Recommend for Edward Partridge, 4 August 1831

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Recommend for Edward Partridge, 4 August 1831

The church of Jesus christ To all to whom these presents may come hereby testifyeth That our beloved brother Edward Partridge has been app ointed Bishop of this church on the fourth of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty one with and by the consent of the whole church agreeable to the appointment of God and orda ined to this office under the hand of Sidney Rigdon an Elder of this church of christ regularly organized on the sixth of April one thou sand eight hundred and thirty in wittness whereof we have here unto set our hands

	Names of Elders	Sidney Rigdon	{Elders
Wm E. McLel[l]in		Joseph Smith Jr
Harv[e]y Whitlock		Oliver Cowdery
David Whitmer		William W. Phelps
John Corrill		Martin Harris
Samuel Drollinger		Isaac Morley
Peter Dustin		Peter Whitmer Jr
Asa Dodds		Sidney Gilbert
Orson Pratt		Joseph Coe
John Whitmer		Simeo[n] Carter
		Hyrum Smith

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This document proclaims Edward Partridge’s appointment as bishop, with the “consent of the whole church,” on 4 February 1831. It includes twenty signatures of attestation and was composed at a 4 August 1831 conference, when most of the signatories gathered in Missouri. This document is likely the recommend that Partridge was commanded to obtain in a revelation dated 6 June 1831.

Sidney Rigdon prepared this license, or recommend, for Partridge. JS and eight others apparently signed it on 4 August. Seven others probably signed it at a 24 August conference and the last four by early 1832.

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Editorial Title: Recommend for Edward Partridge, 4 August 1831
ID #: 61