5
th I again met in council with the Twelve according
to adjournment & transacted some business &
talked about many things perfect union & harmony
prevailed in all the deliberations of our councils
for the last four days, many of the Elders came
in in the evening which I was glad to see among
whom was Elders, , , , & others
I have felt the voice
stealing of the spirit, stealing
across my breast for the last few days whispering that
I should lift up my voice unto the people of , & other places esspecially when I return
The following is the intire minutes of the
Business of the quorum of the Twelve for
several Days in success[ion]
England April 2nd 1841
This Day Elders , , , , Willford Woodru
ff , & of the Quorum of the
Twelve met together at the house of Br
Coachman No 4 Gray Street near Oxford Road in this
city in council after having been seperated & dispersed
in various countries for the last four years
To meet once more in council after a long seperation
and having passed through many sore and grieveous
trials exposing our lives & our characters to the slander
and violence of wicked & murderous men, caused our hearts
to swell with gratitude to God for his providential care
over us. Elder Young opened the council by prayer
Elders B. Young H. C. Kimball and P. P. Pratt the comm-
ittee appointed about a year ago to secure a
of the Book of Mormon in the name of
Presented the following certificate
Feb. 8th 1841
Then entered for his copy the property of Joseph
Smith Jun the Book of Mormon an account writt-
en by the hand of upon plates taken from
the plates of Nephi. Translated by Joseph Smith jr
First European from the Second American Edition
Received five copies
The above is a true copy of an Entry in the Rejister
Book of the company of Stationers Kept at the
of the said company
Witness my hand this 17th Day of Feburary 1841
George Greenhill
Warehouse keeper of the Company of Stationers
The quorum voted that they accepted the labours
of said committee
Resolved that as the quorum of the Twelve have had
nothing to do with the printing of the Book of Mormon
they will not now interfere with it, but that the said
April 5th 1841 Met pursuent to adjo-
urnment. Elder opened the council by
Prayer. It was moved resolved that the 17th day
of April be the day appointed for the Twelve who
are going to America to set sail from
this was moved by Elder and seconded by
Elder Woodruff & carried by a unanimous vote
Moved by Elder seconded by Elder Woodruff
that the Twelve do business at the Conference as a
quorum & call upon the Church or Conference to sanction
it. Adjourned till the 6th Inst to meet in general
Conference at Carpenters Hall at 10 oclock A.M.
Clerk
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder John Taylor, Tailor
