Minutes of the October 1848 Great Salt Lake Valley General Conference

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This file preserves a complete transcription of Thomas Bullock's 17-leaf "General Conference minutes, Salt Lake City" (CR 100 318), Historian's Office general Church minutes, covering the October 1848 General Conference in the Bowery at Great Salt Lake City — the opening on Friday, October 6, and the adjourned Sunday sessions of October 8, 15, 22, and 29 — together with the revised fair copy of Brigham Young's October 8 address (leaves 14-17). Leaves are numbered 1-17 in catalog-viewer order (image files CR 100 318_2_11_1.jpg through _2_11_17.jpg). Two readings in this file's earlier partial transcription ("Special Conference," "10 1/2 A.M.") are corrected below against the scan. ¶

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• Bracketed expansions (e.g. b[re]th[re]n, sec[onde]d) expand Bullock's abbreviations; original spelling and punctuation are otherwise preserved.

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Source: Historian's Office general Church minutes, "General Conference minutes, Salt Lake City" (CR 100 318, 17 leaves, recorded by Thomas Bullock). Transcribed 2026-07-24 by direct reading of the CHL leaf images; see fidelity_notes for method. ¶

Leaf 1 (file _2_11_1)

6th Oct. 1848. 10 A.M. ¶

a cannon being fired the ^General Conference convened in the Bowery of the Great Salt Lake City ¶

Present B. Young, H. C. Kimball ¶

Pres[iden]t Young. accord[in]g to app[ointmen]t & expec[tation] I av come here to att[en]d to bus of our Sem[i] annual Conf. -- the Conf we ou[ght] to att[en]d to in preference to [duties] - on all such occasions where there r conflicting ap[pointmen]ts. the [people] ought to no how to manage such bus - some r gone to the Timber &c & if this Conf adj[ourn]s. the Conf itself must adj[our]n themselves if they think fit to accomodate the b[re]th[re]n of the Bat[talion]. its the [people] that as to sa[y] whe[the]r they will adj[our]n or not - I propose we open the Conf. - & adj[our]n from time to time to suit the feel[in]gs of the [people] - I now propose we open the Conf & the Choir to sing a hymn Choir sung a hymn - & Come all ye Sons of Zion - Prayer by Pres[iden]t B.Young. Choir sang ano[the]r hymn B.Young I propose we adj[our]n our Conf. till Sunday morn[in]g at 10 a m W. W. Phel[p]s[?] motion we adjourn H.C.K sec[on]ds the motion - the [people] voted it. when Pres[iden]t Y. s[ai]d the Conf is adj[ourne]d until Sunday morning next. - the b[re]th[re]n of the Bat[talion] consider your meeting open for bus: ¶

Sunday 8 Oct. 1848 Temple Bell rung at 1/2 past 10 & at 11 - the people rather dilatory in coming together Pres.Young called the attention of the [people], & to come to order. - the b[re]th[re]n to sing a hymn to open the meeting When they were singing a hymn. P. P. Pratt came to stand followed by J.Taylor Prayer by Elder Taylor - when Choir sung ano[the]r hymn - ¶

Pres[iden]t Young then resumed the bus. of the Conf. - which was com[mence]d on the 6th & adj[ourne]d to this A.M. [I] wo[ul]d av been happy if the [people] wo[ul]d av been at the ap[pointe]d times. - but we will now resume the bus - (H C K came on the stand) we shall not be able to do all the bus. today - we shall adj[our]n from Sabbath to Sabbath until the b[re]th[re]n who r coming here come & assist us to close it up. I wo[ul]d exhort the b[re]th[re]n & sis to come at the time ap[pointe]d. - they were deceived 1/2 an hour in the bell - & 3/4 of an hour after last bell to the time they were settled - the bus will be to present to the [people] the auth[oritie]s of the Ch. - I will sa[y] when we resided at W.Q. it was taken into consi[deration] the nec[essit]y of [a] 1st Pres[idenc]y - we shall omit reading the minutes as the boxes r not unpacked. - or we sho[ul]d be glad to av read them to the [people] - I will sa[y] we built a small Log Tabernacle to contain 1200 - & we shall build a house ¶

P. P. Pratt rose to ment[io]n the 1st thing of bus: I nominate Brigham You[ng] as the 1st Pres[iden]t of the Ch of J C of L D S. — H C K sec[onde]d it — all hands up —— " — H C K to be Pres[iden]t Young's 1st Councillor — C. C. Rich sec[onde]d. —— do —— —— " — W R - —— " —— 2nd —— " —— do —— John Smith be the 1st Pat[riarch] of the Ch of J C. bef[ore] the martyrdom of J & H - Fa[the]r Smith held the keys over the whole Ch - he fell by [succession?] - the Pat keys fell by inheritance & ord[inatio]n on W[illia]m Smith - as the nearest heir - this Pat office descends from Fa[the]r to Son & they being taken as well as Fa[the]r Jos - but in consequence of things that transpired - they rest upon Fa[the]r John Smith & he sho[ul]d be called to this off[ice] & ord[aine]d thereto. we nominate him to hold the Office of Patriarch [over] the whole Ch of J C of L D. S. - H.C.K sec[onde]d - do. ¶

B.Y rose. Im going to talk upon the prin: of the P[riesthood]. - of the Keys of the P. - if I teach any thing I dont understand. & any body else understand I want them to tell the whys & the wherefores - those who r spiritually minded can understand it with ease — the El[ders] of Is[rael] r in deep mystery of many things pert[ainin]g to godliness - the mystery then ^[in the days of Christ] was that ^[the Son of God] [struck: the L J C] co[ul]d take a tabernacle of flesh - its no mystery at all - Paul knew that God Al[mighty] had the power to beget the body with[ou]t asking aid of any man to do it. - he has an [array] of qualifications beyond your conceptions the P. is a mystery to many of the El[ders] of Is[rael] - it is as plain & simple as the [law] - ask any woman or child. how r you going to get a rem[ission] of your sins why they will all say be bap[tize]d - & all chil[dren] will tell you to lay on hands for the gift of the H. G - all the order of the K[ingdom] of God is as simple as the A B C to old School teachers - ^[when understood] well reg[ulated] to power & auth[orit]y. I am going to teach you - there is a good deal s[ai]d ab[ou]t power & auth[orit]y & now Im going to tell you a mystery - the P. — the 12000[?] as few or as many men who av obeyed the gospel of [struck: C] ^[& is ord'd] are [Elders?] of J.C. - as all the Keys & power & auth[orit]y that ever was conf[erred on] mortal man ^[the right of acting is, when he is required at the h[and?] of the L[or]d.] - if there is 1. - there is 1 only. - or 12 - or all the 70 or as many as ord[aine]d ab[ou]t - they av all the power & auth[orit]y ever committed to man, until he passes thro the res[urrectio]n. - no man can [reach] the res[urrectio]n & the power [there]of we can then teach it & bring men up to the noledg of it. now for proof - & no men cant produce Scripture to [overturn?] ¶

Leaf 2 (file _2_11_2)

