Church Government
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Oliver Cowdery affidavit
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2499
Scope and Contents
Notarized affidavit signed by Oliver Cowdery as a notary public. The item verifies that a notice relating to a certain property in Walworth County, Wisconsin had been listed in a local newspaper for E. A. Cooley.
Dates:
1848
Kirtland Council minute book
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331115]
Identifier: MSS SC 2920
Scope and Contents
Typed copy of the minutes of the Kirtland Council of the Mormon Church between 1832 and 1837. The materials were recorded while the Mormon Church had its headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio. The volume includes records of activities, ordinations, blessings, and one letter from Newell Kimball Whitney. The clerks who recorded the minutes were William W. Phelps, Orson Hyde, Oliver Cowdery, and George W. Robinson. Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, presided at the meetings. The...
Dates:
1832-1837
Revelations
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333772]
Identifier: MSS 1146
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten revelations for the "Book of Commandments" (2 pages). These revelations are found in sections 65 and 66 of the "Doctrine and Covenants."
Dates:
approximately 1840
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Revelations
Joseph Smith promissory note
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2464
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed promissory note dated 1 Sept. 1837 and written in Kirtland, Ohio. The note is made out to "Holbrook & Firme" in the amount of $287.05. The item was signed by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young, and twenty-eight other prominent Mormons.
Dates:
1837 September 1