“Chapter 47: The Saints Leave Missouri: Winter 1839,” Doctrine and Covenants Stories (2002), 175
“Chapter 47,” Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 175
Chapter 47
The Saints Leave Missouri
Winter 1839
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Saints leaving Missouri
The Saints began to leave Missouri in February 1839, when it was very cold. They were told that people in the state of Illinois might be friendly to them, so they traveled about 200 miles to western Illinois. Many of them went to the town of Quincy, where people were kind and gave them shelter, food, and jobs.
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Governor Boggs happy
Governor Boggs and his friends were glad the Saints had left Missouri.