Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
On the 14th of April eighteen hundred
and forty there was held
The First Council of the Twelve Among the Nations
There was ^were^ present at this council Elders Brigham
Young Heber C Kimball Parley P. Pratt Orson Pratt Wilford
Woodruff John Taylor and George A. Smith
Elder Brigham Young was called to the
chair to preside and John Taylor was chosen as Secretary.
The Council was opened by prayer from
Brigham who was unanimously chosen as the Standing President of
the Twelve and Elder Willard Richards was ordained to the Quorum
of the Twelve by unanimous voice and according to a previous
revelation from the Prophet Joseph
At the first sitting of the Council it was
resolved that he who may act as the Secretary of the Quorum shall
