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Page, Hiram,—baptized, [81]; received false revelations, [109]; renounces "seer stone," [115]; messenger from Saints in Zion to Judge Ryland, [429].

Page, Katharine,—baptized, [81].

Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y.,—Prophet's family moves to, [2]; Book of Mormon published at [71].

Partridge, Bishop Edward,—biography (note), [128], [129]; visits Prophet at Fayette, [128]; revelation to, [131]; accompanies Prophet to Zion, [188]; violence of mob toward, [390]; his own narrative of mob treatment, [390], [391]; offers himself as ransom for Saints in Jackson county, [394]; acknowledged head of Church in Zion, [409].

Paul, ——,—enters complaint [355].

Peck, Hezekiah,—baptized, [88].

Perrysburg, N. Y.,—Prophet preaches at, [421].

Persecution, commencement of, against the Prophet, [6]; extends to his family, [19]; spirit of at Harmony, [44]; reflections of Prophet on, [97]; in Missouri (see mob).

Persecutors,—McMaster, [97]; Boyington, Dr., [97];—Benton, [97].

Peterson, Richard B.,—baptized, [81].

Peterson, Ziba,—revelation to, [118]; appointed to mission to Lamanites, [119]; dropped from office, [195].

Petition,—of Missouri Saints to Governor Dunklin, [410], et seq.; second to Governor Dunklin, [451-2]; of Saints to President of U.S., [483].

Phelps, William Wine,—arrival in Kirtland, [184]; biography (note), [186]; preaches over western boundary of U. S., [190]; attacked by mob, [390]; offers himself a ransom for Saints in Jackson county, [394]; dispatched from Zion with petition to Governor of Missouri, [410].

Pitkin, George,—assists Prophet on Journey, [266].

Pixley, Rev.,—agent of missionary society in western Missouri, [372]; opposes the Church, [372], [373] and note.

Poorman, John,—baptism of, [86]; defends Prophet against mob, [263].

Pratt, Parley P.,—biography (note), [118], [119]; appointed to Lamanite mission, [118]; relations of, to Sidney Ridgon, [121]; presents Book of Mormon to Ridgdon, [122]; appointed a mission to Quakers (revelation), [167], (note) [169]; reports his mission to Lamanites, [181] and note, [183], et seq.; ministry in Zion (note), [400], [401]; assaulted by mob spies, [427] and note.

Pratt, Orson,—biography (note), [127]; enquires of the Lord concerning his duty, [127].

Press,—Purchase of for Church, [217]; opposition of, [273]; Star taken by mob, [390] and note; resolutions to establish at Kirtland, [409].

Priesthood,—Aaronic, restored, [49]; powers of, [39].

Priesthood, Melchisedek,—restored of (note), [40], [41]; power of Melchisedek manifested, [175], [176]; manner of manifestation (note,) [175].

Prophet, Joseph Smith, Jun. (see Joseph Smith, Jun.)

Prophets,—school of established (revelation), [310], [311]; meeting of, [322]; organization of, [334]; in Zion (note), [400].

Prophecy,—of earthquake in China (note), [158]; on head of Olmstead Johnson, [260]; on war of rebellion.

Prophets, False,—article on, [373], and note.