Hyde spent much of the fall of 1844 procuring supplies and preaching in St. Louis. He returned to Nauvoo on 24 January 1845 but probably left Nauvoo by 5 February and was again in St. Louis by 18 February. As evidenced by his absence from council meetings until 18 March, it is likely that he remained in St. Louis until around that time. (Young, Journal, 24 Jan. 1845; Receipt, Orson Hyde to J. L. Kimball, Warsaw, IL, 5 Feb. 1845, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; Orson Hyde, St. Louis, MO, to Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Feb. 1845, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; Orson Hyde, St. Louis, MO, to Newel K. Whitney, Nauvoo, IL, 27 Feb. 1845, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.)
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Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.
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