Footnotes
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 and 26 Mar. 1844; 4–5 and 18 Apr. 1844; see also Revelation, 30 Oct. 1831 [D&C 65].
Babbitt also sent a letter requesting that he be excused from the 6 May 1844 meeting. (See Letter from Almon Babbitt, 5 May 1844.)
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Apr. 1844. Along with Babbitt, several other council members were reportedly absent from the 11 April meeting, inhibiting the council from enacting resolutions. After excusing Babbitt’s absence, the council sent a messenger to gather the other absent members so that the meeting could proceed according to the rule that all members be present to vote unless excused for official council business. (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Mar. 1844.)
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Mar. 1844; Historical Introduction to Council of Fifty, “Record”; Clayton, Journal, 18 Aug. 1844; 6 and 20 Sept. 1844; 6, 11, and 12 Feb. 1845. According to his journal, Clayton spent only three days copying council minutes in 1844. He resumed this task in February 1845. Because of the length of material prior to the 11 April 1844 minutes that Clayton had to copy, it is unlikely that he finished this task in the three days he spent working on it in August and September 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
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On 11 March 1844, the Council of Fifty received JS as its “standing chairman.” Thereafter he was often referred to by his official council position of “chairman” but was also often referred to by his church office of “President” or by some abbreviation thereof. For example, William Clayton’s record of the 11 April 1844 meeting begins by noting that “Prest. J. Smith [was] in the chair.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Mar. and 11 Apr. 1844.)
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