[B. Young's discourse continues] ¶

many of you will rember I taut this the 1st sermon after Jos's death - Jos[eph] had angels to visit him - the L[or]d visited him in the visions of the ^[spirit] [struck: heaven] - ^[converse] [struck: confers] with him - with[ou]t bearing it in his corruptible body - he had all this y[ea]r after y[ea]r. - the L[or]d sent mess[enger]s & ord[aine]d him ^[to the lesser P.] he had all the [keys] conferred on him ^[all this was conf. upon him yet he had not the keys to build up the K of God[?]] he was faithful & was then ord. to an Apostle - he was never [ordained] to any thing but an Apost[le] - he ord[aine]d O.C[owdery] - to be 2nd El[der] & 1[st] Apos[tle] - & he only rec[eive]d it at that tim[e]. & the L[or]d added light wisdom & strength - he grew in grace, in the noledg of the truth. - he rec[eive]d rev[elatio]ns to appoint Pat[riarch]s in the Ch - my Fa[the]r was the 1st man that was a Patriarch [after Father Smith?] - Jos[eph] told us to call the fam[ily] tog[ethe]r. - he ord[aine]d Fa[the]r Young [as] a Patriarch he had a rev[elatio]n dictating him how to control the affairs - he blest them ag[ai]n & had a record kept of them — you have seen the rise of O. C[owdery] - new his 1st walk & downfall - [struck: but] he was ord[aine]d an Apos[tle] as well as Joseph. - & he was trying to make God angels & men bel[ieve] he was as big as J. S. - & it will be the same with all the Apost. in these last days - God set J S to dictate O. - he was 1st. & God made him so. - & God made me 1st with the 12 - & I can just walk over all opposit[io]n. - we had nocked off the K with one hand tied - & the L[or]d told us we sho[ul]d fall if we did not av a 1st Pres[idenc]y. - they av just as much power as I av[?] - but God as told me to lead them & not them to lead ^[me] [struck: them] - who stod & defended this [people] - who of the Apos[tles] defended this K[ingdom] when Sydney was going to lead this [people] to hell - I magnified my calling. - & scarce a man stood by me. - ^[to breast the battle] I went up to the dam - there was a mighty flood of prayers that we mi[ght] get home - I stood up. - & av done the best I co[ul]d ever since - & always shall do - when I magnify my calling Im not to be put down by influence. - you cant put any greater power on an apos[tle] - but he ma[y] be sent to one place or ano[the]r ^[to do this that or the other] - Iv seen men magnify their calling day bef[ore] yesterday & a precious dust Cl[ou]d - (excuse me b[re]th[re]n) At Jos's death - the 1st Conf - the 12 was ack[nowledge]d the 1st Pres[idenc]y of the Ch. - from that time to the da[y] that here was a 1st Pres[idenc]y ap[pointe]d - you co[ul]d not catch me dictating the affairs of the K[ingdom]: with[ou]t hav[in]g a Quo of the 12 by ^[me] in 15 min: I like to av men av power influence & noledg & av the heavens open to them - & I wo[ul]d to God that every man & woman wo[ul]d so live as to av the heavens open to them continually. - I want to live right in the pres[ence] of the Al[mighty] - & then they will witness to me that Im right. - you never catched B with[ou]t [his] hands - Quo of the 12 - all was done by the [voice] of the 12[?] they stuck tog[ethe]r till last april Conf - now says I magnify your calling - go to the nations of the Earth. the word now is O ye El[ders] of Is[rael] wake up rise up & shake yourselves - cease your levity & think of the souls of men - rise up & shake off your lethargy & be ready to preach the gos[pel] to the chil[dren] of men - this is the bus of this [people] we took into consi[deratio]n the propriety of Uncle John Smith be the Pat of Ch. - we av unanimously voted that he sho[ul]d hold the keys over the Pat P[riesthood]. - he has got to rece[ive] the [ordination] of the 1st Pres[idenc]y or he dont av it. he aint got the keys yet. - how is bro B going to preside over this [people] - read in the rev[elatio]n the man or men who shall be upheld by this [people] & ord[aine]d to that power - if bro Tay[lor] or bro Pratt were the men they co[ul]d not rec[eive] any more power than they av got. - but Fa[the]r Smith as got to rec[eive] the ord[inatio]n & then he will act in the place of bro Hy[rum] - W[illia]m forfeited it by his wickedness - he made shipwreck of his faith. - I dont consider I av any legal heir[ship] to any thing but what the Al[mighty] gives me I hope he will give me prudence to use it - it is the pleasure of this [people] to put it on to Fa[the]r John Smith - Uncle John is not as old as Uncle Asahel - but we'll look over this stick & give it Uncle John - we please to place him there - & if he gives it to G[?] we wont care ab[ou]t that - & with every man wo[ul]d use his influence & power - & magnify his calling & the [people] will love him - when bro Patten came to ordain me a H. P. s[ai]d shew me an Elder that will magnify his office & I feel to worship him - he wo[ul]d speak by the H. G. & live by that power & it wo[ul]d be like melted lead running into a [mould] & they co[ul]d not help themselves - all [that is asked] of the [people] is to do as they aught to do & give all their energies to maintain what is called "mormonism". - I dont care what the L[or]d. is going to do with me - but I want to do as right as I can - overlook each o[the]rs faults & do as well as you can. - now ill sit down — ¶

H C K rose a word concer[nin]g Pat[riarch] John Smith - as he is ack[nowledged] by the [people] - I think it advisable for him to be released from his Office as a Pres[iden]t over this [people] - it is almost impossible for the old Gent to do both - B Young I move that we release Fa[the]r John Smith from his former office as Pres[iden]t of this Stake - sec[onde]d - clean vote " I move that Charles C. Rich take the Place of John Smith as the Pres[iden]t over the Ch here sec[onde]d do - C.C.Rich nominated John Young as [struck: one of] his 1st Co[unselor] - mot[ione]d & sec[onde]d clear vote " ————— Erastus Snow ————— 2nd Co[unselor] — do — do — do — H C K - let all the b[re]th[re]n & sis amalgamate their feelings & let us be one - either vote one way or the o[the]r - let us manifest it by uniting our faith energies & works tog[ethe]r H C K we la[y] bef[ore] the Conf the names of the Quo of the 12 — I will present bef[ore] you O. H[yde] call you - who r in favor of O. Hyde remaining as one of the 12 — all up ————— P P Pratt ————————— all up ————— O Pratt ————————— all up ————— Lyman Wight B.Y. since L W left as we av held to him by our faith - he as not been cut off - we heard from him last winter he was in Texas building mills & doing very well among the Camanches. we got the news from a bro Thomas who went to Texas last fall. - he went within 70 miles of him & conversed about him - Geo Miller went to join him to build up ¶

Leaf 3 (file _2_11_3)

[B. Young's report of Lyman Wight concludes] ¶

Zion in Texas - & the cal[culation] was to sell out & come to this place. - [he?] can stand it so long - & then as to take a bee line & come to the Ch ag[ai]n. he s[ai]d any body that wo[ul]d be such a d[amne]d fool as to go an inch after such a stick as[?] they might go to hell - & [for?] he wo[ul]d not go an inch to save them - I want to let [him] go & he['s] not only the wild ram of the mountains but he's the Lion in the thicket. - when he comes he will [wander?] to and[?] still & say nothing he's done the best he co[ul]d H C K I am still in favor of holding on to bro Lyman Wight & I present him as one of the 12[?] ¶

I present { John Taylor as one of the 12 Apos: ————— all up ————— { Wilford Woodruff 2[nd] ————————— do ————— A Lyman 3[rd] ————————— do ————— G. A Smith ———— ————— E T Benson ————————— do ¶

I present the 1st Pres[idents] of the 70 ————— Joseph Y[ou]ng as the Senior Pres[iden]t of the 70 ————— do ————— Levi Hancock 2nd member ————— do ————— Zera Pulzipher 3[r]d ————— do ————— Henry Herriman - 4 ————— do ————— Jedediah M Grant 5 ————— do ————— Albert P. Rockwood 6 ————— do ————— Benj[ami]n L. Clapp 7 ————— do ¶

Charles C. Rich presented Henry G. Sherwood as one of the Hi Council of this Place d[o] ————— Levi Jackman ————— do ————— Daniel Spencer ————— do ————— Ira Eldridge ————— do ————— Shadrach Roundy ————— [do] ————— William Snow ————— do ————— John Murdock ————— do ————— Lewis Abbott ————— do ————— Edson Whipple ————— du[do] ————— John Vance ————— do ————— Abram O. Smoot ————— do ¶

then called up name of Thomas Grover - there was a diff[erence] betw[een] him & bro Dewel - the decision was that he be suspended by council until conf. - B.Y. moves that the case of bro Tho[ma]s Grover be referred back to the Council. P. P. Pratt sec[onde]d — clear vote B.Y moves for an adj[ournmen]t for an hour H C K sec[onde]d carried - Benediction by C. C. Rich - 25 min: past 1 - ¶

afternoon meeting on the stand Pres[iden]t Young, Kimball, - John Taylor - Choir sung the Pioneer hymn - also "Come ye that love the Lord" P. P. Pratt came on stand - Prayer by H. C. Kimball Choir sung "The Spirit of God" - H.C.K. bro[ugh]t up the case of Bishop Whitney & [which?] to wit [we] will continue him in his office as Bishop of the Ch - sec[onded] - carr[ie]d. Bro. Carrington called for the arrears of postage - & the Field Guard will be p[ai]d by a tax on the cultivated acre - the hired fence arrears 65[.]00[?] & the fence repaired, must be paid bro. Seely - B.Young wants to ask a question ab[ou]t the fence. - must they pay for fencing & lose the rails - Carrington they own the number of poles they pay for - B. [Young] - If we r not a bearing bur[t]hen [people] I want to no who r. if I saw a Wagon in the mud I sho[ul]d help to pull it out if you work unequally tog[ethe]r it comes hard - I now ask this Conf. if they wish to look into bus matters concerning living tog[ethe]r or whe[the]r they shall [hark?] each o[the]r & gauge each o[the]r. I want to no if this community will inquire into mechanics tradesmen &c or shall we look for the general good of the community. (all hands up - to look for the general good.) I am going to be in the [struck: tracks] heels of every gauger that comes into this valley. - there r two instances that came with me - Jos. Gibbs[?] is one & Andrew Cahoon is ano[the]r. - I am not to be bought with money, nor bribed with [Stores?] - now they wont ask me council in the 1st instance. - 50 for brown factory[?] - you who av lived on crickets & Wolves I want to gauge you & cut all you av. - I am death on all such gauging. - thats one item Im going to look into. - I went into Frank Pullens brick yard to make a bargain for bricks & dobies. - I tho[ugh]t it was good for a few brick - one man s[ai]d there shant a dobie or brick go from this yard until they r p[ai]d. they wont divide their dobies. - nor take them - if you want to cramp me into a vice I swear I want to [leave?] you. - if Cahoon is not worthy of the pay let him go & never hire him. - if the whole community say I shall look into these things I shall - (loud shouts of yes) [struck: & I] I say Frank Pullen shant pay any man in any thing but dobies. the things that wont pay him - now make things equal & make them right - now if any o[the]r man sets up a shop to have ten times the pay for it. - I swear I'll tear the roof off ¶

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[Bullock's page number "4"; B. Young concludes] ¶

[struck: now] if I [was to] allow a man to gauge & get rich - it wo[ul]d not be long before they wo[ul]d av their Servants & handmaids - stick on their brands into Babylon & rake up all the devils out of hell - - I sa[y] its right - if you do iniquity you will be cut down & cast into line - if [we was] to sit down here & submit the God Almighty will burn us out - W.W. Phelps I motion that every mechanics work pays them & the Pres[iden]t overlooks them - sec[onde]d ^[carried] B.Y I want to see a community live with[ou]t Sheriff, Officer, or any small [laws]. & to see a community where a Hi Council dont want to sit once a 6 months - or a Bishop either - its a stink in my nose, & in the [nostrils of the] Al[mighty]. & all Holy Angels. - why its the St[in]k of the world - I shall look into all those bus: community. I wont suffer this community to gull or be gulled - or the Al[mighty] will sift us & we be sifted. we never ad a place that we co[ul]d call a city to the L[or]d. - & we r in the midst of Israel - it behoves us to look out that every man & every woman does right - ¶

