| Articles and Covenants are read relative to the
offices of priest, teacher, deacon. For a more
complete account of conference proceedings, see Oliver
Cowdery to Joseph Smith, January 28, 1832. |
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| Date |
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January 23, 1832 |
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FWR,
39. |
| Location |
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Newell Knight's home,
Kaw township, Jackson County, Missouri.
3 p.m. to 4 a.m. |
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| Description |
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… a general Conference
held in the land of Zion. |
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| Moderator |
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Edward Partridge |
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| Clerk |
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Oliver Cowdery |
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| Present |
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[Minutes sequence] |
[Oliver's letter
sequence] |
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Edward
Partridge
John Corrill
Isaac
Morley
John Whitmer
John
Murdock
William W. Phelps
Lyman Wight
Harvey Whitlock
Newel Knight
Parley P. Pratt (h)
Oliver Cowdery |
Edward Partridge
John Corrill
Isaac Morley
John Whitmer
John Murdock
William W. Phelps
Lyman Wight
Harvey Whitlock
Newel Knight
Parley P. Pratt
Oliver Cowdery |
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Oliver's
letter to Joseph groups these names under the heading "Elders ordained
to the H.P.H."
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Levi
Hancock
Zebedee Coltrin
Selah J. Griffin
Calvin Beebe
Joshua Fairchild
Peter Dustin |
Zebedee
Coltrin
Selah J. Griffin
Calvin Bebee
Levi Hancock
Peter Dustin
Joshua Fairchild
Daniel Cathcart |
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Oliver's
letter groups these names under the heading "Elders not ordained to
the H.P.H." |
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(Priest) Hezekiah
Peck |
Hezekiah Peck |
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Oliver's
letter lists Hezekiah Peck as a priest. |
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(Teacher)
Isaac Beebe |
Calvin Bebee |
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Oliver lists Calvin Beebe as a teacher. He is an elder in Minutes of
June [4], 1831. |
| Read
commandments |
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Various commandments
read. |
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| Discuss
status of the Bebees |
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Lyman Wight moves the
discussion to Isaac and George Beebe, who want to preach. |
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Oliver reads remarks
made by him and W. W. Phelps. |
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| Priesthood
status |
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John Whitmer reads the
duty of priests, teachers, deacons from the Articles
and Covenants. John Corrill: these offices are "as important as
any in the Church." |
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| Closing |
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Conference sings "My
Loving Fellow Travelers." Prayer by Oliver Cowdery. |
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Oliver Cowdery to Joseph Smith, January 28, 1832
Minutes of March 10, 1832
Minutes of December 6–7, 1831
Jackson County Minutes
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