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Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
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, Caldwell Co., MO], 8 July 1838. Version copied [between July 1838 and Mar. 1839]; handwriting of
Frederick G. Williams
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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; docket in handwriting of
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; one page; Revelations Collection, CHL. Includes docket.

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Revelation Given July 8th. 1838

Makeing Known the duty of
Wm W Phelps
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
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and
F[rederick] G. Williams
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Verily thus saith the Lord, in consequence of their former standing transgressions, their former standing has been taken away from them; and now, if they will be saved, let them be
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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as
Elders
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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in my
Church
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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to preach my Gospell and travel abroad from land to land and from place to place to geather mine
elect
God’s chosen and covenant people; in some cases, an individual appointed to a particular calling. In September 1830, a JS revelation defined the elect as those who hear the Lord’s voice and “harden not their hearts.” On 20 July 1831, a JS revelation identified...
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unto me saith the Lord, and let this be their labors from henceforth, Amen. [p. [1]]
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