H.C.K. is not naturally more religious than many other persons - my Sp[irit?] runs with my Pres[iden]t - we av always been one in Sp[irit?] - whe[the]r tog[ethe]r or alone & I pray it may be so thro[ugh]out all the E[terni]t[ie]s - & Eternities - & this [people] to be one with us - I av felt sorrowful on acc[oun]t of our afflictions - & instead of my celebrating my entrance with rioting I celebrate it with prayer & thanksgiving - & when a child is born into the world, pray over it & dedicate it unto the L[or]d. - I feel we shall devote ourselves to the [pursuit] of right - & those who av neglected prayer let them begin now - I bel[ieve] God will change the weather from cold to warm - he can make the rain or withhold - I bel[ieve] in Elijahs God - no [one] need be discouraged or disheartened - I dont want many laws made - one man can be just as righteous as ano[the]r. - I strive to br[in]g myself into subjection to the will of God. - I am glad my Pres[iden]t has spoken as he has - about the dobies - gold & Silver is poor stuff - you cant eat it. the Gold & Silver will prove a curse to California - ¶

Erastus Snow the things we av heard r good, & exactly in place - it makes me rejoice that the [people] r in favor of righteousness - as long as the voice of the [people] is to choose good & refuse iniquity we no it is good - but when they choose iniquity then the wrath of God cometh on us &c ¶

C.C.Rich spoke of securing the Grain, & using it carefully - B.Y[oun]g I motion that we [struck: elect] appoint six judicious men to save the crops - take up all the Cattle doing mischief - the owners pay the damage. - & 50 to the man who takes them up - seconded H.C.K. — Carried - & nominated Almon L. Fulmer as one of the men — & Pres[iden]t Young & the High Council select more if necessary - Elias Gardner Hosea Stout David Pettigrew Joseph Murdock & spoke of W[illia]m Marks of Nauvoo having no hogs until they were shot - its astonishing to see men & women who cant see the crops being destroyed - it is marvellous to me, that they av no forethought - ¶

B.Y. Tomorrow if all is well we want to go [to] work to make Dobies for the Council house. last Sabbath it was voted that we build a Council house by tithing - then shall we build a Council house this fall all hands up ———— " ———— [to be] by tithing ———— do — it is a public building & aught to be built by tithing - we want enough of Dobies to build a Council house 45 feet square & 20 feet hi. - we r going to av nice warm weather & no frosty nights - for Dobies to get Stone Wilber Earl John D. Lee James [Case?] & Sly[?] all winter James Case 4 days in com[ing?] John Harvey regular hand W[illia]m P. Vance 10 days Cyrenus Taylor { 100 Dobies / 5 Days work Carpenter Brigham young James Brown 10 days Stephen Taylor 5 Days work Helen & Kimball[?] Tho[ma]s Williams 5 days in com Albert Tuttle 4.00 in [food?] Edwin R Westover 10 days - Vincent Shirtleff 5 days in com Samuel H. Rodgers this week - I will just leave it - & when we call on you to pay tithing - if you dont do it - its between you & the Lord - now if you wont do it. - I will hire you - for the Council house has to be built this fall - I hope & trust we'll yet see the day when every man will walk in the path - ¶

P.P.Pratt gave out the loss of a yoke of Cattle - Chain & yoke - B.Young has 5 stray oxen in his possession - no mark on them B.Young motion that we adjourn until this day week - at this place at 10 a. m. sec[onded] carried John Taylor rejoiced at the Conf thus far & coincides with all that has been done & say Amen to it - - God bless you all for ever & ever - amen - Benediction by C. C. Rich ¶

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[Bullock's page number "(5)"] ¶

Oct 15. 1848 - 11 a m - ¶

Conference was assembled in the bowery pursuant to adj[ournmen]t of last Sabbath Present - B.Young, Kimball, Pratt, Taylor - Pat. Isaac Morley. C.C. Rich. John Young & Hi Council Meeting was called to order by El John Young - & requesting the Choir to sing a hymn - Choir sung "How glad & blest was I" Prayer by El: John Young - - Choir sung another hymn - (Erastus Snow -) Pres[iden]t Young called El. Addison Pratt to the stand. ¶

Pres[iden]t Young then arose & spoke of the L[or]d hav[ing] planted us in the mountains - & beholding the day. & his [thick?] [illegible] to & too - Chastisem[en]ts dealt out as well as mercies - no chastis[emen]t is joyous at the time of rec[eiving] the chastis[emen]t alth[ough] we [have] rec[eive]d the chastis[emen]t & [are] filled with resig[nation] & all is over - he feels an inc[rease] of the Sp in him & enables him to bear it with patience & the Apos[tle] says no chastis[emen]t is joyous but grievous but after he is exercised thereby it yields the peaceable fruits of the Sp. - - the willo[w] r rods in the [hand] of the L[or]d to chastise his [people] - & the Apos[tle] says he that is not chastened r bastards & not Sons - & this brings me to the law of tithing its an eternal law to the chil[dren] of God whe[the]r they practice it or not - we av [heard] something on tithing. - provided I had been here the Season past - [I] wo[ul]d [have] [given] to the L[or]d. the first fruits of the Earth or wo[ul]d [I] - will I give to the L[or]d. the first fruits myself or keep it myself - until I av got a 3[r]d or 4th crop. & plenty for ourselves - I leave it to you for your own reflections whe[the]r you will do it or not - ¶

H.C.K - I am among those who r chosen to govern lead & dictate this [people] lay the things bef[ore] the [people] to do it. if we see a thing wanting & we do not la[y] it bef[ore] the [people] the sin wo[ul]d be on us - but I no that every man & woman every son & daut[er] of Adam will take of the 1st fruits of the valley & give it to the L[or]d. - he loves good things as well as we & he furnishes the seed [all] we av is lent to us - & all he requires is the usury he requires of us - & let no man or woman take a course for usury - let no man go to the bishop & begin to screw the L[or]d. as if he was one of us. those men who av come here I mean that the seed shall be tithed even if. I av to turn round & buy it. of the Bish[op] of [the] L[or]d & pay cash - if we dont do it [I believe?] he wont excep[t] our tithes next year. - I actually bel[ieve]. you will av more Carrots & Beets if you pay it than if you dont. & I no it will av more nourishm[en]t. - dont put the shire on the belly down & take a 9th out of a [1/2] bush[el] - give it rounding measure to the L[or]d now is the time for us to be careful - let us trust in God & be of one heart & mind & be careful to listen to the council from this Stand. - let us av the dish ri[ght] side up to catch all thats good - if [I ha]d but ten kernels of corn [I] wo[ul]d give one of them ¶

John Taylor. its a prin[ciple] I always bel[ieved] in. & bef[ore] the time it was inst[itute]d in Ch of J C of L D S. if you av not a deal it will take less tithing. its not a hard thing to p[ar]t with [a] [little?] - but its hard when there is a great deal & [yet?] it is the L[or]d that controls all things - he can send crickets & mildew to spoil our labors - I wo[ul]d rat[her] give tenth to L[or]d than [give] to the crickets - or 1/10 to L[or]d than lose 1/2 by drouth - we can then call in the L[or]d for our prayers will come up as a sweet memorial bef[ore] the L[or]d. - & he will ans[we]r our prayers now begin commence & carry out the thing to the L[or]d. ¶

T.Bullock then read minutes of Conf. & a letter from El Pratt & Grouard in the Pacific Ocean - ¶

Pres[iden]t Young then rose & spoke no man can experience their feelings unless they r in similar situations - I av never been on a mission to a [people] of ano[the]r tongue, or I ma[y] no their feelings - I approve of the l[ette]r its written in a good Sp & I sa[y] to the El of Israel go & [en]j[o]y it, & then they will no their feelings - but bro Pratt now knows the reason why they av not heard from us - we av heard from them. we av never got a l[ette]r to them - letters & piles of books av been sent to them - but they were never seen by El Pratt as the missionaries av taken care of them - but we['ll] tell bro Grouard - we'll send bro Pratt with ab[ou]t 20 good El[ders] with their fam: we can prevent the obstruction that has hitherto been. - bro Pratt & Grouard av done good beginn[in]g - & then the good missionaries will not be [unknown?] in a few days & they cant steal the l[ette]rs & rob the Post Office - ¶

