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May 12, 1842 • Thursday
See images of the original document at josephsmithpapers.org.
Minutes of the Proceedings
of the
Seventh Meeting of the Society.
Lodge Room, May 13th. [12th]1
The meeting opened with singing, “Thy mercy my God is the theme of my song.” &c.2
Pray’r by Prest. Joseph Smith.
The following names were then presented to the Society and were unanimously receiv’d— to wit.
| Eunice R. [Bagg] Shurtliff | Adoline Roundy |
| Phebe Woodworth | Elizabeth [Harris] Henderson |
| Dorotha [Duritha] Lewis | Hannah Lytle |
| Elizabeth Malam [Milam] | Abigail Goldsmith |
| Jane A. Moore | Harriet Rice |
| Malinda Lewis | Esther S.3 Morrill |
| Hannah Drolinger | Maria Haven |
| Caroline Tippets | Sarah Mellin |
| Electa Peck | Eliza Ann Mellin [Malin] |
| Fanny Hartshorn | Eliza Rolfe |
| Jane Twist | Fanny Lytz [Litz] |
| Elmena [Elmira] Miller | Selina [Sabina] Adams |
| Nancy M. Cahoon | Eunice Baldwin |
| Martha B. [Paine] Thomas | Eunice Holbrook |
| Hannah Annis | Elizabeth Gillett |
| Jane Olmstead | Maria Ferry |
| Elizabeth King | Arminta Graham |
| Mary King | Dorcas Dykes |
| Elizabeth Lee | Mary Younger |
| Nancy B. [Daniels] Andrews | Mary Mayberry |
| Lucy Foot [Lucia Foote] | Nancy Alexander |
| Sarah Peck | Deonicia [Dionitia] Plumb |
| Henrietta Rich | Polly Gaylord |
| Margaret Dany [Dana] | Betsey Green |
[p. [43]]
| Mary Kelsey | Alvira Alexander |
| Kezia Burk | Harriet Stratten |
| Lois Sherman | Abigail Jackson |
| Phebe Merrill | Margaretta Wilcox |
| Barbara Evans | Esther Franklin |
| Mary Ann Hyde | Olive B. Hale |
| Elizabeth Matthews | Julia A. Jencks |
| Elizabeth Balla[r]d | Elizabeth Whiteside |
| Mary Ann Ivings [Ivins] | Emily [Emelia] Parks |
| Irona H. Cowles | Christiana Winn |
| Betsey Ann Eldridge | Susannah Parish |
| Caroline Tomlinson | Aurelia Harmon |
| Betsey Tomlinson | Eliza Hill |
| Annis Roberts | Sarah Brown |
| Sibyl Stephens [Stevens] | Sally King |
| Huldah Butler | Mary B. King |
| Lucy McOlney | Mercy Jones |
| Lydia Carter | Jane Nelson |
| Pamela [Permelia] Drury | Mary Duke |
| Ruth Drury | Anna Potter |
| Sarah Harmon | Huldah Nickerson |
| Sarah Mackley | Huldah A. Barrus |
| Lucinda Baggs | Mary Ann Nickerson |
| Betsey Baggs | Louisa Pratt |
| Mary Clapp | Clarinda Phillips |
| Margaret Clapp | Nancy Gardner |
| Elizabeth Coolage | Loisa Leavitt |
| Lucinda Turner | Aurelia Curtiss [Curtis] |
| Loisa Hildreth | Elizabeth J. Burnes |
| Lois Cutler | Maria Thompson |
| Lomira Cutler | Elizabeth Brady |
| Sarah Hayle | Kezia Hendricks[on] |
| Dorothy Hoyt | Sarah Roberts |
| Caroline Weeks | Hannah Carroll |
[p. [44]]
| Margaret Ault | Olivia Evans |
| Polly Perry | Margaret Hulet |
| Adoline L West | Amelia C. [Caroline Amelia] Webb |
| Sally M. Anderson | Betsey Carrico |
| Nancy Johnson | Margaret Stuart [Stewart] |
| Abigail Hawes | Anna Harmon |
| Nancy Bagley | Sophronia M. Harmon |
| Hannah Carter | Amanda Rogers |
| Anna Wight | Eda Rogers |
| Jemima Peck | Annis Thompson |
| Sarah Ann Billings | Abigail Bingham |
| Clarissa Chase | Anna Landers |
| Sarah Lincoln | Betsey Clough [Cluff] |
| Julia Ann Hale | Rhoda Bentley |
| Sophia Billings | Elizabeth Owens |
| Selina Chase | Lucy Ann Alldred [Allred] |
| Alice Wal[l]work | Julia McMurtin [McMurdie] |
| Lucy Clemons [Clements] | Julia Ann Allred |
| Lucretia Marsh | Abigail Allred |
| Margaret Fosset [Fausett] | Deborah Blakeman [Blackman] |
| Catharine Hendricks | Harriet Finch |
| Nancy Booth | Sabra Morrison |
| [blank] Fordham | Olive Farr |
| [blank] Spencer | Sally Foster |
| Harriet Decker | Luena Luce |
| Margaret Hurr [Herr] | L. [blank] Newman |
| Amarellar [Avarillar] Casper | Abigail Thornd [Thorn] |
| Elmira Daily [Almira Daley] | Mary Southworth |
| Elizabeth A. Hall | Huldah Teeples |
| Sophia Reels [Reals] | Sabra Vooheers |
The cases of the poor were then represented
Prest. J. Smith said that in his opinion, all men now considered in good standing, holding notes [p. [45]] against 〈whom〉 widows, hold notes; if they will not pay them, ought to be discountenanc’d by the Relief Society—
Sister Chapman’s case was represented—
Mov’d & carried that Sister Chapman’s garden should be plowed.
Kezia Morrison said if some one would plow said garden, she would pay from the store
Sist. Matthews propos’d to send a man to plow it.
Motion’d & carried that those persons who refuse to pay poor widows what is due them, be forever discountenanc’d by this Society.
Mov’d & carried that those men who refuse to pay sister Hillman, what she holds in notes against them, be complain’d of at the Masonic Lodge.4
The following donations were then received
| $ | |||
| Amanda [Barnes] Smith— | donated | 1. | 00 |
| Martha Sessions— | do [ditto] | .. | 62 |
| Catharine Wilkie | 2. | 00 | |
| Percinda Ball | . | 62 | |
| Mary J. Warner | 75 | ||
| Susan McArthur | 25 | ||
| Elizabeth Rolfe | 50 | ||
| Adah Coleman | 12½ | ||
| Sarah Higbee | children’s clothes |
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| Hannah Marsh |
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| Mary A. Hyde | 12½ | ||
| Emeline Carlin[g] | Gold Pin | ||
| Nancy King | 25 | ||
| Annis Thompson | 62½ | ||
| Caroline Tomlinson | 1. | 75 | |
| Sabra Gribble | 1 Bed Quilt | 2. | 00 |
After singing by the choir & pray’r by Prest. J. Smith, the meeting adjourn’d at 6 o.clock [p. [46]]
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Footnotes
Footnotes
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[1]Joseph Smith’s journal indicates that he attended a Relief Society meeting on May 12, 1842. (Joseph Smith, Journal, May 12, 1842, in JSP, J2:55–56.)
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[2]Hymn 271, Collection of Sacred Hymns [1841], 297.
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[3]text: Possibly “L.”
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[4]Masons who did not keep moral obligations could be censured by their lodge. For instance, John C. Bennett was disciplined for sexual immorality by both the Pickaway, Illinois, lodge and the Nauvoo lodge. (JSP, J2:65n255, 67n268.)