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Revelation, [
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Geauga Co., OH], 14 Nov. 1835. Featured version copied [ca. 14 Nov. 1835] in JS, Journal, 1835–1836, pp. 35–36; handwriting of
Warren Parrish
10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...
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; JS Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for JS, Journal, 1835–1836.

Historical Introduction
Dictated by JS on 14 November 1835, this revelation was directed to the man who recorded it,
Warren Parrish
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. Since joining the church in 1833, Parrish had become a trusted associate of JS and had already served informally as a clerk.
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Parrish was officially hired as JS’s personal scribe sixteen days earlier. (JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1835.)
Less than a year after his conversion, Parrish and his wife, Elizabeth Patten Parrish, marched with JS and approximately 225 other men, women, and children to
Clay County
Settled ca. 1800. Organized from Ray Co., 1822. Original size diminished when land was taken to create several surrounding counties. Liberty designated county seat, 1822. Population in 1830 about 5,000; in 1836 about 8,500; and in 1840 about 8,300. Refuge...
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, Missouri, on the
Camp of Israel
A group of approximately 205 men and about 20 women and children led by JS to Missouri, May–July 1834, to redeem Zion by helping the Saints who had been driven from Jackson County, Missouri, regain their lands; later referred to as “Zion’s Camp.” A 24 February...
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expedition.
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See “Joseph Smith Documents from April 1834 through September 1835.”
Sometime in late June or early July, Elizabeth Parrish died from cholera, as did approximately twelve other members of the expedition.
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“Joseph Smith Documents from April 1834 through September 1835;” Parkin, “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication,” 4–5; Amasa Lyman, Journal, June 1834; Smith, “History of George Albert Smith,” 29–31; Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 261; Burgess, Autobiography, 3.
Comprehensive Works Cited
Parkin, Max H. “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 15 (Fall 1997): 4–5.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
“History of George Albert Smith,” ca. 1857–1858. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 1.
Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.
Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.
Warren Parrish likely remained in
Missouri
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
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until 12 September, when he and his brother-in-law,
David W. Patten
14 Nov. 1799–25 Oct. 1838. Farmer. Born in Vermont. Son of Benoni Patten and Edith Cole. Moved to Theresa, Oneida Co., New York, as a young child. Moved to Dundee, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, as a youth. Married Phoebe Ann Babcock, 1828, in Dundee. Affiliated...
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, left on a proselytizing mission that took them through Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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Patten, Journal, 12 Sept. 1834.
Patten, David W. Journal, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 603.
Patten and Parrish, later joined by
Wilford Woodruff
1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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, established several small branches in those states between October 1834 and July 1835, when Parrish returned to
Kirtland
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David W. Patten and Warren Parrish, Paris, TN, to Oliver Cowdery, 11 Oct. 1834, in LDS Messenger and Advocate, Nov. 1834, 1:24; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Dec. 1834, 1:44; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Feb. 1835, 1:76; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Apr. 1835, 1:104. According to Wilford Woodruff, he and Parrish parted company on 23 July 1835. (Woodruff, Journal, 23 July 1835.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Shortly after his return, Parrish was named to the First Quorum of the
Seventy
A priesthood office with the responsibility to travel and preach and assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, similar to the seventy in the New Testament. In February and March 1835, the first members of the Seventy were selected and ordained. All of those...
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Minutes, 17 Aug. 1835.

Upon his return,
Parrish
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fulfilled a number of clerical responsibilities during fall 1835 and winter 1836. In addition to periodically taking minutes for the
Kirtland
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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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, acting as a scribe to the
First 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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, keeping a personal journal for JS, and copying material from the journal and other records into JS’s 1834–1836 history, Parrish acted as a scribe as JS translated portions of the Egyptian papyri that had arrived in Kirtland sometime in late June.
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Minute Book 1, 17–19 Aug. and 28–29 Sept. 1835; 2 Jan. and 12 Feb. 1836; Partridge, Journal, 21 Jan. 1836; JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1835; Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 446–449; Hauglid, Textual History of the Book of Abraham, 110.
Partridge, Edward. Journal, Jan. 1835–July 1836. Edward Partridge, Papers, 1818–1839. CHL. MS 892, box 1, fd. 2.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Hauglid, Brian M. A Textual History of the Book of Abraham: Manuscripts and Editions. Studies in the Book of Abraham, edited by John Gee and Brian M. Hauglid. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2010.
It is to these “ancient records” that the following revelation most likely refers.
Footnotes
[1]
Parrish was officially hired as JS’s personal scribe sixteen days earlier. (JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1835.)
[2]
See “Joseph Smith Documents from April 1834 through September 1835.”
[3]
“Joseph Smith Documents from April 1834 through September 1835;” Parkin, “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication,” 4–5; Amasa Lyman, Journal, June 1834; Smith, “History of George Albert Smith,” 29–31; Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 261; Burgess, Autobiography, 3.
Parkin, Max H. “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 15 (Fall 1997): 4–5.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
“History of George Albert Smith,” ca. 1857–1858. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 1.
Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.
Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.
[4]
Patten, Journal, 12 Sept. 1834.
Patten, David W. Journal, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 603.
[5]
David W. Patten and Warren Parrish, Paris, TN, to Oliver Cowdery, 11 Oct. 1834, in LDS Messenger and Advocate, Nov. 1834, 1:24; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Dec. 1834, 1:44; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Feb. 1835, 1:76; “A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Apr. 1835, 1:104. According to Wilford Woodruff, he and Parrish parted company on 23 July 1835. (Woodruff, Journal, 23 July 1835.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
[6]
Minutes, 17 Aug. 1835.
[7]
Minute Book 1, 17–19 Aug. and 28–29 Sept. 1835; 2 Jan. and 12 Feb. 1836; Partridge, Journal, 21 Jan. 1836; JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1835; Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 446–449; Hauglid, Textual History of the Book of Abraham, 110.
Partridge, Edward. Journal, Jan. 1835–July 1836. Edward Partridge, Papers, 1818–1839. CHL. MS 892, box 1, fd. 2.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Hauglid, Brian M. A Textual History of the Book of Abraham: Manuscripts and Editions. Studies in the Book of Abraham, edited by John Gee and Brian M. Hauglid. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2010.
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*Revelation, 14 November 1835
Journal, 1835–1836 History, 1834–1836 History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838] “History of Joseph Smith”
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Thus came the word of the Lord unto me saying:

verily thus saith the the Lord unto my servant Joseph concerning my servant
Warren [Parrish]
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, behold [p. 35]
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