Ad. Pratt - the cause of us not hearing from the Ch is now unravelled - the paper[s] books & l[ette]rs av fallen in the [hands] of the missionaries - Mr. Chapman the American agent has ack[nowledged] that piles of "the Prophet" & S[?] books av been distributed - he s[ai]d they were always sent to him - & not to us. - I now know whe[re] they came from - when on my wa[y] home - the Brooklyn had been at the Sandwich Islands - bro Brannan presented Mr. Damon[?] with ab[ou]t 48.00 - he then tho[ugh]t he co[ul]d be a little liberal - he ack[nowledged] he had many l[ette]rs & papers for us. at San Francisco a l[ette]r of 1843 overtook me. - I am perfectly satisfied. that these men & devils kept every thing out of our ways. - as bro Joseph describes a man being in doubt as being in hell. - El[ders] who go out now will be under every difficult circes [circumstances] - there r many groups of Islands in the Pacific Ocean & more so, than when we first went - one Whaler from Tubui told me of a group of Is[lands] - not long since discovered. - a Ship had been wrecked, the mate was a morman went to work a preaching & now all the [people] r Mormons (what a pity) & (a laf) - we also learnt of some b[re]th[re]n at Sydney. & at New Holland - we learnt by Cap Shalton[?], an Englishman, he enquired. - what a source of satisfaction to keep up a communicat[io]n - if El[ders] r sent out now. they will be placed under very diff[eren]t circes. - they were building a vessel to carry the Mormon El[ders] from Is[land] to Island. the natives r ready & willing. - we av Carpenters & blacksmiths [who] wo[ul]d work to each o[the]rs [hands] - the nativ[e]s r like these Indians. they av a great country but get no good out of it. - they av a congenial clime. - as soon as the seed is ripe enough they plant it again. - they cannot labor all the day, but more than [people] do do. a great variety Breadfruit Bananas oranges Lemons, & most of the tropical fruits. - & peculiarly adapted to figs & grapes - ¶

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[Bullock's page number "(6)"; Addison Pratt continues] ¶

no frost or Snow - & when its cold they go to bed to keep themselves warm (laf) - they av no fire places & go to bed - the principle fruit is Tara [taro] - in the U.S. called Wild Turnip - when its cooked its very pleasant & nutritious food - they use it as the quintescence of all animal food. - it is one. of the prettiest sights I ever saw of vegetable fruit. - the banana & cocoa nut trees r all butiful. - in most luxuriant state - vegetation is always green Pres[iden]t Young requested him to preach the first principles faith, baptism &c - As you dont understand it - it will be hard to begin - (spoke a few words) - I will tell you the effect of our preaching. - I av seen some [people] so old as to lose the use of their eyelids. - they wo[ul]d take their fingers - open their lids - & when they av seen you they drop them ag[ai]n. - I never knew white men live so old as th[em] the old man had Son - Great Grandson & G[rea]t Grandson[s] - he had lived 'till so old that he was going to die, without. any disease. - each village wanted us to settle with them - if we spent 8 days at one place & did not do at the o[the]r. they wo[ul]d be jealous that they ad lost one days instru[ction] - the old man ^[when going to death] was in perfect health. he s[ai]d I av lived to the end of my time. - my sight is gone - & my hearing nearly gone. I want to no what is to become of me. - I want to talk with you bef[ore] I leave the world. - when I was y[ou]ng I was a ravenous ungovernable creature - a great warrior & used to slay & eat my fellow b[ein]gs I knew no better -. I told him that the time of this ignorance God winked at - but when the light came - you left off your wicked deeds & obeyed the gospel. - he learnt to read & preach & was like a fa[the]r to the [people]. - he s[ai]d I av kept the commands of the book the bible. he did not fear any thing. - [he said] I['ll] lie down & die in peace - & he was satisfied - I went awa[y] - & he lay down & died bef[ore] night. - he was very anxious to av more El[ders] sent to the Chain Island group. - it is a grand curiosity - the lagoons - its where they dive up the Pearl shells. - he s[ai]d we want you to send out El[ders] to live on Cocoa nuts & go among the Is[landers]. & live on Cocoa nuts & Fish. - the Society r all a very fertile group. - the Cocoa nut to the native is all. that a Cow can be to us. they drink they build houses - leaves thatch the house. - they use the Cocoa nuts in 3 diff[eren]t stages. - the milk of a ripe cocoa nut is not palatable - for 9 months I never drunk a pint of water, tea or coffee - at the Island I was 203 1/2 [lbs] but now not more than 170 I was 19 months on Tubui - they never came in without avi[n]g some diff[eren]t kind of fish to what they ad ad bef[ore]. - & they s[ai]d there was not a native who knew all the diff[eren]t varieties. - 11 kind of Eels. - some thicker than the [posts] that support the bowery. - so large that the Natives dare not meddle with them - ¶

B.Y[ou]ng I move we send some Elders there H C K I second the motion - "I motion there be some El: sent to every group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean & to Sydney & the East Indies & China" El that go out & behave like men will be treated with civility & kindness - but be careful of the missionaries - look out for Christians. - I wo[ul]d ra[the]r come in contact with the devil any time - B.Y. I amend the motion - I move we send bro Pratt - as many of the 70. & Hi Priests as we can then send to New Holland - East Indies - China - & to all the world as soon as we can - H C K sec[onde]d & carried let us av the names of the Hi Priests - bro Rich will you attend to it. - (Yes) - let the Pres[idents] of 70 call up all their Quo[rum]s: let all the 70 meet bro Hancock after meeting. & let the El report themselves to O. M. Duel & Lemuel Herman[?] - I move for an adj[ournment] of one hour - We want the Q[uorums] of 70: gathered up & get up some preaching meetings & shake off some of this rust that is on them - some of their gifts & tongues. - I dont fiddle & dance myself so dusty & rusty that I dont no what gifts I av - they dont no if they av any edge on them. - & see if there's any men that can preach the gospel - let bro Hancock see if he can get out some of the gifts among the men - I tell you one thing - this [people] profess to be S[ain]ts & if [we] dont walk as Saints we shall be in trouble - if there goes 70 El - there will go 70 legion of devils to keep them in order — & then blessed the [people] with uplifted hands ¶

P. M. Meeting Present. Young. Kimball, Pratt, Taylor — Rich, Taylor, Choir sung a hymn Prayer by Andrew Cahoon Choir then sung another hymn — on mountain tops the mount of God" Pres[iden]t Young then requested El Andrew Cahoon to speak a little while - among other things spoke of his whipping last Sunday - [accused] of little, mean picayunish Sp, & if men deals on a little narrow mean prin: lets upset him, I sa[y] so - every thing I av got to live on I wanted to give them all they wanted. - I despise an underhanded mean picayunish Sp in trading - I did not bring enough to satisfy the wants of ten families - if any think they av paid more for a [pound] of Sugar or a yard of Calico, than they aught to, come back, & I'll make it right with you. - I've come here with as good a design as I went any where. & if I've missed the figure I want to pick up. - I despise to see a man establish his own prin: of dealing - let things be on an equality - if my heart is wrong I'm mistaken - I wo[ul]d not wrong, nor take a farthing from a bro. I did not establish the prices. - I feel as tho I wanted to bless you & I want you to bless me. - I go in for having fair play - ¶

[transcriber's note: the speech following "requested El Andrew Cahoon to speak" is evidently Cahoon's own reply to the public rebuke of gaugers (naming him) in the Oct 8 session.] ¶

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[Bullock's page number "(7.)"] ¶

C.C.Rich then rose & spoke concerning rules & regulations about this Fort. - Council pas[se]d a law placing a fine on a person riding faster than a common walk. - duty of parents to children. - if they dont realize their duty to them now, they will realize it in a time to come - it has been recommend[e]d to be baptized & renew their Cov[enan]ts & appointed next Sunday morning &[to] continue from time to time till all are baptized - whatever aught to be done is the thing that is right & aught to be att[ende]d to. . [struck: the people to take] & called on the [people] to take care of their cattle. - no liberty given to herd in the field. - those who av found lost property to take it to Cap[t]. Higgins - ¶

Pres[iden]t Y[ou]ng spoke of the 5 acre plot. - will be ready to be drawn tog[ethe]r tomorrow morning - shall 4 men do it. if you wish to draw for yourselves or appoint 4 men - H.C.K I motion that this be left in the hands of 4 & Bishops - P.Pratt sec[onded] - Bishop Hunter } Whitney } all motioned seconded & carried at once - I. Higbee } Lewis } ¶

I am going to fill up Plot B. - if your name comes on the lots of Twin Peak I will not do it - its an insult to me - to keep a scratching [struck: out] & cutting in. I tell you I will not change another mans name - you must either take the lots or wait until we lay off ano[the]r City. - go back to Kirtland or Nauvoo & [you] can get a 1/4 of acre for 500 or 1000 & you wo[ul]d almost kiss his foot. - but here it costs nothing. - its an insult to me - wound me - & dont make a dog of me - every man wants to no whe[re] his farm or lot is. - after we av all the land laid off I dare say they wont plow for weeks. - if you dont build here soon I shall put others on that will build. - there is not a man or woman but will get precisely what they merit or demerit. - dont fret about an inheritance. - the righteous will inherit the world when it is purified. - r[emem]ber there r cha[racter]s beyond this vale of tears that register all your deeds be sure you av an inheritance incorruptible. beyond the vale which fadeth not away. - we tell you the 12 were baptized & all. who came in with us followed suit. - & we [say] to all who av now come in follow suit. serve the L[or]d with upright heart. deal out mercifully with him & av no difficulty. av no occasion for a Hi Council or a Bishops court. - av the law written on the tablet of your heart. - & let the Officers be in your bosom. - how much lost time av you av to train & guard ourselves from the mob. - you had to spend half your time to keep off the infernal rascals from Galling you. - now go a head, build up, tear the Earth to pieces. - what do you think about tithing - if I co[ul]d bring every man & woman to the place where they co[ul]d no the [Word] & will of the L[or]d concerning them - they wo[ul]d walk in the light & not in darkness. I no just what they ought to - now for the Big field. we want to take off a strip of [land] for a large farm. - there will be flocks & herds turned in for tithing. - we want a man to look after it Bish Whitney. I mean him - to take care of the farm. - I take care of myself. - if a man is a right go ahead sort of a man in this K[ingdom]. - devote all his time - support himself. & throw a little out to help others. - after devoting themselves to serve all the time. - the Sheep must be sheared to keep the good Shepherd. - but in this K. it requires the good Shepherd to be shorn 6 times to keep the Sheep. - ¶

