The thought the brethren appointed for the Western mission might be ready by wednesday next. He appointed , and a committee to assist these brethren and see that they are fitted out and prepared to start as early as next tuesday.
On motion of the council then adjourned till next tuesday at 1 o clock P.M. in the upper room of the .
This committee likely operated as a subset of the committee on foreign relations. All three men were members of that committee, and Bent served as chairman of both committees. (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 4 and 11 Mar. 1845.)