A true copy of a licensce conveyed to me from Ohio
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
THIS certifies that Willford Woodruff has been rece
ieved into the Church of Latter Day Saints organized on the
sixth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty and has been ordained an elder according
to the rules and regulations of said church and is duly autho
rized to agreeably to the authority of that
office. From the satisfactionory evidence which we have of
his good moral character and his zeal for the cause of
righteousness and diligent desire to persuade men to for
sake evil and embrace truth we confidently recommend
him to all candid and upright people as a worthy memdber
of society.
We therefore in the name and by the aut
hority of this church grant unto this our worthy brother
in the Lord this letter of commendation as a Proof of our
fellowship and esteem. Praying for his success and pro
sperity in our Redeemers cause.
Given by the direction
of a conference of the Elders of said church assembled
in Kirtland, Geauga County Ohio the third day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty six
Chairman
Clerk
Kirtland Ohio. May 2nd 1836
This certifies that the within (Above) was rec
orded on the 2nd Day of May 1836 in Kirtland Ohio
in the Licence Records Book A. Page 97
Recording Clerk
^ ordained
Wilfor Woodruff an Elder June 28 1835^
While holding the office of an Elder from the 28th of
June 1835 to the 31st of May 1836 I Travled
2557 Miles & held 182 meetings. Baptized 48
Persons. 19 children in the name of JESUS
CHRIST Ordained 2 Elders 2 Priest 3 Teachers 3
Deacons & Procured 23 subscribers for & 2
for the & $95 dollars for the at
Kirtland. Wrote 18 Letters held 7 debates 2 conferences 5 {persons}
healed under my hand 3 mobs gathered together against me
A true copy of a licence conveyed to me from Ohio
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
THIS certifies that Willford Woodruff has been rece
ieved into the organized on the
sixth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty and has been ordained an elder according
to the rules and regulations of said church and is duly autho
rized to agreeably to the authority of that
office. From the satisfactory evidence which we have of
his good moral character and his zeal for the cause of
righteousness and diligent desire to persuade men to for
sake evil and embrace truth we confidently recommend
him to all candid and upright people as a worthy member
of society.
We therefore in the name and by the aut
hority of this church grant unto this our worthy brother
in the Lord this as a Proof of our
fellowship and esteem. Praying for his success and pro
sperity in our Redeemers cause.
Given by the direction
of a conference of the Elders of said church assembled
in Kirtland, Geauga County Ohio the third day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty six
Chairman
Clerk
Kirtland Ohio. May 2nd 1836
This certifies that the within (Above) was rec
orded on the 2nd Day of May 1836 in Kirtland Ohio
in the Licence Records Book A. Page 97
Recording Clerk
ordained
Wilford Woodruff an Elder June 28 1835
While holding the Office of an Elder from the 28th of
June 1835 to the 31st of May 1836 I Travled
2557 Miles & held 182 meetings. Baptized 48
Persons. 19 children in the name of JESUS
CHRIST. Ordained 2 Elders 2 Priest 3 Teachers 3
Deacons & Procured 23 Subscribers for M & Ad & 2
for the star & $95 dollars for the at
Kirtland. Wrote 18 Letters held 7 debates 2 conferences 5 {persons}
healed under my hand 3 mobs gathered together against me