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Show 33 in matter will, doubt all Tis owever; cme. up n 35 to which be at all to eouncfl, we wUlh, subJect tunes, ... Ba.bbitt arrived at Winter Quarters on Ja.nuary 28, 1848, meet in a gener,a! council with the church authorities. 36 to He explained that he and Hiram Kitnball had e eme fro·rn Nauvoo to o.btain counsel in :regard to the sale. of the church property in that city. A long discussion followed in which it was learned that seme of. .,abbitt's \lusillese tran.s", actions had been severely criticized, but his explana.tions of the were charges accepted and the following documen.t iurned: At a meeting of the Twelve, Presidency of the Sevenths , High CotUlcil, Hgh Priests aa« Elders of the ChUlfCh of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in the Council House, at Winter Quarters. the Z2nd of January, 1848, in council assembled ... with Almon W. lIabbitt and other$ from Nauvoo, it is resolved unanimously: that we have the lltmo,st coni'idell£e in the faithful discharge of their duties as Trustees in Trust in Nauvoo, namely Babbitt Heywood. and Fullmer, and we tender to them ... .. our thank$ and pra.y our Father in Heaven in the name 0i His Son Jesus Christ, to bless them and prosper th.em in all things 37 pertaining to the building of His Kingdom on the earth. With the eressed. confide.nee of the General Authorities in the work of th,eir trustees at Nauvoo and vicinity. Babbitt returned once again to the city of Nauvoo on the last day of January, 1848. Upon his return, he wrote the following letter to, Brigham. Young: 35Fullmer to Y.Jung, January 12, of that date. 36Ibid., January 28, 1848. 37 Idem. 1848, Jour:nal History, entry |
