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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 |
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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 |
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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]]