The Twelve met again to discuss the of the First Presidency: subject of appointing three of Twelve as the [First] Presidency of the [was discussed]. Br. Young said by this course it would liberate the of the Twelve [so] that they might go the Nations of the earth to preach the Many remarks were made upon the & council adjourned"
[Source: Woodruff Diary, Nov. 30, 1847, Archives, referenced in Lisle G Brown, compiler, "A Chronology of the Development of Apostolic Succession of the First Presidency, 1831-1848"]
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