Q:–Well you may consider it while I ask you some other questions? Now do you say that the revelation that is commonly called the revelation on polygamy was ever presented at any time or place to any branch of the church-or to the church as a whole, for adoption or rejection before 1844? A:–I cannot say. Well now I would not like to answer that, for that is some thing that the high council would know about, and I did not attend that you know.

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Q:–It was presented to the church before anybody was permitted to be married to a second wife was it not? A:–Yes sir, of course.

Q:–You are positive of that? A:–As far as I know it was.

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Q:–Now you stated that it was presented to the high council? A:–Yes sir.

Q:–Do you know whether or not it was accepted by the council? A:–Yes sir, they did of course.

Q:–And voted on it? A:–Well you see that is something that I don't know, for I was not present at the time in the room, and I don't know what they did.

Q:–How do you know it was presented if you was not there? A:–Because brother Hyrum came right home from the council, and told us that it had been presented there, and had been accepted. He told us about it, and he was present himself.

Q:–Present at the council you mean? A:–Yes sir.

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Q:–Well did he say so? A:–Of course he did. He came right home from the council and told us, and my sister and I were right there and heard him.

A:–And he handed the revelation to you? Now whose handwriting was it in? A:–I guess as far as I know that it was the handwriting of the clerk, William Clayton, for he was the clerk of the church at that time.

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Q:–Well, how long did you keep it? A:–Some four or five days. Something like that.

Q:–You kept it four or five days? A:–Yes sir.

Q:–Then who did you give it to? A:–I kept it until it was called for,–well it was called for by Brother Hyrum himself, and he got it then when he called for it.

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Q:–Do you know how many pages there was? A:–No sir, I don't know, but I <don't> think there was more than one whole sheet.

Q:– You don't think there was more than one whole sheet? A:– No sir.

Q:–Are you certain of that as you are of anything else you have testified to? A:–Yes sir, I am certain of that.

Q:–You are certain that there was not more than one whole sheet, which would be four pages? A:–I don't think there was.