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Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839

 
To the Presidency

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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 of the Church of Jesus Christ  of Latter Day Saints

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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, Greeting.
I beg leave to call your attention to a subject of considerable  importance to our Church, and which if not attended to is calculated (in my humble opinion)  to raise a prejudice in the minds of a considerable portion of the community and destroy  those benevolent and philanthropic feelings which have been manifested towards us as a people  by a large portion of this community: I have reference to the Letters of Bro Lyman Wight

9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ...

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Editorial Title
Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
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