Two meetings were held in the Bowery. Pres. Brigham Young, Elder David Rainy and Samuel A. Woolley spoke in the forenoon, David Fullmer spoke in the afternoon session. The following brethren were called on missions: Parley P. Pratt, Thos. Perry and Alfred Randall to the United States and Robert Logan to England.
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Aug. 24, 1856, 1]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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…During this month Elder Parley P. Pratt and a few of the brethren having been appointed on mission to the States, Thos. Bullock, Bernard Snow, and several others to Europe; they expect to start on or about the 10th of September….
[The Mormon, Oct. 11, 1856]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Aug. 30, 1856, 2]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Departures
On the 2nd inst., Elder Amasa Lyman started for San Bernardino; and on the 10th and 11th, Elders Parley P. Pratt, Thomas Bullock, Bernard Snow, Dustin Amy and others started for the States and Europe, some on missions and others on business.
[Deseret News, 6:221]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sept. 2, 1856, 1]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Interesting from our Missionaries on the Plains
…The following persons were called of the Lord, through the voice of His servants, the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the 10th day of August, 1856…And on Sunday the 24th, Elder Parley P. Pratt and Thomas Terry were also called to go the United States….
Thomas Bullock
[Mormon, Nov. 15, 1856]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Oct. 17, 1856, 2]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]