Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
Source Note
“Articles and Covenants,” [, Seneca Co., NY, ca. Apr. 1830, though parts may have been received as early as ca. summer 1829]. Version copied [ca. June 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, [1]–[11]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
since the last or send by the hand of some , so that there can be kept a regular list of all the names of the members of the whole Church in a Book kept by one of the whomsoever the other Elders shall appoint from time to time, and also if any have been expelled from the Church so that their names may be blotted out of the general Church record of names— Any member removing from the Church where he belongs if going to a church where he is not known may take a letter certifying that he is a regular member & in good standing which certificate may be signed by any Elder or priest if the member receiving the letter is personally acquainted with the Elder or Priest, or may be signed by the & of his Church— [p. [11]]