Met with 9 of the 12 [apostles] and with counsellors John W. Young & Daniel H. Wells at 10 a.m. in Endowment House a Comfortable and retired place.
Came to an understanding on the question of responsibility and authority to guide the Church was determined and settled to devolve upon the Twelve the 2 Counsellors assisting, and John Taylor was sustained as president of the Twelve & Counsel. [Franklin D. Richards, Diary]
[John Taylor would be set apart as the president of the church in 1880 when the First Presidency would be reorganized]
[Source: Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1893]
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