1.2.15
July 14, 1842 • Thursday
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Fourteenth
Meeting of the Society——
Grove, July 14th.
Meeting opened by pray’r by Councillor [Sarah] Cleveland
The following persons receiv’d as members of the Society, to wit.
| Rebecca Shirtliff | Patty Gates |
| Susan Thornton | Harriet Scovill |
| Ann Wormsley [Wamsley] | Lucetta Murdock |
| Sarah Dunn | Sarah M. Chaffin |
| Louisa Clark | Jane Barber |
| Nancy Hamer | Sally S. [Briggs] Alvord |
| Eliza Ells | Amanda Sanders |
| Frances Campion | Abigail Shelton |
| Elizabeth Boice [Boyce] | Roxcy Keller |
| Nancy Jackson | Caroline McCaslin |
| Elizabeth Cox | Mary Ann Case |
| Elizabeth Hardy | Dorothy Fry |
| Lucinda Bingham | Elizabeth Sumner |
| Mariah Sirine | Elizabeth Blackhurst |
| Mary Ann Dunn | Tamina Miner |
| Angeline Holden | Elizabeth King |
| Lydia Gates | Polly King |
| Matilda Case | Maria Lane |
| Celestia Baken [Bacon] | Laura McGeer [Laura M. Geer] |
| Mary Ames | Johanna Bennett |
| Nancy A. Co[u]lson | Cynthia Durphy |
| Elizabeth Corey | Almira J. Cairns |
| Louisa McCarty | Mary Whittle |
| Sophia Lanyon | Ronana [Roxana] Freeman |
| Rosetta Glazier | Mary Baldwin |
| Adaline Bonn[e]y | Olive Baldwin |
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| Rene Baldwin | Mary Stoddard |
| Mehitable Duty | Mary Ann Price |
| Julyanna Fenswith [Julia Ann Farnsworth] | A. [Aggatha] A. Lee |
| Mary Clark | Almeda Stringham |
| Mary Rogers | Betsey Ann N. Pettigrew |
| Amy Porter | Caroline K. Pettigrew |
| Sylvia Carter | Lucinda S. Knights [Knight] |
| Lucinda G. Pace | Eliza Harrower [Harrover] |
| Ruth Luce | Martha Wilcox |
| Abigail Whaley | Mary Henderson |
| Jane Mills | Martha T. Workman |
| Esther S. Tyler | Lovica Butler |
| Eliza Robberd [Roberts] | Susanna Butler |
| Maria Hendricks | Mary Middleton |
| Mary Barton | Sarah C. Ellsworth |
| Susan Brown | Martha Jane Garrett |
| Caroline Crosby | Mary Ann Cole |
| Jane Hanks | Phebe A. [Amanda] Cole |
| Polly [Dolly] Brown | Sally Fisher |
| Nancy Brown | Sarah Ellsworth |
| Rebecca Tryon | Mary Lance |
| Eunice Eaton | Sarah Thompson |
| [Elizabeth] Matilda King | Mary Ann Deming |
| Caroline H. Robinson | Polly [Knight] Stringham |
| Olive Martin | Mary Ann Munghar |
| Ellen Carter | Jennett Kelsey |
| Evaline Palmer | Diana Kelsey |
| Elizabeth Outhouse | Mary H[o]uston |
| Anna Downey | Anna H[o]uston |
| Susanna H[o]uston | Ellen Neibaur |
| Nancy Porter | Betsey Ames |
| Elizabeth Bullard | Mary Hawley |
| Kezia Hunter | Abigail Abbott |
| Charlotte E. Magary [McGary] | Peggy Patten |
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| Jemima Brace | Delana Parker |
| Verona G. [Jemima] Brace | Mary M. Hoyt |
| Sally Fowler | Susanna Green |
| Lucretia C. Bartholomew | Sarah Ann Wilcox |
| Lucy Hawkes | Sarah Mc[C]Lure [Killian] |
| Lydia Fido |
The case of Sis. Brown was then laid before the meeting— sis. [Sophia] Packard objected— After many very pointed remarks concerning the necessity of acting upon the principle of forgiveness, the case was again presented upon the consideration that sis. Brown had manifested deep repentance for whatever imprudence she had been guilty of, and solicited forgiveness of the Society. Sis. A. Smith objected to her reception, on the ground that former objectors had not been satisfied—
The case of sis. Nighman [Jane Neyman],1 wishing admittance, was als[o] presented and objected.
Mrs. President said she could not urge fellowship where the sisters could not feel to fellowship— but where we cannot fellowship as a christian, we must not let the persons suffer in our midst. She then recommended old sis. [Prudence] Oakes2 3to the charity and the watch care of the Society.
Meeting adjourn’d—
| Donations. | $ | |
| Rebecca Shirtliff | 1, | 00 |
| Ann Wurmsley [Wamsley] | 25, | |
| Sarah Dunn | 2, | 25 |
| Louisa Clark | 75 | |
| Eliza Ells | 4, | 00 |
| Frances Campion | 3, | 00 |
| Elizabeth Boice | 25 | |
| Elizabeth Cox | 50 | |
| Elizabeth Hardy | 25 |
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| $ | ||
| Lucinda Bingham | 3, | 00 |
| Mary Ann Dunn | .. | 50 |
| Angeline Holden | .. | 37 |
| Lydia Gates | 1, | 62 |
| Matilda Case | 1, | 75 |
| Celestia Baken | .. | 37 |
| Elizabeth Corey | 1, | 25 |
| Sophia Lanyon | 11, | 00 |
| Patty Gates | 1, | 00 |
| Harriet Scovil | 1, | 25 |
| Lucetta Murdock | .. | 75 |
The above contributions were received from the Laharpe sisters, by Mrs Jones.4
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Footnotes
Footnotes
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[1]This matter was discussed earlier at the April 28, 1842, Relief Society meeting. (Document 1.2, entry for Apr. 28, 1842.)
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[2]text: Possibly “Oaks”.
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[3]text: Ink changes to darker blue ink.
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[4]La Harpe, Illinois, was located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Latter-day Saint women at Lima, Illinois, also sent contributions. (Document 1.2, entry for Sept. 2, 1843.)