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This document – Orson Pratt, 4 April 1860, Before Brigham Young and the Twelve – is held in the Church History Library at call number CR 100 912, within the Church History Department Pitman Shorthand transcriptions collection. It was transcribed from George D. Watt’s shorthand record by LaJean Purcell Carruth on December 30, 2013. The CHL Catalog lists the restriction level as “open to research” and provides public digital access to the asset. CHL’s access-classification guidance explains that catalog items with an image thumbnail and no colored restriction header are visible to all patrons immediately and may be downloaded and used. The copy below is provided for noncommercial historical study and scholarship. Source credit: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CR 100 912.
The minutes are important because President Young explicitly attributes the doctrine to the Prophet Joseph Smith and names President Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards as additional witnesses that Joseph taught it.
The corresponding longhand Office Journal entry is printed in Fred C. Collier’s edition of The Office Journal of President Brigham Young, 1858–1863, Book D, Appendix B, beginning on printed page 419.