| 262 the Society and carefully preserved by us. We hope you will continue to keep this society upon your free list.
I also write to ask if you will do the favor to supply this society with some autograph letters of the principal leaders of your denomination. We would like especially to get some of your father's and his associates during the early history of the church. We want them for preservation, and should you comply with our request, we shall have the letters bound into a volume, and in that way they will be preserved.
Possibly you may be able to secure for us some letters touching the outrageous treatment your people received in Illinois and Missouri, written at the time or thereabout by some victim of that relentless and disgraceful persecution. If you furnish us with anything relative to that outrage, it shall be preserved.
I would be glad to have you call and see our library.
Send by express at our expense.
Yours truly,
ALBERT D. HAGER, Librarian.
The Board of Publication was authorized to forward to the society a copy each of Holy Scriptures, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Saints' Harp.
The Quorum of Seventy reported the death of two members of the quorum; namely, Jeremiah Jeremiah and Otis Shumway; and that they had dropped from the quorum D. T. Bronson.
The High Priests' Quorum reported that they had enrolled the names of Justus Morse and William B. Smith on account of former ordinations; and upon recommendation of the quorum Crowell G. Lanphear, Henry A. Stebbins, and David Dancer were ordained high priests; and the ordination of Daniel S. Mills was provided for by requesting Elder H. P. Brown to ordain him. Edward W. Tullidge was ordained an elder and Elder G. S. Yerrington was received into the First Quorum of Elders.
The following was moved by Brn. Kelley and Caffall: "Whereas, Upon examination, it is made to appear that a change in the Board of Publication is necessary, and would be productive of good, therefore, be it Resolved, That the present members of the board be respectfully requested to resign." The movers were by vote ordered to present their objections to the board in writing, which they subsequently did as follows:
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