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| January 3 |
|
D&C
88:127–141 procedures to be followed in "the house prepared for the presidency and instruction in all things for the officers, or in other words them who are called to the ministry in the church, beginning at the highpriests, even down to the deacons." Salutations. |
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| January 4 |
|
Joseph writes a lengthy letter to the editor of the American Revivalist and Rochester Observer, warning that "not many years shall pass away, before the United States shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not a parallel in the history of our nation: pestilence, hail, famine, and earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation from off the face of the land. to open and prepare the way for the return of the lost tribes of Israel from the north country." |
|
MH-A
Manuscript History of the Church (December 1805-August 30, 1834), 553 pages numbered from the "back" of Joseph's "large journal" (A-1), written June 11, 1839-Aug. 24, 1843. Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 1 // “Joseph Smith History, 1839” (first 93 pages), Early Mormon Documents 1:56-148; “History, 1839” (first 240 pages), Papers of Joseph Smith 1:265-386. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 1.
, 257–262 (Willard Richards, comp.). |
| January 6 |
|
Unpublished revelation calls Frederick
G. Williams "to be a councellor and scribe unto my servant Joseph."
He is to consecrate his farm "for bringing forth of the revelations." |
|
Williams papers
Frederick G. Williams papers. LDS Church Archives.
in
JS revelations
Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary, H. Michael Marquardt (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999).
, 231. |
| January 9 |
|
Frederick G. Williams is to be paid $300 a year to serve as assistant scribe for the United Firm. |
|
Minutes of January 9, 1833 |
| January 11 |
|
Responding to
a letter from W. W. Phelps, Joseph writes
the brethren in Zion, warning they will reap the judgments of God
if they do not repent. |
|
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| January 13–14 |
|
Hyrum Smith and Orson
Hyde write the bishopric of Zion (Edward Partridge, Isaac
Morley, and John Corrill) objecting
to their "accusing Brother Joseph in rather an indirect way of seeking
after monarchial power and authority." |
|
Minutes
of January 13–14, 1833 |
| January 22–23 |
|
Joseph speaks in tongues, opening
two-day conference. Washing of feet instituted. Speaking, praying, singing
in tongues throughout. Meal of the Lord's supper. |
|
Minutes
of January 22–23, 1833 |
| February 2 |
|
This day completed the translation
and the reviewing of the New testament and sealed up no more to be broken
till it goes to Zion. |
|
Kirtland council
Kirtland High Council Minutes (December 1832-November 1837). Selected Collections, 1:19. Original, Church Archives, MS 3432.
, 9,
Frederick G. Williams, clerk. |
| February 13 |
|
Kirtland high priests investigate
case of Burr Riggs: accused of not magnifying call as high priest, neglecting
duty, abusing elders "and treating their admonition and advice with
contempt." |
|
Minutes
of February 13, 1833 |
| February 17 |
|
Joseph ordains John
Johnson an elder. |
|
Kirtland council
Kirtland High Council Minutes. Manuscript , LDS Church Archives, MS 3432. Typescript, Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah. Typescript on New Mormon Studies CD-ROM cited.
//
MH-A
Manuscript History of the Church (December 1805-August 30, 1834), 553 pages numbered from the "back" of Joseph's "large journal" (A-1), written June 11, 1839-Aug. 24, 1843. Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 1 // “Joseph Smith History, 1839” (first 93 pages), Early Mormon Documents 1:56-148; “History, 1839” (first 240 pages), Papers of Joseph Smith 1:265-386. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 1.
, 275.
|
| February 18 |
|
Orson
Pratt returns to Kirtland after
a long mission and washes his hands and feet "as a testimony unto
the Lord that I had warned this wicked generation, and that my garments
were clean of their blood," and is admitted to the School of the
Prophets. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 16. |
| February 26 |
|
Zion. High priests
discuss Joseph's January 11 letter to W.
W. Phelps, the Olive Leaf revelation (D&C
88:1–126), the letter of Orson Hyde and
Hyrum Smith in behalf of the conference of high priests. Oliver
Cowdery, W.
