Footnotes
Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834. For the background behind the council and for more on Smith’s charges, see Historical Introduction to Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834.
No such circular has been located, nor is there any evidence that a circular was sent.
For example, Jacob Bump, who is listed as being from Silver Creek, New York, had apparently relocated to Kirtland by July 1833, and Isaac Story from Warsaw, New York, appears to have been present at a few councils in Kirtland in late 1833 and early 1834. (History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio, 248; Minutes, 26 Dec. 1833; Minutes, 19 Feb. 1834.)
History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers, 1878.
“Conference Minutes,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 182. Although Cowdery created the copy in Minute Book 1 after the document was published, he did not copy directly from the published version, as indicated by minor textual differences identified herein. He may have been copying directly from the draft that the committee submitted to the council. In any case, the textual differences indicate that the document was reworked slightly before publication.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
“A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Dec. 1834, 1:44–46. This newspaper is the church periodical that replaced The Evening and the Morning Star.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
| Clerk | Moderator |
| ) | ) | |
| Vt.) | From the Church in ) | |
| ) | Roswell Evans) | |
| Parishville N.Y.) | of Waterford Vt.) | |
| ) | ) | ) |
| , Erie Co. Pa.) | , N.Y.) | N.Y.) |
| Isaac Story) | ) | ) |
| N.Y.) | N.H.) | East Liverpool Ohio) |
| ) | Oliver Higley) | |
| Bolton N.Y.) | Jamestown) | |
| ) | Almon Shermon) | |
| Bolton N.Y.) | Pomfret N.Y.) |
Cahoon was acting as moderator in place of Bishop Newel K. Whitney, who was ill. (Minutes, 23 Aug. 1834.)
“Ohio” is included in the published version of this document. (“Conference Minutes,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 182.)
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
TEXT: Young’s name, as well as Jacob Bump’s and Isaac Hill’s names and towns, is written sideways in the right margin. The published version of this document presents these names in a different order: Joseph B. Bosworth (spelled Bozworth), John Smith, Orson Johnson, Roswell Evans, William Burgess, Almon (spelled Alman) Sherman, Jonas Putnam, Ira Ames, Asa Lyman, John Rudd Jr., Isaac Story, Oliver Higley, Jacob Bump, Isaac Hill, and Lorenzo Young. The published version also designates Young as being from East Liverpool, Ohio. It is likely that Ames, Bump, Burgess, Hill, Smith, Story, and Young were all living in Kirtland by August 1834, and others might have been as well; all except Story, Rudd, and Evans were blessed in a 7–8 March 1835 meeting for “working on the House of the Lord.” (“Conference Minutes,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 182; Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 Mar. 1835.)
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
“N.Y.” is included in the published version of this document. (“Conference Minutes,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 182.)
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.