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| The Twelve § and the Seventy § are organized; Joseph obtains Egyptian mummies and scrolls §; the first Doctrine and Covenants is published §; pay for church leaders is formalized §; war department is organized §; Joseph relates the First Vision to a visitor §, begins marrying couples contrary to state law §. Joseph's conflicts with Orson Hyde §, Almon Babbit §, and especially William Smith §. | ||||
| February 8 | Brigham and Joseph Young sing for Joseph. "The Spirit of the Lord was poured out upon us, and I told them I wanted to see those brethren together, who went up to Zion in the camp, the previous summer, for I had a blessing for them." | HC 2:180–181. | ||
| February 14 |
Joseph, David Whitmer , Martin Harris, and Oliver Cowdery meet with members of Zion's Camp. The Three Witnesses twelve men to be apostles: Lyman E. Johnson (h), Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball (h1), Orson Hyde, David W. Patten (h), Luke S. Johnson, William E. McLellin (h), John F. Boynton (h), Orson Pratt (h), William Smith, Thomas B. Marsh (h), and Parley P. Pratt (h). The Three Witnesses bless the first three. |
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| February 15 | The Three Witnesses ordain Orson Hyde, David W. Patten (h), Luke Johnson, William E. McLellin (h), John F. Boynton (h), and William Smith apostles. | |||
| February 21 | Parley P. Pratt, Thomas B. Marsh (h), and Orson Pratt (h), are ordained. Oliver delivers the charge to the Twelve. | Minutes of February 21, 1835 | ||
| February 28 | Joseph, David, Martin, and Oliver meet with members of Zion's Camp and select members of the First Quorum of the Seventy. |
KCMB; From Historian, 59n4. |
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| February 28 and March 1 | Ordination and blessing meetings of the Seventy. | KCMB | ||
| March 1 | After dedication of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Lyman Wight (h) (swh) leaves for Missouri, arriving in early May. | From Historian, 72n4. | ||
| March 7–8 | Blessing meetings for workers and contributors to the House of the Lord, and seventies. | Minutes of March 7–8, 1835 | ||
| April 5 | Most of the Twelve meet to prepare for their mission east. Orson Pratt has not returned from another mission since his calling was announced. He arrives in Kirtland just as the meeting begins, enters the room dramatically, and is ordained. | ¶ Orson Pratt (h2) | ||
| Eliza R. Snow is baptized. | Personal: ERS, 10. | |||
| April 24 | Smith, the Mormon Prophet, was recognised, on Wednesday last, by Justice Miller of this village, for his appearance at the next Court of Common Pleas, to answer to a charge of Assault and Battery committed upon the person of his brother-in-law. (The hearing is postponed when the brother-in-law leaves the state for a time >. | Painesville Telegraph. | ||
| April 25 | David, Martin, and Oliver ordain Thomas B. Marsh (h) an apostle. | |||
| April 26 | Thomas B. Marsh is sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve. | |||
| David and Oliver ordain Orson Pratt an apostle. | Orson Pratt (h2) | |||
| We received our charge from Joseph Smith the Prophet. | Heber C. Kimball journal in Woman's View, 54. | |||
| April 28 | John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps and his son Waterman leave Missouri for Kirtland, arriving May 17. | From Historian, 137. | ||
| May (mid) | John Whitmer replaces Oliver (his brother-in-law) as editor of the Messenger and Advocate, editing the June 1835 to March 1836 issues. Frederick G. Williams beomes editor of the Northern Times, a Democratic weekly. | Descriptive Bibliography, 47. | ||
| Mr. Hewitt, an Irvingite, arrives in Kirtland and raises the possibility that his congregation in England might contribute to the Mormon cause. > | HC 3:233–234. | |||
| May 5 | The Twelve leave Kirtland at 2 a.m. for the East. | Book of John Whitmer in From Historian, 141. | ||
| May 17 | W. W. Phelps and Waterman, and John Whitmer arrive in Kirtland. W. W. and son move into Joseph's home and help compile the D&C. | Book of John Whitmer in From Historian, 137. | ||
| June 5 | George A. Smith and his second cousin, Lyman Smith, leave Kirtland on a mission to Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and New York, returning November 2. They hold about 80 meetings and baptized eight. | Deseret News, August 18, 1858. | ||
