| Commercial enterprises endorsed. All are free
to engage in business. No preferential treatment. No one to partner with
non-Mormons or use non-Mormon suppliers. Pay Apostles David W. Patten's
debts so he can go on mission. Give David and Thomas B. Marsh town lots. |
| Date |
|
June 11, 1837 |
|
FWR,
114–115. |
| Location |
|
Far West, committee store |
|
|
| Description |
|
High council met … |
|
|
| Clerk |
|
John Corrill |
|
|
| Presidents |
|
John Whitmer and W.
W. Phelps |
|
|
| High
council |
|
Lyman Wight (h) (swh)
Levi Jackman
George M. Hinkle
Calvin Beebe
Elisha H. Groves
Simeon Carter
Jacob Whitmer
Elias Higbee
Isaac Higbee
Harvey Green
John Murdock
Samuel Thompson |
|
Listed
in order of numbers drawn. |
| Open |
|
Prayer by W. W. Phelps. |
|
|
| Members
present |
|
"Resolved by the Council and all present:" |
|
|
| Support
building committee |
|
Uphold the building committee "in the mercantile
business by our prayers." |
|
|
| Support
leather store |
|
Uphold Lyman Wight (h) (swh),
Simeon Carter, and Elias Higbee in a leather store. |
|
|
| Mercantile
permitted |
|
John Corrill and Isaac
Morley,
also Calvin Beebe may engage in the mercantile
business if they like. |
|
Competition
with A. S. Gilbert's church store. |
| All
free to engage in business |
¶ |
Resolved that
the right of no man shall be infringed to do as he choose according to law
of God or man. |
|
In
January 1838 W. W. Phelps will rejects ecclesiastical authority over temporal
matters.
Minutes of January 26, 1838 |
| No
preferential treatment |
|
Resolve that the above named men "shall be upheld in
purchasing goods as other men." |
|
Competition
among members is reinforced in August. ¶
Minutes of August 5, 1837 |
| Deal
only with Mormons |
|
Resolve not to uphold anyone who takes
"a partner out of the Church to trade or traffic in this line of business,
nor sell for any man or men out of the Church in his name, or on commission." |
|
| Pay
David Patten's debts for mission |
|
Grant David W. Patten's request for the church to pay his
debts on his word that he will repay, so he can go on a misson. |
|
|
| Lots
for Patten and Marsh |
|
Grant David W. Patten (h)
and Thomas B. Marsh (h) lots in town "free
of pay," and authorize Edward Partridge
to grant them titles if he concurs. |
|
|
| Close |
|
[Sing:] "Adam on di Ahmon"
&c. And benediction by John Whitmer. |
|
"Adam-ondi-Ahman"
was written by W. W. Phelps |
|
|
Minutes of July 29, 1837
Minutes of May 29, 1837
Far West Minutes
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