Pratt, Orson b Sept 19, 1811 Hartford, Washington Co, NY m July 4, 1836  Sarah M Bates bap Sept 19, 1830 d Oct 3, 1881 Dec 1, 1830 o elder Feb 2, 1832 o high priest 1834 member Zion's Camp July 7, 1834 o to standing high council April 26, 1835  o apostle 1840 mission to England and Scotland Aug 20, 1842 excommunicated Jan 20, 1843 rebaptized & reinstated into quorom of 12 Feb 6, 1843 elected to Nauvoo city council author  many books bibl HC1:652-53 BOM:210-16 LBE 1:87-91photo MS 27:23--89 Whittaker, David J "Orson Pratt: Prolific Pamphleteer" Dialogue 15(3):27-41 Paul, E Robert "Early Mormon Intellectuals: Parley P, and Orson Pratt, a Respone" Dialogue 15(3):42-48 Watson, Elden J  ed. The Orson Pratt Journals Elden J Watson: Salt Lake City  1975 England, Breck The Life and Thought of Orson Pratt University Pr: Salt Lake City  1985 papers at LDS Historical Department note professor of mathematics - Nauvoo University emigrated to Utah
			Link: Orson Pratt Writings (1811-1838) Source: The Orson Pratt Journals, comp. Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden Jay Watson, 1975), pp. 7-96.