W. Phelps, and John Corrill write
an epistle for the conference to the brethren in Kirtland.
|
|
Minutes
of February 26, 1833 |
| February 26 |
|
Kirtland. Burr
Riggs is cut off for
neglecting his duty. |
|
Minutes
of February 26, 1833 |
| February 27 |
|
D&C
89 (Kirtland): Word of Wisdom: health guidelines with promise of health,
wisdom, and deliverance from the destroying angel. |
|
|
| February 28 |
|
It is well known that Jo Smith never pretended to have any communion with angels, until a long period after the pretended finding of his book, and that the juggling of himself or father, went no further than the pretended faculty of seeing wonders in a "peep stone," and the occasional interview with the spirit, supposed to have the custody of hidden treasures; and it is also equally well known, that a vagabond fortune-teller by the name of Walters, who then resided in the town of Sodus, and was once committed to the jail of this country for juggling, was the constant companion and bosom friend of these money digging imposters. |
|
"Gold Bible, No. 5," Palmyra Reflector, Feb. 28, 1831. Source |
| March 1 |
|
A disgruntled member successfully sues Bishop Partridge to recover the $50 he had paid for an inheritance in Zion. |
|
Chronicle of the Times (Batavia, Ohio), Mar. 30, 1833. Source |
| March 2 |
|
Rev. Richmond Taggart of Cleveland
writes Rev. Jonathan Goings that the previous
week, Joseph told congregation in Newburg (6 miles from Cleveland) that "he had seen Jesus Christ and
the Apostles and conversed with them, and that he could perform Miracles." |
|
Authority
Having Authority: The Origins and Development of Priesthood during the Ministry of Joseph Smith, Gregory A. Prince (Independence, Missouri: Independence Press), 1993. John Whitmer Historical Association Monograph Series.
,
22–23. Original in the American Baptist Historical Society, Rochester,
New York. |
| March 8 |
|
D&C
90 (Kirtland): Only Joseph to receive the oracles of the Lord. Sidney
and Frederick to to be equals with Joseph in holding the keys of the kingdom.
Joseph to complete Old Testament "translation," then preside and
study. Tell Zion [that Joseph?] will preside over them in the Lord's own
due time. They are to repent. |
|
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| March 9 |
|
D&C
91 (Kirtland): Apocrypha contains many true things, mostly translated
correctly, does not need to be translated. |
|
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| March 12 |
|
Six missionaries called. |
|
¶ Missionaries |
| March 13 |
|
D. P. Hurlbut visits Joseph and
they discuss the Book of Mormon. "According to my best recollection,
I heard him say, in the course of conversing with him, that if he ever
became convinced that the book of Mormon was false, he would be the cause
of my destruction, &c." |
|
Jan. 11, 1834
entry,
Diary-1
Joseph Smith diary (Nov. 27, 1832-Dec. 5, 1834). Selected Collections, 1:20. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
in
Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:20. |
| March 15 |
|
D&C
92 (Kirtland): Frederick G. Williams
is to be received into the United Firm. |
|
1835 D&C
93 introduction: "Revelation to Enoch, … given to the saints in Kirtland, March, 1833."
Williams is referred to as Shederlaomach. |
| March 18 |
|
Sidney ordains D. P. Hurlbut an
elder, then requests that he and Frederick G. Williams be ordained presidents
of the High Priesthood, equal to Joseph, as revealed March 8. Joseph ordains
them (organization of what would become known as the First Presidency).
Vision promised. Many see vision of the Savior and angels. |
|
Minutes
of March 18, 1833 |
| March 23 |
|
Brethren decide to purchase Peter
French farm for $5000, Elijah Smith's farm for $4,000, and a Mr. Morley's
farm for $2,100. Ezra Thayer and Joseph Coe named general agents for the
church. |
|
Minutes
of March 23, 1833 |
| March 26 |
|
"After much discussion,"
high priests in Zion accept the seven high priests sent from Kirtland to
preside over the branches in Zion. The seven are Oliver Cowdery, W.
