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License for Arnold Potter, 24 April 1840, Extract

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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 Arnold Potter, 24 Apr. 1840. Extract copied [ca. 24 Apr. 1840] in General Church Record, License Record Book, p. 36; handwriting of
Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for License Record Book.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to License for Hosea Stout, 20 Apr. 1840.
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License for Arnold Potter, 24 April 1840, Extract
License Record Book

Page 36

This may Certify that the within Licence Arnold Potter has been regularly
ordaind

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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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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acording to the rules and regulations of 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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and has received a Licence from under our hands this 24th Day of April AD 1840
Joseph Smith Jr
H[yrum] Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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License for Arnold Potter, 24 April 1840, Extract
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