License for Alpheus Harmon, 5 May 1842

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License for Alpheus Harmon, 5 May 1842
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Nauvoo
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
Alpheus Harmon
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, [5 May 1842]; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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; photocopy of recto published in Lorry E. Rytting, Of Goodly Parents: Biographical Reflections of Frank Leroy Davis and Alvaretta Harmon, Salt Lake City: R & R Enterprises, 1989, p. 12. The copy used here is held at CHL.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This certifies that
Alpheus Harman [Harmon]
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—— has been recieved into the
church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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, organized on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and has been ordained an
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 is duly authorised to preach the gospel, agreeably to the authority of that office

Given by the direction of a general
conference
A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
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of the authorities of said church, assembled in
Nauvoo
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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, Ill. on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.

Joseph Smith President.

James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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License for Alpheus Harmon, 5 May 1842
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James Sloan