| Sidney Rigdon to edit
letters to the Elders' Journal, set aside 80 acres each for Joseph
and Sidney
§; recommend church funds be consecrated to the
poor; committee to discuss printing office wages and salaries with Joseph
and Sidney; Bishop Partridge to pay whatever sum is agreed upon §. |
| Date |
|
May 13, 1838 |
|
FWR,
186–187. |
| Location |
|
Far West |
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| Description |
|
The High Council of Zion met … |
|
|
| Presiding |
|
Thomas B. Marsh (h) |
|
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| Clerk |
|
Ebenezer Robinson |
|
|
| Council
members |
|
Simeon Carter
Isaac Higbee
James McCord
John P. Greene
James Emmett
Solomon Hancock
Simeon Gardner
Ebenezer Robinson
George M. Hinkle
George W. Harris
Elias Higbee
John Murdock |
|
Arranged
in order of numbers drawn.
Original: Green |
| Open |
|
Prayer by President T. B. Marsh |
|
|
| Table
charges |
|
Charges against John L. Butler, James
Emmett, and James Hendrix preferred by Samuel Kimball put over until the
last Thursday in June. |
|
Minutes
of June 28, 1838 |
|
Thursday councils |
|
Council to meet on the last Thursday
of each month beginning on the last Thursday of June. |
|
|
| Sidney
edit Elders Journal letters |
|
Sidney
Rigdon to edit the "Orthography
and Prosody" of letters to the editor for the Elders Journal. |
|
|
|
Sidney and Joseph 80 acres each |
|
Authorize the bishop
to "set apart eighty acres of land for the benefit of Sidney Rigdon
and also, 80 acres for Joseph Smith jr." |
|
These
parcels were outside the original city plot. |
| Church
consecrate property |
|
That the High Council use their
influence to have the Church consecrate their properties for the benefit
of the poor. |
|
|
| Pay
for Joseph, Sidney |
|
Appoint Elias Higbee, Simeon Carter,
and George W. Harris as a committee to meet with Joseph and Sidney about
their wages for their in printing office wages "& their saleries
for the coming year." |
|
|
| Bishop
to pay First Presidency |
|
That the Committee
be authorized to instruct the Bishop to pay the First Presidency, Joseph
Smith, & Sidney Rigdon, whatever sum they agree with them for.
|
|
Ebenezer
Robinson later reports annual salaries of $1,100 were granted but quickly
rescinded. ¶ Joseph's Finances:
1838
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| |
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Minutes of June 23, 1838
Minutes of May 24, 1838
Far West Minutes
Missouri 1838
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