| 338 Thomas Dungan, and Michael Griffiths to the same office was provided for. Benjamin Austin was ordained a bishop of Nauvoo conference by the Presidency. Hiram P. Brown, who had at that conference been received into the church, Wentworth Vickery, James W. Mather, and John D. Bennett, were ordained elders. Blakeslee Brush and Mary P. Brush were received as members.
The following appointments were made and resolutions adopted:-
"James Blakeslee, to preside over the missions in the State of New York, and that C. G. Lanphear and C. W. Wheaton go with him.
"John Shippy, to preside over the missions in the Canadas, and Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and that J. W. Gillen and H. W. Pomeroy go with him.
"James Burgess, to preside over the missions in Vermont and New Hampshire.
"Reuben Newkirk, preside over the missions in Western Wisconsin, and that E. M. Wildermuth go with him.
"W. W. Blair, to preside over the missions in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and that William Anderson go with him.
"Samuel Powers, to preside over Eastern Wisconsin and Michigan, and that Hiram P. Brown go with him.
"J. T. Phillips and T. E. Jenkins and David Evans, to go to Wales on missions, and to be under the direction of J. W. Briggs.
"Riley Briggs and William H. Kelley were appointed to labor in Minnesota.
"Z. H. Gurley [Sen.], to preside over the missions in Northern Illinois.
"Joseph Smith, to preside over Southern Illinois and Eastern Iowa and Missouri.
"Hugh Lytle, to preside over Western Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.
"George Redfield and W. Gaylord were requested to preach on their contemplated journey to Utah, and Thomas Revell in England.
"Resolved, that Bro. J. W. Briggs be sustained by this conference.
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