Minutes, 3 July 1840

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Nauvoo high council, Minutes,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, 3 July 1840. Featured version copied [between 14 Feb. 1842 and 1 Jan. 1843] in Nauvoo High Council Minutes, fair copy, pp. 64–66; handwriting of
Hosea Stout
18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...
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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minutes, 27 Oct. 1839.

Historical Introduction
On 3 July 1840, the
Nauvoo
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high council
A governing body of twelve high priests. The first high council was organized in Kirtland, Ohio, on 17 February 1834 “for the purpose of settling important difficulties which might arise in the church, which could not be settled by the church, or the bishop...
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met to reconsider a memorial from JS requesting that he be relieved from his active involvement in the
church
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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’s temporal affairs, especially those related to land sales in Nauvoo, Illinois.
1
Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840.
At its 20 June meeting, the high council passed resolutions aimed at granting JS’s request, but JS vetoed the council’s decisions.
2
Minutes, 20 June 1840; Minutes, 27 June 1840.
Although the high council passed additional resolutions at this 3 July meeting, the decisions were essentially the same as those made on 20 June. The 3 July minutes do not specify if JS attended, but it is probable he was there to ensure that the high council addressed his concerns in a way that met his approbation.

As clerk pro tem of the meeting,
Hosea Stout
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took the minutes. At some point after 14 February 1842 and likely before the end of that year, Stout recorded the minutes into the
Nauvoo
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high council record book.
3
Stout indicated that he recorded minutes of earlier meetings on 14 February 1842. He originally misdated these minutes, indicating that he copied the minutes in 1842. (Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 19 Apr. 1840, 56.)
Comprehensive Works Cited
Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.
Footnotes
[1]
Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840.
[2]
Minutes, 20 June 1840; Minutes, 27 June 1840.
[3]
Stout indicated that he recorded minutes of earlier meetings on 14 February 1842. He originally misdated these minutes, indicating that he copied the minutes in 1842. (Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 19 Apr. 1840, 56.)
Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Minutes, 3 July 1840 History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842] “History of Joseph Smith”
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not be taken to provide for the
Presidency
The highest presiding body of the church. An 11 November 1831 revelation stated that the president of the high priesthood was to preside over the church. JS was ordained as president of the high priesthood on 25 January 1832. In March 1832, JS appointed two...
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or Clerks but that the
Bishops
An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. JS appointed Edward Partridge as the first bishop in February 1831. Following this appointment, Partridge functioned as the local leader of the church in Missouri. Later revelations described a bishop’s duties as receiving...
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be instructed to raise funds from other sources to meet the calls made on them.
5
Church leaders had earlier considered using town lot sales to help fund a delegation consisting of JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee on its mission to Washington DC to petition the federal government. (See Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 Jan. 1840.)

And mon[i]es recieved for lots shall be deposited in the hands of the treasurer to liquidate the debts of the City Plot.

Resolved that the
clerk
20 Apr. 1785–24 Nov. 1867. Surveyor. Born at Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York. Son of Newcomb Sherwood and a woman whose maiden name was Tolman (first name unidentified). Married first Jane J. McManagal (McMangle) of Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, ca. 1824...
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shall have a stipulated sum for his services for transacting the buisness of the City Plot and that he recieve the sum of twenty-six dollars pr month for said services.—

Resolved— that the remaining items of buisness relative to the memmorial before the
Council
A governing body of twelve high priests. The first high council was organized in Kirtland, Ohio, on 17 February 1834 “for the purpose of settling important difficulties which might arise in the church, which could not be settled by the church, or the bishop...
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shall be laid over to be taken up again at the next Council.
6
Extant minutes of the next high council meeting and of subsequent meetings do not refer to JS’s memorial.

Adjourned

Hosea Stout
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Clerk pro tem [p. 66]
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Editorial Title
Minutes, 3 July 1840
ID #
9507
Total Pages
3
Print Volume Location
JSP, D7:308–310
Handwriting on This Page
Hosea Stout
Footnotes
[5]
Church leaders had earlier considered using town lot sales to help fund a delegation consisting of JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee on its mission to Washington DC to petition the federal government. (See Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 Jan. 1840.)
[6]
Extant minutes of the next high council meeting and of subsequent meetings do not refer to JS’s memorial.