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Announced Special Conference at Holy Island

Also Holy Island conference announcement · Lake Mormon conference

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinHoly Island (Pine Lake)
ErasStrang era

Summary

On May 27, 1856, the Daily Northern Islander announced that a special conference would be held at Holy Island, Lake Mormon, on July 12. A New York newspaper report of June 23 repeats the notice while quoting the Islander. The graph records the announced event and its planned date, but does not assert that the conference actually convened.

Evidence and limits

The announcement is contemporary and specific about place and date, but no attendance list, proceedings, later issue, or independent confirmation of the meeting is held. confidence: contested therefore applies to the occurrence, not to the existence of the announcement. The event is kept distinct from the 1968 retrospective’s earlier “feast of first fruits” account, whose date is not settled by the held sources.

Open questions

  • Is there a July 1856 Northern Islander issue or later account recording the meeting?
  • Who attended, and what business or worship was conducted?
  • Is the event related to the 1855 conference mentioned in Quaife’s later narrative?

See also

Sources

  1. *Daily Northern Islander*, Saint James, May 27, 1856, "Conferences."
    The contemporary announcement says, "A special Conference will be held at Holy Island, Lake Mormon, Sabbath, the 12th July." It establishes the planned place and date, not attendance or completion.
    charlevoix · DailyNorthernIslander1856
  2. "The Beaver Island Mormons," *New-York Daily Tribune*, June 23, 1856, p. 2, quoting the *Islander*.
    Independent contemporary newspaper clipping repeats the announcement of a special conference at Holy Island, Lake Mormon, and is used as corroboration of the notice rather than proof that the conference met.
    federal · chronicling_america · sn83030313_1856-06-23_ed1_p2