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Revelation, 20 March 1841

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Revelation,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, IL, 20 Mar. 1841; in Book of the Law of the Lord, p. 15; handwriting of
Robert B. Thompson
1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Methodist. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by...
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City of March [blank] 1841

Brother William Allred, Bishop of the Stake at , and also Brother President of the Stake at Freedom, desire President Joseph Smith to enquire of the Lord, his will concerning them.

City of March 20th. 1841

Let my servants William Allred, and have an agency for the selling of stock for the , and assist my servants , , and in building said , and let my servants William Allred and take stock in the , that the poor of my people may have employment, and that accomodations may be made for the strangers who shall come to visit this place, and for this purpose let them devote all their properties saith the Lord. [p. 15]