Minutes, , OH, 3 Dec. 1832. Featured version copied [ca. 3 Dec. 1832] in Minute Book 1, p. 1; handwriting of ; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minute Book 1.
Historical Introduction
A of five met in , Ohio, on 3 December 1832 to as a , a church member from , Ohio. As clerk of the conference, kept the minutes and later copied them as the first entry in Minute Book 1, a record of meetings.
A of convened in on the 3d. day of December AD 1832 for the purpose of ordained Bro [.] Present Joseph Smith Jr and , then proceded to ordain brothe[r] to be a Priest in the which was done by the hand of Bro Joseph and prayer by ——
It is unclear how long Packard had been in Kirtland, Ohio. He later recalled that sometime between his June 1832 baptism and January 1833, he “went to Kirtland.” After mentioning Packard’s ordination, JS’s journal for this date relates a visit from Solomon Humphrey Jr., followed by “a conference in the Evening” at which William E. McLellin, “Br Jese” (probably Jesse Gause), and an unidentified “Mogan” were excommunicated. Both the journal and these minutes indicate that the disciplinary action was a different “conference” from this one. (Packard, “Life and Travels,” 3; JS, Journal, 3 Dec. 1832.)
Packard, Noah. “The Life and Travels of Noah Packard.” In Voices from the Past: Diaries, Journals, and Autobiographies, compiled by Campus Education Week Program, Education Week Department, Continuing Education, Brigham Young University, 1–7. Provo, UT: Campus Education Week, Brigham Young University Press, 1980.
JS wrote in his journal that he ordainedPackard “with my own hands.” Packard later recounted that Rigdon assisted with the ordination. (JS, Journal, 3 Dec. 1832; Packard, “Life and Travels,” 3.)
Packard, Noah. “The Life and Travels of Noah Packard.” In Voices from the Past: Diaries, Journals, and Autobiographies, compiled by Campus Education Week Program, Education Week Department, Continuing Education, Brigham Young University, 1–7. Provo, UT: Campus Education Week, Brigham Young University Press, 1980.