[2]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 72.
[3]. These are the letters referred to at p. 217, note.
[4]. This conference had been appointed to meet on the 25th of January, at Amherst, Lorain county, Ohio.
[5]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 73.
[6]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 74.
[7]. The chief item of interest connected with this Amherst conference held on the 25th of January, 1832, is the fact that it was here that the Prophet Joseph was sustained and ordained as President of the High Priesthood.
[8]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 75.
[9]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 76.
[10]. Doctrine and Covenants, sec. 77.
[11]. It was not always desirable that the individuals whom the Lord addressed in revelations should at the time be known by the world, and hence in this and in some subsequent revelations the brethren were addressed by other than their own names. The temporary necessity having passed for keeping the names of the individuals addressed unknown, their real names were subsequently given in brackets.