Shall we take a mile square for a church farm. - We shall lay out a farm next the mountains. - it will be left to sustain Stock - & never intrude on the dam. - If you r satisfied we sho[ul]d locate the farm on the East side signify it by the uplifted [hand] - (all up) —— this is the place to make laws. - give the [people] a chance to speak if there is any thing wrong. - all we av to do is to do right. - with regard to mechanics. what shall be our course with regard to trading men. - Corn here is 100 bush. - Wages 1.00 a day if a man has to pay a mason 2 or 2.50 per day, [struck: shall th] what shall the Farmer have 8.00 for a ton of hay. - you will find yourself wanting over handy. - I sa[y] take the price we av been accustomed to. I wo[ul]d rat[her] be on a moderate equilibrium. - by & by they will fall into a ditch. - in a short time. the man that does so. will die & be d[amne]d. the mechanics ma[y] do as they please. if Flour is 40.00 [for] a barrel or Corn 12.00 a bush. I sa[y] in the name of the Lord I'll give all mine away to the poor. - where is the equilibrium a laboring man 2.00 a day or 16 bushels Corn. - or Dobies 1.00 to get 8 bush corn. - that man that wants to make a man pay .75 or 1.00 for small Dobies is trying to gauge his neighbor. - I dont [know] where to make things equal - but to give just what you would want to receive for it. - mechanics do just as you please. - if. you go to extorting you will be in a contention continually & make a carpet continually for the Devil to walk on. - & spoke of the convenience of Gold & Silver. - only for the convenience of carrying produce. - [struck: and it] it will be of use to overlay the candlesticks altar & Service in the Temple &c I sa[y] to mechanics just go & do the work & never mind the price — If I can get men enough to follow me this week. - I shall go into the Kenyons [canyons] with 2 teams for Timber to make a bridge across the Jordan to accommodate the [people] - H. C. Kimball 1 team C.C. Rich 1 team B.Y moves for an adjournment till next Sunday. - when the [people] get tog[ethe]r. - Sec[onde]d Carried & gave out an ap[pointmen]t for Fa[the]r Hampton[?] to preach at 10 Benediction by H C. Kimball - ¶

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[Bullock's page number "8"] ¶

Oct[obe]r 22. 1848 - ¶

at the ringing of the bell at 10 a.m. - Father Kempton got on the Stand & called the Congregation to order Choir sung a hymn - then El. C.C. Rich made prayer - C.C. Rich - John Young - Pres[iden]t Young came on the Stand - Choir sung "Glorious things of thee r spoken" N.K. Whitney - ¶

El. John Kempton rose & s[ai]d he had obligated himself to preach to day - & stated that once on a mission he was appointed to preach - he did not do it - in the afternoon El Young came along, & preached the subject he had intended to. - El Young got the blessing & I got the curse & I determined never to lose a crown again. - (P.P. Pratt came on:) - I preached the Bible several years before I bel[ieve]d it true. - but I bel: it now. - the experimental part was given by inspirat[io]n it & the B of Mormon r twin brothers. - he reads the 3[r]d ch Habbakuk 3[r]d & 4th verses - God came from Teman &c you see my te[x]t is "horns & power" - the horns of Ephraim & Manasseh. - Ephraim having mixed himself with all nations. all nations r coming here. - my b[re]th[re]n you r these horns & you av been pushing the [people] tog[ethe]r. - I av got thro my preachment & I am clear - aint I bro. Young (B.Y. yes, & I want you to continue) now I exhort you to be men of God, men of truth or your preaching will do you no good. (John Taylor came on the stand). - I am a minute man, God has always given me a subject when called upon - ¶

Pres[iden]t Young then called for the business - Choir sung a new hymn - (Erastus Snow, came on -) Laws of High Council read by T.B. C.C.Rich these laws were got up to suit their present circes [circumstances] - not intending to keep them on after the arrival of the Presidency. - P.P.Pratt enquired if these laws were a p[ar]t of the Cel: law that was to govern us - I did not consider it part of the eternal law. - the laws of Moses had ceased. - the laws of the gentiles we r not under. - but the law of Christ is eternal. - we thought it necessary to have some laws to punish criminals. - there av been very few crimes in the valley. - we ad no jails & we tho[ugh]t it best to punish the offender summarily - for my part I am for any kind of good law, or no law at all. the greatest affliction is to av laws & not av them administered. - C.C.Rich. Inasmuch as the law has ans[were]d its effect - I move we repeal the whole concern from beginning to end B.Y. Here's no law upon the Earth but trammels a judge under its feet. - he is confined & fettered in many cases. - perfectly surrounded by the letter of the law & makes him pass a judgment diametrically opposed to his conscience. - - if this [people] will do right as they say they will. - they can trample on all laws under their feet. - we will never sit down & write a code of laws. no never. - but I will tell you how it will be. - be sure you get a righteous judge & let him make a righteous judgment. - an unrighteous King corrupts a whole nation. - - & put the repeal of the law to a vote. - the repeal of the laws was carried. - ¶

H.C.K. rose & s[ai]d here is a figure. - if you always keep a tight rein - you dont no if. they r gentle. - its the best way to prove this [people]. - it will prove whe[the]r he is a wild or a gentle man. - & we can prove a man this way better than any o[the]r. - Pres[iden]t Young & myself av been to the Cotton wood & think it not expedient to lay off ano[the]r City. but to farm & secure their crops - to sustain themselves. - I bel. a man having 5 acres well tilled can raise more than 10. - I dont bel: a man can till more than 40 acres. - no man will be curtailed in his land. - dont undertake to grasp all creation. - let us grasp accord[ing] to our strength & gro[w] up as a tree that it may bear all the branches that may come from it. . - 40 acres is enough for our best farmers. - ¶

B.Y. Heres old Farmers & men here who r men of judgment. - I think but few have been in a country where they av to do the raising part. - last year tested one thing, where a community scatter. they weaken themselves. - that is proved to us the last season. - if the b[re]th[re]n had tended their crops x what was plowed. - it wo[ul]d av required every man to take care of the grain there wo[ul]d av been so much that we co[ul]d not av taken care of it. - next season if we contract our operations. - if the lots r well cultivated with (tend) the very city will produce more vegetables than we can consume. - every lot will sustain from 6 to 10 p[er]s[o]ns. - we have more ground right in the city than will sustain all the Inhabitants. - England supports 5 souls to the acre & it cant produce with the soil in this valley. - I av been brought up at the plow. - & no what it is to raise grain. - I know it will produce more eventually than even in Italy. - & that is the garden of the world. - they irrigate all their land. - & always let the water die bef. they put it on. - which produces the nitre. - we calculate to go at the Canal next winter. - we want the water to die ^[warm & partially] as we please. - I sho[ul]d judge some of the potatoes wo[ul]d weigh 4 lbs. - - every thing proves to us we av a fruitful soil & we can raise any thing. - if the b[re]th[re]n had kept tog[ethe]r. - they wo[ul]d av been more united & co[ul]d av fought the crickets. - & cleared away the upper sides of the fields. - but we did not think of having a cricket war bear[?]. - I shall use my efforts to keep the b[re]th[re]n within bounds. - if. you cultivate all the ground from here to cotton wood creek. - I shall put down Corn at "what you please to give me Sir" next Season. - there is no reason to run away for farming purposes. - I want the b[re]th[re]n to be cautious. - we expect they will cultivate the church farm this Season. - & every man is to fence his lot. - & where there r 8 p[er]s[o]ns go to work & fence it. - fence the blocks unitedly tog[ethe]r & cultivate them, in 1st rate state. - & then attend to the 5 acres first rate. - we shall have every thing gay here. - ¶

P.P.Pratt I realize what the Pres[idenc]y has s[ai]d this morning. - 10000 [people] co[ul]d get a better living on a small spot, than 1000 co[ul]d. - a man marvels at it. - but we want more than one branch of bus: - we dont want all Farmers. but different trades — ¶

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[Bullock's page number "(9)"; P. P. Pratt concludes, then water and timber business] ¶

we want to get the diff[eren]t trades & [people] to bring them out - by combination - for instance get every kind of cutlery bus: & settle them down at their own bus: & so with the Wollen & every other kind of bus: you can make a little world here - there cant be a foreign market to all the world. - I wo[ul]d put the diff[eren]t trades into operation as fast as I could - & then there wo[ul]d be no thanks to any other country for wealth & support - if I wanted utter ruin. I wo[ul]d pray every man have a mile square - & then it wo[ul]d be the devil for us all - ¶

B.Y. as the items of bus r presented I shall speak of them. - persons who r using the water in building - dont consider that they r throwing it thro the city. very much to the inconvenience of the community. - I shall suggest that when a man has got what water he wants - never to quit until he takes the water back again - when the streets can be laid off. - there will be a ditch 20 feet from the fence. - I am willing a man sho[ul]d use just as much as he wants & theres water enough runs down City Kanyon that wo[ul]d make a perfect mud hole for 4 miles square. & we w[oul]d not live here. just look at the quagmire round. - I want to control the water. - dont injure any mans lot & make a quagmire for him. - you r welcome to the water - but not to injure your neighbor. - whats done here is [struck: by] the voice of the [people]. - if we propose a thing which you all agree to. theres nothing more to be s[ai]d. - ¶

