165 years ago today - Apr 7, 1852

Conference opened at 10 ock. ... N H Felt John Banks & A Cordon were then ordained travelling Bishops.

Brother Benjamin Clapp was [rejected?] as one of the presid[ents of?] the Seventies for not believeing in the Authorities of the Church & not doing his duty. And after a discussion upon the subject He was left without being [named] or rejected untill they could Hear from him.

President B Young said I dont care whether the people Believe me to be a prophet Seer or Revelator or not. I have been vary profitable to this people & I have seen a good many things, & I have Revealed many things. He remarked that Brother Clapp was ruled by his wife & children & they were ruled by the devil....

H C Kimball moved that Brigham Young Be the Govornor of the State of Deserett. Carried unanimously & H C Kimball Lieut Govornor, which was sustained with Applause. President Young remarked that No doubt before you get home you will hear we have committed treason....

The President then Said we shall now lay before the Conference the manifest of the Recepts & Expenditures of the Tithing from Oct 1848 to March 27 1852:

Amount Received in cash $ 28,950.00 ...

I said I would kill any man that sought to take me. Many thought my purse reached from Eternity to Eternity that their was No End. We were Called Bogus makers. Brother Kimball Said we would go whare we Could coin the pure gold $10 at a lick. We have done so even $20 at a time. ...

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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