Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book

  • Source Note
  • Historical Introduction
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Sister [Philinda] Stanley said the flax which she had given to the is spun and ready for weaving
Sister Lyons said the cotton was ready for the loom
Sister Joshua Smith then rose and said proposd that we as a society get to gather materials for for the Saints for bedding that many may not suffer as they did last wintr
Sister Lyons thought so too said in the Sisters were now at work making quilts for this Society
Sister Green said she would give Siste[r] Reed a bed quilt also her daughter a Mantaumaker should cut and help make her dress
Sister Prusia [Persis] Johnson will give a cotton and woollen skirt to Siste[r] Reed
Sister Simpson 5 lb flowr & soap for Br Hooms
a hymn was then sung
Prayer by Sister Packerd
Meeting Ajournd
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September 1843 • Undated Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the
Society
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Second Ward
Meeting opend with singing and prayer
Prayer by Sister Jones
P[hebe] M Wheeler rose and said that as the and councillors were not present and yet necessa[r]y that the Society proceed to business having requested her to attend and do the best she could She desird [p. [116]]
Sister Philinda Stanley said the flax which she had given to the is spun and ready for weaving
Sister Lyons said the cotton was ready for the loom
Sister Joshua Smith then rose and proposd that we as a society get to gather materials for for the Saints for bedding that many may not suffer as they did last wintr
Sister Lyons thought so too said in the Sisters were now at work making quilts for this Society
Sister Green said she would give Sister Reed a bed quilt also her daughter a Mantaumaker should cut and help make her dress
Sister Prusia Persis Johnson will give a cotton and woollen skirt to Sister Reed
Sister Simpson 5 lb flowr & soap for Br Hooms
a hymn was then sung
Prayer by Sister Packerd
Meeting Ajournd
[1 line blank]
September 1843 • Undated Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the
Society
[1 line blank]
Second Ward
Meeting opend with singing and prayer
Prayer by Sister Jones
Phebe M Wheeler rose and said that as the and councillors were not present and yet necessary that the Society proceed to business having requested her to attend and do the best she could She desird [p. [116]]
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