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Letter to Elias Higbee with JS Postscript, 7 March 1840
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With these feelings, and desires, and believing that, that Being, who holds the destinies of
nations of the earth in his hands, will overrule all things for the fur therance of the work,
which he has set his hands to perform in these days, till the throne shall be cast down,
The Ancient of days sit and the Kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the
Kingdom under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the Saints of the most
high— Whose kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and dominions shall serve and obey
him,
I subscribe myself Yours &c
Elias Smith
Hon E[lias] 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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Dear Brother
I heartily concur in the above sentiment
Yours with sentiments
And feelings of the kind best kind
Josiph Smith Jr. [p. 111]
Elias Smith, letter, Lee County, IA, to Elias Higbee, Washington DC, 7 Mar. 1840, with postscript by JS; handwriting of Howard Coray; in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 109–111; JS Collection, CHL.
First permanent settlement established, 1820. Organized 1837. Population in 1838 about 2,800; in 1840 about 6,100; in 1844 about 9,800; and in 1846 about 13,000. Following expulsion from Missouri, 1838–1839, many Saints found refuge in eastern Iowa Territory...
More Info23 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 ...
View Full BioCreated 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 ...
More Info6 May 1817–16 Jan. 1908. Bookkeeper, clerk, teacher, farmer. Born in Dansville, Steuben Co., New York. Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens. Moved to Providence, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, ca. 1827; to Williams, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, by 1830; and...
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