History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
Source Note
Source Note
History draft; handwriting of ; 23 pages; CHL. This manuscript covers the period from 1 January 1841 to 31 December 1841.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
<1> Monday 1st Nov 1841 I attended the city council. & <spoke &> acted & spoke on many local matters, and contended at great length against paying the owner of a <city > nuisance, damages sustained by the removal of that nuisance.
<2> Tuesday 2, Know all men by (L. 213.14) L. S.
<7> Sunday 7. I preached on the principles of superstition of which the whole world is so full that but little room is left in the hearts <minds> of men for truth to operate. In the P M. I attended a council of the Elders at my Council Room, relative to some affairs in which my bro was interested.
<10> Up to this period a series of Storms and earthquakes have desolated parts of the two Sicilies and Colebria
A Second <English> Edition of the Saints Hymn Book is about issuing in , <by> .
<13> Saturday 13th. I attended the city council & moved that the Mayer & Recorder of the receive each $100 per annum for their services, which became a law, I also presented a bill for “an ordinance conc[ern]ing vagrants & disorderly persons” which passed into an ordinance as recorded on page 625. “Times & Seasons.” I also argued before the council that the right of taxation but that the city expenes of the did not requir it at present.
<<15> Monday 15. “An Epistle of the 12 (T&S. 600. 1. 2) ”>
<17> Wednesday 17. Elders & went to
<18> Thu[rs]day 18[th] “Procedings of a meeting (T&S. 616) Recorder”
<22> Monday 22. letter to or News fr[o]m . “Alexandria Nov 22 (M.S. 132. 3. 4. 5 136) ,” from the public priests we learn that the entire city of Cartago, <in central America> of 10000 inhabitents, was destroyed by an earthquake early in the morning of the 2d of Sept.
<24> Wednesdy 24. Elder , who sailed from , on the Tyrean, with 204 saints, arrived at , <with his compy> & Elders & . went to meet them. at . & give such council as their com situation required.—
<26> Friday 26. Affidavit of . “whereas (T&S. 615. 16) J. P” [p. 19]
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Footnotes
Footnotes
- [126]
See 1 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1243.
- [127]
See 2 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1243–1244.
- [128]
TEXT: “L. S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
- [129]
See 7 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1244.
- [130]
See 10 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1244.
- [131]
See 13 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1244.
- [132]
See 15 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1244–1249.
- [133]
See 17 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1250.
- [134]
See 18 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1250.
- [135]
See 22 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, pp. 1250–1254.
- [136]
See 24 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1255.
- [137]
See 26 Nov. 1841 entry in JS History, vol. C-1, p. 1255.
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