P.P.P. as there r no [struck: other] Streets at present we cant control it. - Wagons run across the ditches & so scatter the water. & I came very near losing the foundation of my house. - I dont want the water to run catter corner — ¶

C.C.Rich I move that the suggestions. of the Pres[iden]t concerning the water be carried out - sec[onde]d B.Y. The motion is that no man take the water to injure your neighbors but turn the water back to its old course & injure no one — & every man that transgresses this rule shall be in danger of the Council. sec[onde]d - Carried - ¶

B.Y. Here is a bro: Gardiner - wants a privilege. a little South of Mill Creek there is a little Basin - & a little Branch runs out it will cost 400. to make a road. - to the timber & not be intruded on. - if a man makes a road. & ano[the]r steps in to take the benefit of that right. - its not right. - if my right is not respected. yours wo[ul]d not. - & consequently we aught to guard ags[t]. the invasion of any persons rights. - - I preserve anothers rights as the apple of my eye. - - in regard to bro Gardiner. - shall he have that privilege - or shall we deprive him of it. - if he can saw up all the Timber this winter, we will find more Timber for him next Season P.P.Pratt. - I motion that bro: Gardiner have the privilege of the Timber - & to have it exclusively - sec[onde]d. Amasa Lyman. - I av no objection to bro Gardiner hav[ing] what Timber he wants. - but if the b[re]th[re]n who r settled a little west of that Kanyon. - want some of the Timber to build with. - I want them to av a privilege of making part of the road. - we had no disposition of monopolizing the Timber - A.Gardiner. - it requires a steep slide to be made. - if every person was to go in & smash all round. they co[ul]d not get it all out — I judged it was a place that requires care to get it. - The vote was nearly equal. - & the Pres[iden]t left it for more speeches - B.Y. I av feelings on all such matters. - we r scanted for timber on acc[oun]t of its being in the mountains. - now for a few men to build a road. - & then other men to go & cut down poles as high as he can - & to cut down a log for horses. that wo[ul]d make good saw boards. - makes me feel bad. - to see men foul the water. - or cut down handsome saw logs & pile them across leaving stumps four feet high. - it seems that their hearts r full of hell. - by & by you will find them among the Goats & not Sheep. - thats all bro Gardiner wants. - to go & spend 4 or 500 days works. - men wo[ul]d leave their Wheat just to get their logs. - Gent[leme]n theres going to be throat cutting & dirking in Cal - in getting the Gold. - I just feel to kick men back to the States who will pool the Timber. - I say appoint a committee & I approve of bro Gardners motives. - every Sp that is not to promote the general good is from beneath & not from above. - but the devil has power over the Earth & if men subject themselves to the devil. - & I despise it, as I do hell. - Erastus [Snow] I like the idea of a Committee to see to the general good. instead of grants. - it was enough to make a man sick to go up Mill Creek for the saw logs & tree tops - P.P.Pratt I feel we want lumber in the market. - & bef[ore] a man can be paid for his labor in building a mill & getting the timber other men r for cutting down the benefits. - they av not granted the right to any man to cut & leave the Timber. - but they may cut it down in 30 years - B.Y. I motion we av an adjournment - sec[onde]d & carried Dismissed by El Amasa Lyman - ¶

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Leaf 10 (file _2_11_10)

[Bullock's page number "(10)"] ¶

1848 Sunday 22 Oct[obe]r P. M. Meeting ¶

Conference assembled according to adj[ournmen]t - Present John Taylor — B. Young. P.P. Pratt — A.Lyman C. C. Rich - H. C. Kimball W. Richards on his bed in his Wagon - Congregation called to order by J. M. Grant - Choir sung [struck: Again my Father] a hymn to the tune of "Arlington" - Erastus Snow came in - Prayer by J. M. Grant - Choir sung 9th Hymn - tune "Coronation" Come ye that love the L[or]d ¶

Reynolds Cahoon wanted to speak a few words on the prin: of Faith - we can not have Faith when we know not God - neither can we have faith, if we have no love - a man can not love God if he will cheat his Neighbor - if we love not our neighbor as ourselves, we can not have the same faith that the ancients had - when the Church first rose. if we had not faith - the Lord had mercy & the sick was healed - ¶

B.Young bef[ore] we call up the Quest[io]n I will give the El of Is[rael] a sum to do - some will make astronomical calculations - there aught to be some divine Philosophers - I want some of you to give me some Idea of "nothing at all" - (a person [str]ung out a footless stocking without a leg) - can nothing at all affect a person - if it is seen - is it not substance - & if a substance cannot the eye of the Sp see it - all the Elements around us r dissected by human philosophy for the divine Philosopher to analyze nothing at all - & it wo[ul]d puzzle Fa[the]r Smith to see the Sp of God fall on a congregation can man not see it by the Sp of God. Brethren do you want bro Gardiner to have it exclusively - a few votes the contra vote was put & many hands up - then Bro Kimball motioned that there be a committee for that Kanyone exclusively - sec[onde]d Carried motion that bro Gardiner [struck: is appointed] be one of that committee sec[onde]d voted — do — Brigham young ————— do. sec[onde]d voted — do. - Amasa Lyman ————— do. sec[onde]d. - voted - B.Y. that is two too many for such business - B.Y. the brethren above the Warm Springs r going to make a road across the Slough at the Warm Spring on Tuesday - they want one or two good plows - shovels, picks &c - & again urged on the impropriety of scoping in so much five acre lots - & I wish some mechanics & Blacksmiths to drop their 5 acres - a great many public works r wanted - & I know many of the lots will be idle - the valley that reaches to Bear River is not going to satisfy us - & you will find eventually all these places filled with cities & Farms. - the 10 a[cre] lots r as many again as need to have been — Farmers go & build on your Farms & mechanics build on their lots - & if. we av a little faith we shall see that the Earth is the Lords & the fulness thereof I say cut the cords loose - every man cant be a Farmer - but help a Farmer to [plow?] & water - a great many men can lay up Dobies - who av oxen & they av to run here & yander - he will get so many Irons in the fire that he cant attend to them. - we have a church Farm of 680 acres - r you going to claim the priv of tilling it ano[the]r year or r you going to give it up to the Ch & on what terms. - What will you do with that land - P.P.P. I am going to give my improvement to bro. Lott - for him to give me some Wheat in return - B.Y. Ive some notion to sa[y] myself what shall be done with it - the Ch farm is for the [people] - the [people] r the Ch - we r now talking of this [people] as a general - that farm is for the general good to feed the poor. support the P[riesthood] - build the Temple, Fonts - & what as to be done - I propose that the whole be left to bro Whitney - & for him to allow them for their betterments & to allow it on their tithing - what is reasonable & right. & if there is any to spare - let those who av plowed - av the first chance - I shall send my boys - so will bro Kimball & Richards & Whitney & bro Lott to boss them - if that is not right, I want you to right it - P.P.Pratt I motion that it be as the Pres[iden]t has said ^[& be carried out] - C.C.Rich sec[onde]d carried - second time clear vote - B.Y. I have proposed to the b[re]th[re]n with regard to city lots &c - If I draw the land that my b[re]th[re]n have plowed I pay him for his labor - if I wo[ul]d deal justly you wo[ul]d think I aught to pay you - let them be p[ai]d a reasonable compensation - & where there is wheat sown - it looks very fine - it belongs to the man who plowed it - & if I dont choose to pay for the wheat let the man keep it till it is ripe & cut -— it is the practice in the Hi Council to say [yea] & no, that is of man, this (the uplifted hand) seals a Holy covenant - it is given to us - with uplifted hand to heaven to bind: to loose - to bind & again loose - it is yea amen & let it be done. all bus done by the P. sho[ul]d be sanctioned by the uplifted [hand] - every man that considers himself as not having the P. - can let it alone & sit there like graven images - I tell you the L[or]d does not love you but hates such idle conduct - if the bus is nothing to you - the L[or]d will [say] you r nothing to me then - ¶

we need a team & harness to run on errands Stone masons Fra[nci]s M Pomeroy 20 Poles adobie yard Addison Pratt Dowdle has some Poles Wilber J Earl Joseph Busby bro. Nowland's team to draw them John Vance Levi N. Kendall H C Kimball Erastus Snow send a team B. young to Sam[ue]l Clark for board C C Rich motioned an adj[ournmen]t till next Sunday morning - sec[onded] carr[ie]d. Benediction by H C Kimball - ¶

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Thomas Moore - lost his ox - speak to B.Y. Asa Holkers[?] wanted by C.C Rich br Savage has found a pocket book with some money in it W[illia]m Weeks & family - ¶

