175 years ago today - Mar 18, 1839

[Brigham Young] --18-- I met in council with several of the Twelve Apostles ... Elder Wilford Woodruff was presented and sustained to be one of the Twelve. Elder George A. Smith having been appointed by the Prophet as one of the Twelve, in place of Thomas B. Marsh, who had fallen was also presented and sustained. We met in council in Quincy relative to our quorum going up to Far West and fulfilling the following: [D&C 118] --REVELATION GIVEN AT FAR WEST, JULY 8, 1838

... Let them take leave of my Saints in the city Far West, on the 26th day of April next, on the building spot of my house, saith the Lord. Let my servant John Taylor, and also my servant John E. Page, and also my servant Wilford Woodruff, and also my servant Willard Richards, be appointed to fill the places of those who have fallen, and be officially notified of their appointment. ... Many of the Authorities considered, in our present persecuted and scattered condition, the Lord would not require the Twelve to fulfill his words to the letter, and ... he would take the will for the deed; but I felt differently and so did those of the Quorum who were with me. ... I told them the Lord God had spoken, and it was our duty to obey and leave the event in his hands and he would protect us."

[Source: Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).]