170 years ago today - Mar 10, 1844

[Joseph Smith Diary] I attended meeting at the Stand by the Temple and preached on the subject of the spirit of /Elias/ Elijah, and Mesiah clearly defining the offices of the 3 personages. ...

Joseph asked, can this council keep what I say, not make it public, all held up their hands. [Joseph then proceeded to organize the Council of Fifty to oversee the settlement of Texas and eventually to rule over the political Kingdom of God on earth.]

Copy the Constitution of the U[nited] S[tates], [placed in the]] hands of a select committee [as a guide in drafting a constitution for the council].

... go ahead concerning the Indians and Southern states &c.

Send 25 men by /the yrenip [Pinery]/ through to Santa Fee /Atnas Eef[Santa Fe]/ &c, and if Houston /Notsuoh[Houston]/ will embrace the gospel [ . . . ] [We]] can amend that constitution and make it the voice of Jehovah and shame the U[nited] S[tates.] ...

[Source: Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1844, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries]

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