1841-01-23-Connecticut Courant-Mormon Statistics

Mormon Statistics

Source: Connecticut Courant, 23 January 1841, v77 p. 1.

Mormon Statistics

MORMON STATISTICS.——This singular society, at their new city, in Illinois, have established a newspaper, from which we gather the following statistics. They have 255 members in Philadelphia, 210 in New York, 69 on Long Island, 151 in New Jersey, 135 in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and several in sundry other places. The increase in England has been more rapid than in this country, and at a late meeting in Preston, 1800 members were present. The society believe that the time of "gathering" has arrived, and accordingly have selected certain points where the "Latter Day Saints" are to congregate. A large body are in the neighborhood of Nauvoo, Ill., and this paper states them to be in a flourishing condition. When they locate a place, they call it establishing "a stake," and accordingly, they have just established one at Ramus, Ill. This place is eighteen miles northeast of Carthage, the county seat of Hancock county, Illinois.