| June 14 | The high council sends Oliver to find Mr. Hewitt in Fairport . The next day, Oliver writes that Hewitt is not there but Mrs. Hewitt reassures him of her husband's interest in Mormonism. The Hewitts are not heard from again <. | KCMB | ||
| June 16 | Geauga county court acquits Joseph of charges brought by brother-in-law Calvin Stoddard that Joseph had deprived him of water rights. During trial Calvin calls Joseph a "damned false prophet," and Joseph knocks him down. Stoddard sues for assault >. | |||
| June 18 | Saints contribute $950 toward construction of the House of the Lord. | HC 2: 234. | ||
| June 21 | Joseph preaches in Kirtland on the Evangelical Order. | HC 2: 234. | ||
| June 25 | $6,232.50 is subscribed
for House of the Lord in Kirtland. Joseph, $500; Oliver, $750; W. W. Phelps,
$500; John Whitmer, $500; and Frederick G. Williams, $500; all paid within
an hour. |
HC 2: 234. | ||
| June 26 | At Joseph's request, the Painesville Telegraph publishes court testimony. Brother-in-law says Joseph has apologized for striking him on the forehead with the flat of his hand. The apology has been accepted and Joseph is acquitted <. | Painesville Telegraph. | ||
| July 3 | Michael H. Chandler arrives in Kirtland and exhibits four Egyptian mummies and rolls of papyrus covered with hieroglyphics. "Some of the Saints" in Kirtland purchase the artifacts and, "and with W. W. Phelps and Oliver Cowdery as scribes," Joseph begins translating the scrolls. | HC 2:235. | ||
| August 17 | General Assembly approves publication of the first Doctrine and Covenants, including the Lectures on Faith and Oliver's Article on Marriage and Article on Governments and Laws. | Minutes of August 17, 1835 | ||
| August 19 | Almon Babbitt's defense for breaking the Word of Wisdom: Joseph and others don't observe it. He is admonished to keep it anyway. | Minutes of August 19, 1835 | ||
| September 14 | Kirtland high council: "The laborer is worthy of his hire." Salary and expenses for Joseph Sr., Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery. Emma to select hymns and W. W. Phelps edit. | Minutes of September 14, 1835 | ||
| David Whitmer and Samuel H. Smith are appointed Literary firm agents. | W. W. Phelps to Sally, September 16. 1835 from Journal History in New Mormon Studies. The Doctrine and Covenants was starting to come out of the bindery. Sale price $1. Descriptive Bibliography, 54–75. | |||
| September 24 | Joseph meets with the Kirtland high council. Petition Missouri's governor to return the refugees. Raise volunteers ready to fight to the death. Organize a "war department." | Minutes of September 24, 1835 | ||
| September 25 | Orson Pratt arrives in Kirtland. | ¶ Orson Pratt (h2) | ||
| September 26 | The rest of the Twelve return from their mission to the East. There are some difficulties between them and with Sidney. Resolved amicably. | |||
| October 1 |
Joseph works on the Egyptian alphabet with Oliver and W. W. Phelps. "The system of astronomy was unfolded." |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 86–87. HC 2:286 expands text to: "… during the research, the principles of astronomy as understood by Father Abraham and the ancients unfolded to our understanding, the particulars of which will appear hereafter." | ||
| October 5 | Joseph: the Twelve
are to take their families to Missouri next year, attend the organization
of the School of the Prophets, and prepare for "an endowment with power
from on high." |
Minutes of October 5, 1835; JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 88–89. |
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| October 6 | Elder Stevens loans Frederick G. Williams and Co. $600, "which greatly relieved us of our present difficulties." |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 89. |
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| October 7 | Newel K. Whitney and
Hyrum Smith start for Buffalo to purchase goods for the store. |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 89. | ||
| October 17 | Joseph calls his family together, arranges his "domestick concerns," and "dismissed my boarders." | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 93. | ||
