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Minutes, 11 August 1834
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Brother O. Hyde moved for a decision, relative to the first question, (viz.) What is to be done to arrest the evil? The moderator then proceeded, after a few remarks, to give a decision according, to a motion previously made, (viz.) that an article be published in the Evening & the morning Star, by the direction of the council, that the church in Kirtland has investigated the conduct of brother Joseph Smith Junr. while journeying to the West and returning, and that we find that he has acted in every respect in the an honorable and proper Manner, with all monies and other properties entrusted to his charge. After which a vote was taken and carried. A. motion was then made by brother O. Hyde and seconded by brother S. Rigdon, that a committee of three, be appointed to write the article for the Star agreeably to the decision.
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Minutes, Kirtland, OH, 11 Aug. 1834; handwriting of Warren Cowdery; in Minute Book 1, pp. 52–54; CHL.
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