On 13 September 1845, during a meeting of a committee appointed at this session of the Council of Fifty, Brigham Young instructed Bent to organize a company of one hundred. (Richards, Journal, 13 Sept. 1845.)
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.