| Presidents W. W. Phelps
and John Whitmer meet with the high council, bishop and counselors, and
apostles Thomas B. Marsh and David W. Patten. The presidents propose a
private meeting with the high council but the idea is rejected. Thomas
B. Marsh threatens to call a common council, but the presidents acquiesce.
David W. Patten characterizes their conduct as "iniquitous & fradulent
in the extreme." |
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| Date |
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April 5–6, 1837 |
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FWR, 109.
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| Location |
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Far West, Caldwell County,
Missouri. |
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| Description |
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The Council convened
agreeable to adjournment … |
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| Presidents |
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"… the aforementioned
Presidents" (presumably W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer) |
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| [Clerk] |
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[Not named] |
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| Present |
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Presidents W.
W. Phelps and John Whitmer
Bishop Edward Partridge and counselors
Apostles Thomas B. Marsh (h) and David
W. Patten (h)
Far West high council |
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counselors: Isaac Morley and John
Corrill |
| Open |
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Prayer |
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| Phelps
and Whitmer: meet privately |
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Before the official business
can begin, William and John propose the bishop and his counselors, and the
two apostles, leave. They insist on a private meeting with the high council. |
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| Opposed |
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All oppose the proposal.
The bishop and apostles insist they have a right to remain. |
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Phelps:
dissolve the council
Marsh counters |
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W. W. Phelps then says
he will dissolve the council. Apostle Thomas B. Marsh declares if the
council is dissolved he will prefer a charge against the two presidents "before
the Bishop & 12 High Priests." |
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A
bishop and twelve members of the High Priesthood constitute a common council.
¶ D&C 107:82 |
| Council
proceeds |
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The two presidents then
agree to let all present remain, and the investigation begins. |
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| Rebuke |
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The council is not satisfied
with the pair's answers to the nine items. The council and others "strongly
rebuke the late improper proceedings of the Presidents." |
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| Patten
indignant: iniquity, fraud |
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[David W. Patten:] spoke
against them with apparent indignation: stating that these proceedings had
been had been iniquitous & fradulent in the extreme, in unrighteously
appropriating Church funds to their own emolument which had been plainly
proven. |
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| April
6 |
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April 6th was occupied
in like discussions. |
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Minutes of April 8, 1837
Minutes of April 6, 1837
Far West Minutes
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