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The Far West Record is a ledger book given to
the high council in Far West, Missouri in 1838. It contains copies of
meeting minutes from 1830 to 1839, and June 1 and 15,
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FWR
Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983).
, v, vii. |
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The volume is 8 1/2" x
13." Two thirds of the book contains no writing. |
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FWR
Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983).
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vii. |
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There are 181
pages in the handwriting of Ebenezer
Robinson and Hosea Stout, who copied original minutes into the book beginning in 1838. The minutes contain the names of twenty-four clerks who wrote the original
minutes. |
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None of the original minutes are known to exist. |
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The modern title of the record book
was attached to the document by association after the Saints had settled
in Utah. It was from the title page of the book that the name "Far West
Record" was derived.
This title was used in Church inventory of historical documents in 1855. |
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FWR
Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844, edited by Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983).
, xii.
MRB
The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations, Manuscript Revelation Books, comprised of BCR and FWR with annotations, edited by Robin Scott Jensen, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper (Salt Lake City: The Church Historian's Press, 2009).
calls the volume "Revelation Book 2." |
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