Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
6 May 1845 • Tuesday, continued Page 1 10 May 1845 • Saturday Page 4 9 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 13 30 September 1845 • Tuesday Page 33 4 October 1845 • Saturday Page 42 11 January 1846 • Sunday Page 85 13 January 1846 • Tuesday Page 109
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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Nauvoo House
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for he wants to have them finished that they may stand as monuments of the industry of this people. The government of the
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have laid plans to take the Twelve and some others of this council, and they calculate to send a regiment of troops to take them but we can go as fast as they can.
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Concern that the federal government might arrest Latter-day Saint leaders or otherwise impede the Saints’ emigration west had grown in recent months, culminating with the 18 December 1845 indictment of Young and others for counterfeiting. In late December 1845 Brigham Young received a letter from Governor Thomas Ford to Mormon sympathizer Jacob B. Backenstos that referenced the recent charges and warned of the possibility of “a Regiment or two of the Regular Army” being “ordered to Nauvoo by the Sec[retar]y of War, to remain there until arrests can be made.” (Clayton, Journal, 31 Oct. 1845; Reports of the U.S. District Attorneys, 1845–1850, Report of Suits Pending, Circuit Court of the District of Illinois, Dec. 1845 term, 17–18 Dec. 1845; Reports of the Clerks of the U.S. Courts, 1846–1850, Reports of Suits Pending, Circuit Court of the District of Illinois, Dec. 1845 term, 10 Jan. 1846, microfilm, Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, copy at CHL; Thomas Ford, Springfield, IL, to Jacob B. Backenstos, Carthage, IL, 29 Dec. 1845, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; see also Kimball, Journal, 11 and 23–24 Dec. 1845; and Council of Fifty, “Record,” 15 Apr. 1845.)
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Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury / National Archives Reference Service Report, 23 Sept. 1964. “Record Group 206, Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and Record Group 46, Records of the United States Senate: Records Relating to the Mormons in Illinois, 1839–1848 (Records Dated 1840–1852), Including Memorials of Mormons to Congress, 1840–1844, Some of Which Relate to Outrages Committed against the Mormons in Missouri, 1831–1839.” Microfilm. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1964. Copy at CHL.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Kimball, Heber C. Journals, 1837–1848. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL.

He shall propose that all this council, with one or two exceptions, go and take their families, and the High Council also to go and take their families, and then select a number of able bodied men who can go and leave their families here comfortable.

Some remarks were then made by the
chairman
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relative to
Er Babbit
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staying here—his mission to
France
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&c.
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On 6 May 1844 the Council of Fifty appointed Babbitt to serve a mission to France. He never served the mission. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 6 May 1844.)

Er 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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Concern that the federal government might arrest Latter-day Saint leaders or otherwise impede the Saints’ emigration west had grown in recent months, culminating with the 18 December 1845 indictment of Young and others for counterfeiting. In late December 1845 Brigham Young received a letter from Governor Thomas Ford to Mormon sympathizer Jacob B. Backenstos that referenced the recent charges and warned of the possibility of “a Regiment or two of the Regular Army” being “ordered to Nauvoo by the Sec[retar]y of War, to remain there until arrests can be made.” (Clayton, Journal, 31 Oct. 1845; Reports of the U.S. District Attorneys, 1845–1850, Report of Suits Pending, Circuit Court of the District of Illinois, Dec. 1845 term, 17–18 Dec. 1845; Reports of the Clerks of the U.S. Courts, 1846–1850, Reports of Suits Pending, Circuit Court of the District of Illinois, Dec. 1845 term, 10 Jan. 1846, microfilm, Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, copy at CHL; Thomas Ford, Springfield, IL, to Jacob B. Backenstos, Carthage, IL, 29 Dec. 1845, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; see also Kimball, Journal, 11 and 23–24 Dec. 1845; and Council of Fifty, “Record,” 15 Apr. 1845.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury / National Archives Reference Service Report, 23 Sept. 1964. “Record Group 206, Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and Record Group 46, Records of the United States Senate: Records Relating to the Mormons in Illinois, 1839–1848 (Records Dated 1840–1852), Including Memorials of Mormons to Congress, 1840–1844, Some of Which Relate to Outrages Committed against the Mormons in Missouri, 1831–1839.” Microfilm. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1964. Copy at CHL.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Kimball, Heber C. Journals, 1837–1848. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL.
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On 6 May 1844 the Council of Fifty appointed Babbitt to serve a mission to France. He never served the mission. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 6 May 1844.)