| Joseph and other leaders
meet with New York brethren to raise men for Zion's Camp and funds to purchase
land and pay $2,000 of Kirtland debt. |
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| Date |
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March 17, 1834 |
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Kirtland council, 35–36. |
| Location |
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Avon, Livingston County, New York, house of Alvah
Beeman |
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| Description |
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… a conference of Elders assembled
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| [Presiding] |
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[Joseph Smith Jr.] |
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| Clerk |
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Orson Hyde |
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| Open |
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Joseph opens with prayer. |
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| High
priests present |
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Joseph Smith Jr.
Sidney Rigdon
Parley P. Pratt (h)
Lyman Wight
John Murdock
Orson
Pratt
Orson
Hyde
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| Elders present |
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Roger Orton
Isaac McWithey
Joseph Young
Harry Brown
Freeman Nickerson
Henry Shibly |
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Joseph introduces the
subject of the meeting, |
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Raise men for Zion's Camp
Raise money to buy land |
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to obtain young men and middle aged
to go and assist in the redemption of Zion according to the commandment,
and for the church to gather all their riches and send them to purchase
[43] lands according to the commandment of the Lord. |
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| Raise $2,000 for Kirtland debt |
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Also, to devise
means, or obtain moneys for the relief of the brethren in Kirtland; say
Two Thousand Dollars, which sum will deliver Kirtland from Debt for the
present, |
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| Decide mode of travel |
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and also to determine the course
which the several shall pursue or journey when they leave this place. |
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| Plan to raise $2,000 |
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Joseph proposes that Father Bosley and Brother McWithey go with him to see if the could persuade Brother Perry
to furnish the $2,000. The brethren vote that Brother R. Orton, Father Bosley,
Father Nickerson, and Father McWithey do everything they can to get the
money. They "firmly" believe that they can raise it by the first
of April. |
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Edmund Bosley
Roger Orton
Freeman Nickerson |
| Orson Hyde stay |
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Vote that Orson
Hyde remain and preach in the area
until the money is raised, then take it to Kirtland. |
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| Joseph, Sidney, Lyman return soon |
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Vote that Joseph, Sidney, and Lyman
Wight return to Kirtland soon for (D. P. Hurlbut trial). |
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| John Murdock and Orson Pratt to
preach en route |
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John Murdock and Orson Pratt are
to go to Kirtland, preaching as they go. |
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| Parley and Harry Brown raise funds |
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Parley Pratt and Harry Brown are
to raise funds for Zion among the churches in Black
River county.
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