Sunday 29 Oct[obe]r 1848 cold morning ¶

Conference met in the bowery purs[uan]t to adj[ournmen]t at 10 a m Present Pres[iden]t Young Kimball John Taylor. Isaac Morley C.C Rich called to order. - Choir sung a hymn. - Prayer by Erastus Snow. - Choir again sung a hymn. Pres[iden]t Young called for bus to be laid bef[ore] the Conf[erence]. & to close the Conf[erence] till next April H.C.K laid the matter of W[illia]m Weeks who came here & ret[urne]d B.Y I motion that W[illia]m Weeks & his Wife ^[Caroline] be cut off from the Ch. - E. Snow sec[onde]d & Carried - B.Y. I motion we turn out 100 teams to that Council house tomorrow H C K we av agreed to build it by tithing & Esq[ui]re Wells cant get a man to work on it. - my feelings r - I wo[ul]d like the b[re]th[re]n universally turn out, dig stone. - & draw it & draw dobies, timber one day this week & we can do it. - we want to occupy it this Winter J. Taylor let us av a regular frolic & do it up in a day & as easy as the boy knew his Fa[the]r. - & I motion we appoint Tuesday as the day - C C Rich sec[onde]d it. - B.Y. I want the b[re]th[re]n to act when they say, will. - now it is "do it" - if any man dont want to go let him say so. - we want to meet thro the Winter & we can build a Council house. - where shall we meet next Sabbath. if its cold we stay in our Wagons, or out of doors. - you wont get any preaching until we av a room where we can worship comfortably. & we can rec[eive] warmth from the Sp of the L[or]d. - there will be a deal s[ai]d to them & better prep[are]d to go into the world to preach, we will either inc: or dec in the noledg of God. - it will not ans[we]r to set your hearts on wealth or the things of this world. - if you want to build up Zion, we will [build] the Council house first. - if you know what is best for you build that Council house. - we want to buy up all the dobies for that Council house to meet at the Council house by day light, & Esq[ui]re Wells will shew you. - we want you to draw 2 loads a day B.Y. I council the b[re]th[re]n who av grain to secure it. - & employ men who av no grain to cut it. - & secure it. you cant keep the Cattle from the grain. - there is none too much grain in this place. - I say save it. - then [spoke] of brother Moore - A Cahoon 2.00 E Hunter 1.00 A Pratt .50 B L Stewart .50 [struck: Beattie] Rob[er]t Pierton[?] 1.00 Bishop Hunter ap[pointe]d to rece the money. - B.Y. the 5 & 10 a[cre lots] r ballotted for. - we r going to quit. - I discover you will av a reach so long as not to av a catch at all & you av to be treat[ed] as an unruly steer. - I [k]no[w] a man who has a Sp to separate - has not the Sp of Zion. - & a man r[unnin]g N. W. or S. has a foolish Sp. - & they want to let every body know they r fools. - some r going over Jordan. - why will men act like a set of devilish fools. - they grieve angels & the H.G. & wo[ul]d scatter the Ch to the 4 winds. - a little gold dust or a little farm - decoys them & they [expire?] & bec[ome] weak. - I know where they aught to be farms over Jordan, or N, or S. or to Gold mines or the Is[lands] of the Sea better than any of you. - you all say it - & all say I can lead them. - & when I want to it they treat me like a dog & if they ad the power they wo[ul]d trample me in the dirt. - [they] av not learnt enough yet. - & by & by in the n[ame] of J.C. go & the curse of God will follow you. - Good God r you afraid of me. - why do you want to draw off from me. - Jos was so eternally to defend every body that he w[oul]d not defend his own body at last. - there is more land bet[wee]n here & yonder Ch Farm than will support all who can come here. - we shall av trouble here if you dont look out. - we r here bec the L[or]d as permitted us. - & we r cast right into the midst of Al[l?]. - & we av not got to stand with Guns in our co & swords by our side. - if there is not faith enough to build a Council house, what will you be when I call for 500 yoke of oxen to assist the poor? - why the plague & the Pestilence wo[ul]d be on you. - many men want power to crush others. - suppose I ad power to bring down the mountains they wo[ul]d want council them. - if you dont bel. me. try it. - we will cultivate the city & near it. - if you go N. try it. - & it will all come to a sharp peak. - but I['ll] stay here. - ¶

Benediction by H.C.K. dismissed for one hour - ¶

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[Bullock's page number "12"] ¶

P. M. Meeting ¶

Pres[iden]t Kimball having taken his seat on stand & being cold El J. M. Grant called the Conference to order, & the Choir sung "Come let us anew" - C.C. Rich Prayer by J. M. Grant. - Choir sung "From Greenlands Icy mountains" - Pres[iden]t Young on stand. - W. Richards in his Wagon - John Taylor ¶

Pres[iden]t Young s[ai]d as it was very cold, wo[ul]d not continue long. - & wanted an action taken on the roads. by the Cong[regatio]n - if the Wagons that av been broken in the Kanyons wo[ul]d av rec[eive]d a good road my proposition is to levy a tax on the whole community to avoid sectional feelings & spoke. of making roads by individuals, my plan is laid on all the [people] - & use up the tax to make the roads into all the Kanyons & then they r free to all - & it will promote union - shall we tax ourselves, I am willing to tax myself & if we all agree to it - shall we tax ourselves H.C.K. I motion we tax ourselves in order to improve our roads - sec[onde]d Carried - B.Y. I move we excuse bro Spencer from his late duties as Supervisor - sec[onde]d Carried B.Y. I move we take Joseph L. Heywood to be the Supervisor of roads. - sec[onde]d Carried H.C.K. I motion that the poll tax be one dollar or one days work - sec[onde]d carr[ie]d. all men over 18 to be taxed one dollar or days work - ¶

C.C.Rich spoke of records of baptism to keep it correct - ¶

H.C.K. rose to sa[y] a few words, for us as a community to rec & treasure up in our hearts all the words we hear from the Pres[idenc]y. - & there is not a person but knows what is truth & what is not truth. - my exhortation is - to females & all this [people] that we try to do right. - fear God & keep his commandments. - that the prin: of selfishness may be done away. - & all be as one man. - that when one man asks of the Fa[the]r, all ma[y] [say] amen. - & what we say do. let us do by the power & Sp of God & take a course to sa[ve?]. - here Lord is all I've got & it is thine. - you feel well then & you r like the ocean there is no end to it. - & cease your covetous feelings. - (comparing the Ch to a good cow the more & cleaner milked the more she gives) by & by [in the] Spring[?] I want to see the El go forth to the nations that we may hear that the Gospel has gone to the last nation I hope we may hear the El ready to go to every nation kindred tongue & [people]. - I was in my element when I was preachi[ng] let us attend to our duties & our glory will be the greater - ¶

W[illia]m W. Major rose & s[ai]d "We the El of Is av a mighty mission to carry the glorious tidings to the nations &c Willard Snow wanted to put forth a plea to what the Pres[ide]n[t] s[ai]d in regard to our folly - 1st we av all been here in a school of experience - those who came in last [seas]on were desirous of performing a great work - we av done it - we av made a great fence - fought the crickets & exhibited the same folly as the Austrians - when Napoleon cut them to pieces - & you who av now come on I throw you in Christs name to profit by our folly - 3 [things?] a little wife well willed - a little house well filled & a little field well tilled. we av exhibited our folly - but profit by it r[emem]bering the dairy maid & her milk pail - & if the crickets had tackled her they wo[ul]d av eaten her up - (laf) B.Y. thats a first rate plea - but how sho[ul]d we come out next Season if we showed the same folly. I no their dispositions we av got to guard ags[t] this over anxiety - & dont fall in the ditch. if we concentrate our force in the valley we shall do - I motion that this Conf adjourn to 6 April next at 10 oclock to meet at this place or within the bounds of the city - H.C.K sec[onde]d Carr[ie]d Benediction by Pres[iden]t Young with uplifted hands - ¶

[Docket, written lengthwise on the otherwise blank lower leaf:] ¶

Minutes of Conference at G.S.L. City. - by T Bullock. - October 6 } 8 } 15 } 1848 22 } 29 } ¶

[transcriber's note: this docket closes the conference minutes proper; the remaining leaves of this folder (13-17) carry the second copy of Brigham Young's October 8 discourse noted in the CHL catalog description.] ¶

Leaf 13 (file _2_11_13) — duplicate capture

[This image is an oblique/rotated capture of the same folded sheet as leaf 12, showing the docket panel ("Minutes of Conference at G.S.L. City. by T Bullock. October 6, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1848") and the verso bleed-through of the leaf-12 text. No new content; nothing further to transcribe.] ¶

Leaf 14 (file _2_11_14) — second copy of B. Young's Oct 8 address (history-draft fair copy, heavily revised)

[archivist pencil "[Oct 8 1848]"; a fair copyist's hand with revision layer; transcription gives the revised text, recording major cancellations and interlineations] ¶

