Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
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, Letter, , Clay Co., MO, to church leaders (including JS), [Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH], 24 Aug. 1834. Version published in “Dear Brethren,” Evening and Morning Star, Sept. 1834 (Oct. 1836), pp. 380–381. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL.
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See Historical Introduction to Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 Aug. 1834.
, Mo. Aug. 24, 1834.
Dear Brethren,—
Because I feel a great interest in the cause of our Redeemer, I take a little more time and paper than usual, and write. You are, in general, so well informed of all that is going on in this region of the Lord’s vineyard, that I cannot give any news.— When I say all that is going on, I mean between us and the mob, for there are many other things, I presume, that you and the saints abroad are ignorant of for months.
From petitions sent to Congress by the inhabitants of and other counties, a bill was got up in the house of Representatives, to annex all the land between this county and the , to this , together with a considerable quantity on the north, but [p. 380]
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