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Memorial to High Council, 18 June 1840
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Your Memorialist would further represent that as Elder H[enry] G. Sherwood
is conversant with the affairs of the City plot, he thinks that he would be a suitable person
to act as Clerk in that business and attend to the desposing of the remaining lots &c &c
An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...
View Glossary20 Apr. 1785–24 Nov. 1867. Surveyor. Born at Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York. Son of Newcomb Sherwood and a woman whose maiden name was Tolman (first name unidentified). Married first Jane J. McManagal (McMangle) of Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, ca. 1824...
View Full BioYour Memorialist would take this opportunity of congratulating your Honorable
body on the peace and Harmony which exists in the Church and for the good feelings
which Seem to be manifest by all the Saints— and hopes that in as much as every one
devotes themselves for the good of the church and the spread of the Kingdom that the
Choisest blessings of Heaven will be poured upon us, and that the Glory of the Lord will
overshadow the inheritances of the 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...
View GlossaryGenerally referred to land promised by or received from God for the church and its members. A January 1831 revelation promised church members a land of inheritance. In March and May 1831, JS dictated revelations commanding members “to purchase lands for an...
View GlossaryJoseph Smith Jr
Nauvoo June 18th. 1840 [p. [3]]
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
More InfoJS, memorial, Nauvoo, IL, to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840; handwriting of Robert B. Thompson; 3 pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes endorsements.
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
More Info1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Member of Methodist church. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into LDS church by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by John Taylor, 22...
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