President Brigham Young ^[then] rose and said, I am going to talk upon the Principles of the Priesthood, [struck: I am going to talk] and the Keys ^[thereof] [struck: of the Priesthood], and if I teach any thing that I dont understand, and any body else understands the principles, I want them to tell the whys and the wherefores: and I say unto all this Congregation that those who are spiritually minded can understand it with all ease. the Elders of Israel are in deep mystery of many things pertaining to godliness, as they were in the days of Paul, the mystery among them then was, that the [struck: Christ] Son of God could take ^[upon him] a tabernacle of flesh ^[& that the Lord could bring forth his only begotten Son in the Flesh independent (that the Lord ...)]. Its no mystery at all when understood, Paul [struck: knew that God Almighty] had all the qualifications [struck: of a man ... he had power to bring forth his only begotten Son] to beget his Son in the Flesh & [struck: had the power to beget the body without asking aid of any man to do it for him, he had the qualification in him], he had an eternity of qualifications far beyond [struck: your] ^[their] conceptions or imagination. - the Priesthood ^[now] is a mystery to many of the Elders [struck: but] It is as plain and [struck: simple] as the law ^[or the 1st principles of the Gospel]. Go and ask any woman or child, how are you going to get a remission of your sins? why they will all say, be baptized for the remission of your sins. And if you ask a child how are you to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. ^[every] child ^[in this Kingdom] will tell you to lay on hands for that Gift. All the order of the Kingdom of God is as simple as the A B & C to old school teachers when it is understood. With regard to power and authority! I am going to teach you; there is a great deal said about power & authority; and now I will tell you a mystery, if the 12, or the twelve thousand, or the One hundred forty & four thousand, or as few, or as many men who have obeyd the Gospel of Christ ^[with full purpose of heart & are faithful to all the requirements thereof], and is ordained an apostle of Jesus Christ; has all the Keys, and all the power, & all the authority that ever was conferred on mortal man - but the right of acting, is, when he is called by the people, and required to act at the hand of the Lord - If there is one - there is one only, or if twelve then twelve only. Or if all the seventies, or as many as are ordained apostles, they have all the power, and all the authority ever delegated to man . until he passes through the resurection. No man can preach the resurrection, and the power thereof, until he has himself passed through the resurrection; he can then teach it, and bring men up to the knowledge thereof. - Now for the proof! and I know men cant produce scripture to ^[contradict it] [struck: correct me]. Many of you will remember that I taught this, the first sermon after Josephs death, Joseph had angels to visit him., the Lord visited him in the visions of the Spirit - he was caught up to the third heavens, and conversed with him, [struck: and Sidney with him] and the Lord commanded him to prophecy, without his seeing or hearing him in his corruptable body - he had all these things year after year - the Lord sent messengers unto him and they ordained him to the Aaronic priesthood, to the le[ss]er priesthood. he had all the keys of that priesthood conferred upon him, ^[he was Prophet, Seer, & Revelator,] and notwithstanding all this, he had not the power to build up the kingdom of God ^[with all the offices. & ordinances, until he was ordained an apostle:] . he was faithful in ^[what] was committed to his charge, and he was then ordained to be an Apostle . [struck: He was never ordained to any thing else but an Apostle] - I ask you, if any of you ever knew him to be ordained to any ^[higher] [struck: other] office but that of an Apostle . he was ordained ^[an apostle] first, and [struck: then to ordained] Oliver Cowdry [struck: to be the] second [struck: Elder & second Apostle], and received the keys of the apostleship at that time. And the Lord added ^[un]to him light, and wisdom & strength. And he grew in grace, & in the knowledge of the truth. He received ¶

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revelations to appoint Patriarchs in the Church . [struck: I dont suppose he ever thought a word about it, until my brother Joseph & myself called upon him to know if we could not receive a blessing from a patriarch as in days of old. he told us to call again & he would think of it. My father was the first ^[man that was a] Patriarch] Joseph told ^[brother Joseph Young & myself] to call [struck: the] ^[my] family together for a blessing meeting and he would come also - he then ordained father Young to be a Patriarch - [struck: At the end of the meeting] he ^[after] received a revalation dictating him [struck: how to control the affairs] ^[the order of the Patriarchal Priesthood in the Church] - [struck: he had the family called together again, had them again blessed, and a record kept of it. - many of you have seen the rise of Oliver Cowdry and knew his first walk and final downfall he was ordained an Apostle as well as Joseph and he was all the time trying to make God Angels and men believe he was as high as Joseph Smith and that was the cause of his downfall and will be the same with all the apostles in these last days who think they are as great]. - God set Joseph to dictate Oliver he was the first God made him so - And God made me the first in the 12. And I can just walk over all opposition. I am the chap that dont fear opposition - I dont fear bears - From the time of Josephs death we had packed off the kingdom with one hand tied behind us and the Lord told me we should fall if we did not have a first Presidency And I knew it then. - My Brethren of the 12 have the same power & authority that I have but God has told me to lead them & not them to lead me. I will just enquire who stood up and defended this people who of the 12 Apostles steped forward and defended this Kingdom when Sidney was trying to lead this people to hell. I magnified my calling. - I went up to the Stand and scarce a man [struck: of them] stood by me to bear the brunt of the battle - There was a mighty flood of prayers went up to our heavenly Father that the 12 might get home before any thing should be done by Sidney. - I stood up and did my duty and have done the best I could ever since and always shall do. When I magnify my calling I am not to be put down by any mans influence. you cant put any greater power on an apostle than that which he already holds - but he may be sent to one place or the other to do this or that - I have seen men magnify their calling I saw them magnify their calling the day before yesterday and a precious dust flew (excuse me Brethren) At the 1st Conference after Josephs death the 12 were acknowledged the 1st Presidency of the Church from that time until there was a first Presidency appointed you could not catch me dictating the affairs of the church without having a Quorum of the 12 by me - I have always had a quorum of the 12 with me; in Winter Quarters and on the journey & in this Valley so that I could call them together in fifteen minutes when they were wanted. - You never caught me interfering with or altering any affairs that the Quorum ha[d] as some have. - I like men to have power and influence and knowledge and have the heavens opened to them and then they could teach me if I should be wrong - And I would to God that every man and woman would so live that they would have the heavens opened to them ¶

[transcriber's note: this fair copy diverges from Bullock's minute-hand of the same passage (leaf 2): e.g. minutes "nocked off the K[ingdom] with one hand tied" vs. fair copy "packed off the kingdom with one hand tied behind us". Both witnesses preserved.] ¶

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continually . I want to live right in the presence of the Almighty and then they will witness to me that I am right. You never catch Brigham without a Quorum of the Twelve with him - Every thing was done by the Quorum of the 12. And they stuck together until last April Conference When the first Presidency was appointed - Now say I brethren magnify your calling; go to the nations of the Earth. the word of the Lord now is Ho! ye Elders of Israel Wake up! rise up and shake yourselves! cease your frivolity! cease your nonsense and think of the souls of men . Arise and shake off your lethargy and [struck: be] make yourselves ready to preach the Gospel to the Children of Men . This is now the business of this people At the Last Conference we took into consideration the propriety of Uncle John Smith being the Patriarch of the whole Church . We have unanimously voted that he should hold the keys over the Patriarchal Priesthood he has got to receive the imposition of the hands of the First Presidency or he dont receive it. He has not the keys yet ^[This brings up another Question] There are many enquiries How is Bro Brigham going to be ordained to preside over this People? You will read in the revelations in the Doctrin & Covenants . the Man or men who shall be upheld by this people and ordained to that power . If Bro Taylor or Bro Pratt were the men they could not receive any more power than they already have, only the knowledge how to use it But Father Smith has got to receive the Ordination and then he will act in the place of Bro Hyrum - It was Williams by right but he forfited it by his wickedness. He made shipwreck of his faith and it was taken from him. I dont consider I am a legal heir to any thing. but what the Almighty gives me I hope he will give me prudence to use it. It is now the good pleasure of this people to put it on the head of Father John Smith although Father John is not as old as uncle Asahel Smith so if it went by birthright it would belong to bro Asahel but we will hop over this stick and give it to Uncle John and if Uncle John please to call his Son George we dont care about that I wish every man would use his influence and his power and magnify his Calling and then the people will love him . I was ordained an Elder while the cloths were yet wet upon my back - and when Bro David Patten came to ordain me a high Priest I said unto him Bro David if you will shew me an Elder that does magnify his calling and office - I will feel almost to worship him . he would speak by the holy Ghost and live by that power and his words would be like melted lead running into the hearts of a Congregation and they could not help themselves All I ask of this people is for them to do as they aught to do and give all their energies to maintain what is commonly called Mormonism ^[many men say what is the Lord going to do with me] . I dont care what the Lord is going to do with me: but I want to do as near right as I can . Bretheren overlook each others faults and do as well as you can - Now Ill sit down ¶

[transcriber's note: this fair copy resolves two tentative readings in the minute-hand version (leaf 2): "hop over this stick" (minutes read as "look over[?]"), and "if he gives it to G[?]" = "if Uncle John please to call his Son George".] ¶

Leaf 17 (file _2_11_17) — docket of the fair copy

[Sideways capture of the folded fair copy's outer panel; visible text is bleed-through of the address plus the docket:] ¶

Young Brigham Oct[obe]r 9 - 1848 Epistle to Saints B. Young to O. Hyde, G. A. Smith, &c revised copied & sent T.B.[?] Copy as [primarily?] [flourished monogram] ¶

[transcriber's note: the docket identifies this fair copy of the Oct 8 address as an epistle "revised copied & sent" to Orson Hyde and G. A. Smith (then presiding at Kanesville) — explaining why a second, polished copy exists in the folder. The docket's "Oct 9" differs by one day from the address's delivery date.] ¶

What else is known, per Jenson's Church Chronology

Source: Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology (1899). Jenson states that the Twelve Apostles' Dec. 5, 1847 council decision to reorganize the First Presidency was "ratified by the Church at a conference held in the Log Tabernacle, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1847, and also at the general conference held in G. S. L. Valley, Oct. 8, 1848." The manuscript's own record of the Oct. 8 sustaining (leaf 1) corroborates this. ¶

Collation notes

• Brigham Young's October 8 priesthood address survives in this folder in two witnesses: Bullock's minute-hand (leaves 1-4) and the revised fair copy (leaves 14-17, docketed "Epistle to Saints ... revised copied & sent" to O. Hyde and G. A. Smith at Kanesville). The fair copy resolves several tentative minute-hand readings ("hop over this stick"; "his Son George") and its revision layer — including a long cancelled passage on Oliver Cowdery — is preserved in the transcription.
• The conference adjourned "to 6 April next," connecting this record to the April 1849 conference; the April 1848 Kanesville conference (see 1848-04-conference-record-log-tabernacle-conference.md) had likewise adjourned "until 6 Oct next," this conference.