Spiritual Wife System,” Warsaw [IL] Signal, 29 Jan. 1845, [1].)

    Latter Day Saint’s Messenger and Advocate. Pittsburgh, PA. 15 Oct. 1844–Sept 1846.

    Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.

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