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Source: Church History Vol. 4 Chapter 1 Page: 8 (~1830)

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8 States, be divided into at least two departments, one to be known as the Southeastern Missions bounded on the north by the Ohio River and West Virginia and Pennsylvania; south by Gulf of Mexico; east by the Atlantic Ocean, and west by Mississippi River. The other, bounded north by Missouri and Kansas; south by the Gulf of Mexico; east by the Mississippi River; west by Mexico and Colorado Territory, to be called the Southwestern Mission. . . .

The Quorum of the Twelve reported concerning the European Mission, as follows:

"The Quorum of the Twelve, after full consideration, have unanimously disapproved of the European publishing scheme, proposed in the minutes of the October General Conference of said mission. Also that in View of all the circumstances, we unanimously recommend the release of Bro. Forscutt from that mission; and that Bro. J. S. Patterson be appointed and sustained as president of said mission.

"J. W. BRIGGS, President of Quorum."

. . .Resolved, That in view of the probable failure of establishing the proposed publishing department in England, and the representations and requests of Brn. M. H. Forscutt and John S. Patterson, as specified in their reports, it is hereby declared to be the opinion of this conference that Bro. M. H. Forscutt should be honorably released from said mission, and he be appointed to labor under the direction of the First Presidency of the church. . . .

Resolved, That when Bro. M. H. Forscutt returns to America, pursuant to resolution of this conference, that Bro. J. S. Patterson be appointed to succeed him in the charge of the European Mission, until otherwise provided. . . .

Resolved, That the Quorum of Seventy travel in the ministry and labor under the direction of the Traveling High Council, according to the law of God. . . .

[Resolved, That] high priests after the order of the Melchisedec Priesthood have a right to officiate in their own standing, under the direction of the Presidency, in administering spiritual things. . . .

Resolved, That high priests, when traveling in the ministry, are subject to the direction of the Traveling High Council.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 20, pp. 299-302.

By Herald, volume 20, number 9, we find that the following appointments of missions by the First Presidency were indorsed [endorsed] by the conference: J. W. Briggs, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Canada, Minnesota, Iowa; J. Ells, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Eastern Ohio; A. H. Smith, Pacific Mission and Utah; E. C. Briggs, Michigan, Indiana, Western Ohio, Canada, and Wisconsin; J. H. Lake,. Missouri, Iowa,

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