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Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840

 
past. There is now every prospect of our haveing  a good society, a peaceable habitation and a  desirable residence here.
May the Lord prosper our righteous  cause, and save us in the day of his  comeing!}
As ever,
I am Your friend  And Brother in the  New and evelasting Cov't.

Generally referred to the “fullness of [the] gospel”—the sum total of the church’s message, geared toward establishing God’s covenant people on the earth; also used to describe individual elements of the gospel, including marriage. According to JS, the everlasting...

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Joseph Smith Jun.
Robt. D Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into LDS church, before Oct. 1839. Ordained an elder,...

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 M. D.
Beverley
Adams Co
Illinois
P.S. Our Business in Washington

Created as district for seat of U.S. federal government by act of Congress, 1790, and named Washington DC, 1791. Named in honor of George Washington. Headquarters of executive, legislative, and judicial branches of U.S. government relocated to Washington ...

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 has  gone before the <a> committee on <the> judiciary without  a dissenting voice. We have recently received  two letters from Judge [Elias] Higbee

23 Oct. 1795–8 June 1843. Clerk, judge, surveyor. Born at Galloway, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Son of Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers. Moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, 1803. Married Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 10 Sept. 1818, in Tate Township, Clermont Co. Lived at ...

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 to this effect.  He is well, But pres’t.

The presiding body of the church. From the day of the church’s organization on 6 April 1830, JS and Oliver Cowdery led the church in their capacity as elders. An 11 November 1831 revelation directed that “the duty of the president of the office of the high...

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 [Sidney] Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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 yet has  the chills and fever.
Our best respects to Bro.  Wilbur & family; and to all other  friends in that section
As before
J.S. Jun [p. [2]]

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Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840
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