History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

FRENCH AND GERMAN CONVERTS. 411
In France and Germany few proselytes were made.
In the former country there were, in June 1850,
branches of the church at Paris, Boulogne, Calais,
and Havre; but the total number of members was
probably little more than a hundred. 28 In Germany
the Mormons were even less successful. In 1853
Elder Cam, who, two years before, had been imprisoned
and afterward expelled from the confederation
for preaching Mormonism, applied at Berlin for permission
to hold meetings. The answer was that he
must leave the city immediately under pain of transportation.
29
In Holland, 30 Denmark, 31 Scandinavia, 32
28 An elder, name not given, was in France in 1845 and baptized two.
Times and Seasons, vi. 989. John Pack and Curtis E. Bolton left Salt Lake
City in company with Apostle Jno. Taylor, on Oct. 19, 1S49, and arrived in
Paris in June 1S50, having been joined in England by Fred Piercy, Arthur
Stayncr, and Wm Howell, the last of whom had been in France before. For
success, etc., see Utah Pioneers, 33d Ann., 27; Smith's Ri