Footnotes
See, for example, License for John Whitmer, 9 June 1830; License for Frederick G. Williams, 25 Feb. 1834; and License, 21 Mar. 1836.
See Minutes, 6 Apr. 1838.
See, for example, Minutes, ca. 3–4 June 1831; Minute Book 2, 5–7 Apr. 1837; and Minutes, 4–5 May 1839.
This was one of the final resolutions passed in the conference, following a one-hour intermission that may have allowed for a midday meal. (See Minutes, 7–8 Apr. 1838.)
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This phrasing may indicate that previously issued licenses were no longer valid. The licensing reforms of March 1836 included an article requesting all previous license holders to turn in their old licenses and receive new ones issued under the new regulations. (Minutes, 3 Mar. 1836.)
Although Hyrum Smith’s name is affixed to this resolution as a member of the First Presidency of the church, he was not present at the conference. Smith, who was moving from Ohio to Missouri, departed Kirtland in March and did not arrive at Far West until late May. JS, Rigdon, or Robinson may have signed for Hyrum Smith in his absence. It is also possible that the inscribed names of the First Presidency do not represent signatures but that Robinson added the names to the written resolution to represent their authority as the presiding officers of the conference in which the resolution was passed or to represent their authority as the new licensing officers named in the resolution. (Hyrum Smith, Commerce, IL, to “the Saints Scattered Abroad,” Dec. 1839, in Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:21; O’Driscoll, Hyrum Smith, 167–170.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
O'Driscoll, Jeffrey S. Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
Robinson was appointed “general Church Recorder and Clerk for the first Presidency” in the 6 April 1838 anniversary and business meeting. (Minutes, 6 Apr. 1838.)
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