Minutes, 26–27 April 1832

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Minutes, 26–27 April 1832

Met in council

High priests Present
Joseph Smith jr.	John Corrill
Sidney Rigdon	Isaac Morley
Jesse Gause	Elders Present
Newel K. Whitney	Sidney Gilbert
Edward Partridge	Joshua Fairchilds (license taken at (present)
William W. Phelps	James Emmett
Oliver Cowdery	Sanford Porter

First: Joseph Smith jr. acknowledged by the High priests in the land of Zion to be President of the High Priesthood, according to commandment and ordination in Ohio, at the Conference held in Amherst January 21: 1832 [p. 24]

Pursuant to a 1 March 1832 revelation instructing them to “sit in counsel with the saints in Zion,” JS, Newel K. Whitney, Sidney Rigdon, and others met in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, on 26 April 1832 to organize “Literary and Merchantile establishments” for the church. The conference also gave Rigdon and Edward Partridge the opportunity to reconcile differences between them dating to the previous year. See Revelation, 26 April 1832.

The high priests attending this conference acknowledged JS as “President of the High Priesthood.” That office had been introduced on 11 November 1831, and JS was subsequently appointed to the position on 25 January 1832 at Amherst, Ohio.

Ebenezer Robinson recorded these minutes in Minute Book 2 in spring 1838, apparently from notes taken at the April 1832 conference.

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Editorial Title: Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
ID #: 6752