Day in the Life

Apr 19, 1843

Journal Entry

April 19, 1843 ~ Wednesday

19th Met again in council with the Twelve
President J. Smith met with us & counciled
us to take a mission in the East to obtaine
means to build the Nauvoo house as we were
appointed so to do by the conference the
Following persons were named of the
quorum of the Twelve to take the mission
to hold conferences & obtained means &c
Brigham Young, Heber C Kimball, Orson
Hyde
, Orson Pratt, Wm Smith, W. Woodruff,
& G. A. Smith, & Also to have Elder
Page Join us in the east. Also Elder
R. Hedlock, S. Jaimes & Carnes were
appointed to go to England, & Addison
Pratt
& three others to go ^to^ the Sandwich
Islands

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Pratt, Addison
21 Feb 1802 - 14 Oct 1872
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
Page, John Edward
25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867
123 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle
James, Samuel
1806-aft. 1880
Smith, William B.
13 Mar 1811 - 13 Nov 1893
90 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the of the month in Conference with the Twelve Joseph counciled us to take our mission to the east to obtain means to build the Temple and Nauvoo House as we were appointed by the General Conference on the 6th of April. At that aniversary of the rise of the Church The following persons were named of the quorum of the Twelve for this mission to hold Conferences in the east obtain means &c: Brigham Young Heber C Kimball Orson Hyde Orson Pratt William Smith Willford Woodruff and George A Smith. John E Page was to join us in the east. There were also ^some^ appointed for other missions. Rebun Hedlock S James and ^J^ Carnes were appointed to go to England and Addison Pratt and three others were appointed to go to the Sandwich Islands. Brigham Young Heber C Kimball Joseph Young G. A. Smith and Peter Haws and myself went to Agusta to hold Conference on Sunday

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Wilford assists in publication of the Nauvoo Neighbor (published until Saints leave Nauvoo in 1846).

Apr 19, 1843