Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845

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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
1 March 1845 • Saturday, continued Page 1 4 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 32 11 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 77 18 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 131 22 March 1845 • Saturday Page 181 25 March 1845 • Tuesday Page 231 5 April 1845 • Saturday Page 266 11 April 1845 • Friday Page 267 15 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 327 22 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 349 29 April 1845 • Tuesday Page 355 6 May 1845 • Tuesday Page 361
Source Note
See source note under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
Historical Introduction
See historical introduction under Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845.
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for protection. We are heaping together the funeral pile [pyre?] of this generation and the more faggots we can heap together, the hotter it will burn when we apply the torch. As to the idea of seeking out a home or a house of entertainment he is in favor of it all the time.

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C. P. Lott
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said while the brethren were speaking on the subject of getting assistance it brought to his mind an expression that prest. Joseph Smith made use of once in his hearing that if the enemy did not let him alone he would call from
Maine
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to the
Rocky mountains
Mountain chain consisting of at least one hundred separate ranges, commencing in present-day New Mexico and continuing about 3,000 miles northwest to northern Canada. Determine flow of North American rivers and streams toward Atlantic or Pacific oceans. First...
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and raise forces to sweep these
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so that there not be left one to piss against the wall.
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See 1 Kings 16:11. On 18 June 1844 JS gave a speech to the Nauvoo Legion in which, as William Clayton recorded, he “called upon all the volunteers who felt to support the constitution from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean to come with their arms, ammunition & provisions to defend us from the mob & defend the constitution.” According to William P. McIntire’s notes of this address, JS “called for all philanthropic men from Main[e] to the Rocky Mountains & form [from] the East & the West & from the North & the South to the help of this people.” (William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844; McIntire, Notebook, [24]; see also JS, Journal, 18 June 1844.)
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McIntire, William Patterson. Notebook, 1840–1845. CHL. MS 1014.
We ought to prepare ourselves all the while for what is coming, for the enemies are making preparations to destroy us all the time. [p. [160]]
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Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
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See 1 Kings 16:11. On 18 June 1844 JS gave a speech to the Nauvoo Legion in which, as William Clayton recorded, he “called upon all the volunteers who felt to support the constitution from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean to come with their arms, ammunition & provisions to defend us from the mob & defend the constitution.” According to William P. McIntire’s notes of this address, JS “called for all philanthropic men from Main[e] to the Rocky Mountains & form [from] the East & the West & from the North & the South to the help of this people.” (William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844; McIntire, Notebook, [24]; see also JS, Journal, 18 June 1844.)
McIntire, William Patterson. Notebook, 1840–1845. CHL. MS 1014.