Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Next our quorum held a council
and Brigham its president enquired concerning the
proceedings of the Twelve at Cincinnati, and found
that elders Kimball O. Pratt and John E. Page held
a conference and organized the Church there and
their Elders Pratt and Kimball left for Pittsburgh
but Elder Page stayed behind & in a few days
disunited what he been done and reorganized the
Church
President Young reproved John E. Page
for undoing what three of the quorum of the Twelve
had done together and spoke also of Joseph's counsel
to be gentle and mild in our teachings and not
to battle with the sects but win the affections
of the people.
Pittsburgh resembled the English
cities in consequence of the burning of so much
stone coal which covered the ^city with the^ the dustiness of the smoke
Its population was about 35,000 it had 120 preachers
95 churches and 21 denominations and the Branch
the Branch of the Church of Latter-day Saints numbered
seventy-five souls.
