The Presidency were at the office. Elder Charles O. Card of Alberta [Canada] Stake was at the office in the morning. Brother Charles W. Penrose called and brought a large roll of manuscript written by John W. Rigdon and purporting to be the life of his father, Sidney Rigdon, and which is supposed to contain evidence that the Prophet Joseph Smith introduced plural marriage, it also contained what was known as Sidney Rigdon's 'Salt' sermon and testimony showing that Sidney Rigdon knew nothing of the Book of Mormon until it was presented to him by Parley P. Pratt and others. He desires the Church to purchase this manuscript of him for $500. It was proposed to refer the manuscript to a committee to report on its merits. An order for $16,916. was issued for general charity account for the six months ending December 31.
[Journal History, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
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