License for Albert Clements, 7 May 1840, Extract

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License for Albert Clements, 7 May 1840, Extract
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Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL], for
Albert Clements
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, 7 May 1840. Extract copied [ca. 7 May 1840] in General Church Record, License Record Book, p. 37; handwriting of
Robert B. Thompson
1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Methodist. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by...
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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for License Record Book.

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To Whom it may Concern

This certifies that
Albert Clements
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has been received into this Church of the Latter Day Saints organized on the sixth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty and has been
ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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Elder
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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according to the rules and regulations of said Church and has received a Licence from under our hands this seventh day of May A. D. 1840

Joseph Smith J

Robt B Thompson
1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Methodist. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by...
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