July 7, 1842 • Thursday

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Minutes of the

Thirteenth Meeting of the

Society.

Grove July 7^th

Meeting opened by singing “When I survey the wondrous cross” &c.¹

Pray’r by sister [Sophia] Packard.

Mrs. President not present,² the busines of the Society was defer’d, and the time spent in exhortation and speaking, singing and prayer, much to the comfort and edification of those present.

The following Donations were made to wit.

	$
Mary Akerly	..	50
Catharine Spencer	..	20

Sophia Packard appropriated	20 lbs. flour
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. D[e]uel appropriated	27 do [ditto]
to Mrs. Birch
Mrs. Winchester appropriated	25 do
for Mrs. Hawkes.

Prayer for the children earnestly recommended by Councillors [Sarah] Cleveland, [Elizabeth Ann] Whitney and others.

Meeting adjourn’d to next week.

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Footnotes

[1]Hymn 249, Collection of Sacred Hymns [1841], 272.
[2]The entry in Joseph Smith’s journal for the day before this meeting records, “Rode out to La Harpe [Illinois] with sister Emma and others.” (Joseph Smith, Journal, July 6, 1842, in JSP, J2:74.)