| First Presidency, Presidency of the Church in Missouri, bishops, apostles, high counselors discuss layout of Far West. Construction of the House of the Lord postponed. Difficulties among Joseph, Oliver, and Thomas B. Marsh to be settled in private. |
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November 6, 1837 |
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Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983).
, 119–120. |
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Far West, Missouri |
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A number of members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints met to take into consideration some of the affairs of said Church … |
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W. W. Phelps
President |
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Oliver Cowdery |
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… the Presidency of the Church here, and President J. Smith jr., Sidney Rigdon & Hyrum Smith. With Elders |
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Thomas B. Marsh (h)
William E. McLellin
Lyman E. Johnson
William Smith
Vinson Knight |
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The High Counsellors of the Church here, and some other Elders. |
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Opened by prayer by W. W. Phelps— |
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| Revise plat to four one-acre lots |
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Several topics were discussed, when it was unanimously voted, that it be recommended to the proprietors of the Corporation of Far West, to petition the Trustees of said Corporation, to alter the streets or lessen them so as to make each block contain four acres of ground and each block be divided into four lots. |
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| Encourage immigration |
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Secondly: Voted unanimously, that it is the opinion of the Council, that there is sufficient room in this country, for the Churches to continue gathering from abroad. |
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| Postpone House of the Lord |
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[120] Third Voted unanimously that the building of the house of the Lord in this place be postponed till the Lord shall reveal it to be his will to be commenced. |
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Commencement authorized in April 1838. D&C 15 |
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On Sidney's motion, conference adjourns "until early candlelight." |
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| Second session: discussion of plat |
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Remarks by [below] upon the previous disposition of the Town Plot and the purchase of land &c. &c. |
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John Corrill
Isaac Morley
W. W. Phelps
John Whitmer
Edward Partridge
Thomas Grover
John Murdock
William Smith
Thomas B. Marsh
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| Difficulties with Joseph, Oliver, Thomas B. Marsh |
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All difficulties were satisfactorily settled except a matter between J. Smith jr. Oliver Cowdery and T. B. Marsh which was referred to themselves with the agreement that their settlement of the affair should be sufficient for the Council. |
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