| October 23 | Joseph, Oliver, David,
Hyrum, John Whitmer, Sidney, Samuel
H. Smith, Frederick G. Williams, and W.
W. Phelps pray for relief from debt, deliverance of Zion without bloodshed,
protection from the Missourians, and the means to buy inheritances in Zion
to accomplish the Lord's work there, "all this easily and without perplexity
and trouble; and finally, that in the end He would save us in His celestial
kingdom." |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 121–122. | ||
| October 26 | Joseph, Hyrum, and Don
Carlos go to county court in Chardon with Samuel,
who is fined $20 "for not doing Military duty." Joseph blames
the lawyer and court. |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 93–94; HC 2:291-292. | ||
| October 29 | Warren Parrish begins
writing for Joseph where Willard Richards leaves off in the Prophet's history. |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 95. | ||
| Joseph testifies before
the high council in behalf of a brother who is accused of beating and whipping
his daughter. In the second session, Joseph and his brother William, get
into a furious argument over whether their mother should testify. |
Minutes of October 29, 1835 | |||
| November 3 | Revelation chastizes eleven of the Twelve for not being sufficiently humble or equal in financial affairs and for criticizing William Smith. | Revelation of November 3, 1835 | ||
| November 5 | William E. McLellin (h) and Orson Hyde reluctantly accept the revelation of November 3. After school Brigham Young hears it read and appears "perfectly satisfied." | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 102. | ||
| November 8 | The word of the Lord cam[e] unto me saying that President Phelps & President J. Whitmer are under condemnation before the Lord, for their errors <for which they made satisfaction the same day> |
JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 103; HC 2:304. |
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| November 9 | "Joshua the Jewish minister" calls. Joseph relates his first vision, the visitation of "angels" beginning when he was 17, and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Joshua offers an exegesis of Daniel 2 and passages in Revelation, detailed in Joseph's diary. > | 1835
Accounts of the First Vision JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 104–106. |
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| November 12 | Joseph tells the Twelve that he thought that he had placed the church on a permanant foundation by organizing the stake of Zion. But he is still alive, so there must be something more for him to do, and that is the ordinance of washing of feet, which he then administers. | |||
| November 14 | Revelation: Warren Parrish's sins are forgiven and he is called to be the Lord's scribe. If he hearken's to the Lord's voice, Warren will see "much of my ancient records, and shall know of hiden things, and shall be endowed with a knowledge of hiden languages" | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 112. | ||
| In a conversation with a visitor, Joseph refers to the First Vision as "the first visitation of Angels, which was when I was about 14. years old" <. | ¶ 1835 Accounts of the First Vision (B) | |||
| November 21 | Hebrew class decides to offer a teaching position to a New York Jew if they can cancel the agreement with Dr. Peixotto, who does not appear to be qualified. | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 119. | ||
| November 24 | Joseph marries Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite. The state does not consider Mormons ministers and therefore refuses to license them. | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 120–121. | ||
| December 3 | Joseph marries Warren Parrish and Martha H. Raymond "in the name of God according to the articles, and covenants of the <Church of the> latter day Saints" | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 125. | ||
| December 13 | Joseph marries two couples. | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 132. | ||
| December 15 | Orson Hyde gives Joseph a letter complaining of favoritism and objecting to the revelation of November 3. | ¶
Orson Hyde's 1835 Complaint Revelation of November 3, 1835 |
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| December 16 | Joseph attends a debate and apparently urges the debates stop "fearing that it would not result in good." William insists on continuing and becomes "enraged" and "used violence upon my person," Jared Carter, and others >. | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 134. | ||
| December 17 | Joseph discusses Orson's letter with him "and satisfyed his mind upon every point." | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 137. | ||
| I told Elder Cahoon, of the Temple committee, that we must sustain the Twelve, and not let them go down; if we do not, they must go down, for the burden is on them, and is coming on them heavier and heavier. If the Twelve go down, we must go down, and we must sustain them. | MS, vol. 15 no. 32, 521. Probably a gloss. Does not appear in JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., between 137 and 138, where it belongs. Joseph would have referred to the Kirtland House of the Lord, not temple. | |||
| Joseph Sr. and Lucy, "sorely afflicted in mind" by the difficulty between Joseph and William, call on Joseph >. He persuades them that "I was not to blame" and invites them to move in with him. They agree. | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 138. | |||
| December 26 | D&C 108 gives the will of the Lord for Lyman Sherman. He will be one of "the first of mine elders" and be called on a mission. | Very few revelations in 1835. | ||
| December 28 | High council considers Joseph's charge against Almon Babbit "for traducing my character." Almon acknowledges his fault, but the council considers it insufficient and adjourns "without obtaining a full confession from him." | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 147. | ||
| The council of seventy meets to report their ministry since they were ordained "to that apostleship." | JS journal, 1835–1836 in Personal, 2nd ed., 147. | |||
| December 29 | Orson Johnson charges William Smith with "unchristianlike conduct in speaking disrespectfully of President Joseph Smith Junr. and the revelations & commandments given through him," and "attempting to inflict personal wisdom [sic] on President J. Smith Junr" <. | Minutes of December 29, 1835 | ||
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