W. Phelps, John Whitmer, Algernon Sidney Gilbert, Edward Partridge and his two
counselors (Isaac Morley and John Corrill). |
|
Minutes
of March 26, 1833 |
|
|
Orson
Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson begin a
mission to the East. They arrive in Bath, New Hampshire, on June 7, having
baptized thirteen. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 16. |
|
|
Hyrum Smith leaves Kirtland on a
mission to to Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Reaches Painesville. |
|
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
|
| April 2 |
|
Kirtland council. Frederick
G. Williams to manage brickyard at the French farm and hire workers, also
to rent the farm. Ezra Thayer to purchase Arnold Mason's tannery. |
|
Minutes
of April 2, 1833 |
| April 6 |
|
Hyrum, Lyman
E. Johnson and Orson
Pratt, John
Murdock and Zebedee
Coltrin meet at Brother Winchester's "for the Purpose of Seperating"
Doctor Hurlbut and L[eman] Copley. Copley to travel with
John Boynton (h) and
Hurlbut with Orson Hyde
"for the cause of god." |
|
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
|
| April 10 |
|
Hyrum returns to Kirtland. |
|
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
|
| April 27 |
|
We perceive by a letter from Independence,
Missouri, to the Editor of the Cincinnati Journal, that difficulties have
already began in the Mormon community, at Mount Zion, in that quarter;
one of the members having sued the Bishop, in a court of justice, for fifty
dollars, which had been sent by the plaintiff to the said Bishop, from
Ohio, "to purchase an inheritance for himself and the saints of
God in Zion in these last days." This was certainly a most impious
act, but "nevertheless and notwithstanding," the jury found for the plaintiff;
it appearing that though the good bishop had indeed appropriated the money
"to the purchase of an inheritance," yet he had, unthoughtedly no doubt,
procured the deed to be drawn in his own name, to his heirs, &c. and
no one else in Zion nor out of it. The writer states that on this decision
several other members are ready to make similar demands on the good bishop. |
|
"Mormonism," Ohio
Republican (Zanesville, Ohio), Apr. 27, 1833. Source
Possible cause of change in ¶ D&C 51:3. |
| May 2 |
|
Joseph writes Edward Partridge acknowledging error in not addressing letters to him and gives new guidelines for consecrated properties. |
|
Joseph to Edward (May 2, 1833) |
| May 4 |
|
Construction
of a "school house" (late, house of the Lord, eventually,
the Kirtland temple) is approved. Reynolds Cahoon, Jared
Carter, and Hyrum
Smith have oversight. |
|
Minutes of May 4,
1833 |
| May 6 |
|
D&C
93 (Kirtland): keep
commandments, see God; apostle
John's record to be revealed; Godhead; preexistence, man in the begining
with God, intelligence, light, truth; Joseph not keeping commandments,
family must repent; translate scriptures, obtain
(secular) knowledge and the laws of God for salvation of Zion. |
|
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D&C
94 (Kirtland): The first lot is for the House of the Lord. The lot to
the south is for the presidency, and to the south of that, the printing
office, then Hyrum's. The two lots to the north of the Lord's are for Reynolds
Cahoon and Jared Carter. |
|
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| May 25 |
|
Uncle John
Smith arrives in Kirtland,
the first of Joseph Sr.'s relatives to join the church. |
|
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| June 3 |
|
Council excommunicates Doctor
P. Hurlbut. |
|
Minutes
of June 1 or 3, 1833 |
|
|
D&C
95 (Kirtland): Dimensions of the house of the Lord. For the endowment
of power, Sunday services, school of the prophets. |
|
|
| June 4 |
|
Conference of high priests is unable
to decide how to dispose of the French farm. D&C
96: Ahashdah [Newel K. Whitney]
to take manage it; Zombre [John Johnson]
is to be admitted to "the order," is promised eternal life, is
ordained "and he shall seek diligently to take away incumbrances that
are upon the house named among you, that he may dwell therein." |
|
Minutes
of June 4, 1833 |
|
|
John
Johnson is ordained to the High Priesthood, admitted to United Firm. |
|
|
| June 5 |
|
George A. Smith hauls the first load
of stone for the House of the Lord, Hyrum Smith and Reynolds
Cahoon commence digging the trench for the walls. (Hyrum's diary for
June 7: "... commenced making Preparation for the Building the House
of the lord...")
|
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| June 6 |
|
Kirtland. A conference of high priests
chooses Orson Hyde to be clerk of "the
Presidency of the High Priesthood." Building committee
(Reynolds Cahoon, Jared
Carter, and Hyrum
Smith) to begin work immediately. |
|
Minutes
of June 6, 1833 |
| June 21 |
|
Kirtland. The President's Council
of High Priests is persuaded by Doctor P. Hurlbut's "liberal confession,"
and restores him to membership. |
|
Minutes
of June 21, 1833 |
|
|
Orson
Pratt baptizes Jacob and Mary Gates, Willard Snow and others in St.
Johnsbury, Vermont. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18. |
| June 23 |
|
Doctor P. Hurlbut is again called
into question by a general council. Brother Gee of Thompson testifies that
Brother Hurlburt said that he deceived Joseph Smith's God, or the spirit
by which he is actuated. Corroborating testimony from Brother Hodges. The
council cuts him off. |
|
Minutes of June 23, 1833 |
| June 24 |
|
Council of elders at Westfield,
New York excommunicates Elder James Higby for circulating false
reports. |
|
Minutes of June
24, 1833 |
| June 25 |
|
Sidney, in behalf of the presidency,
writes W. W. Phelps and others in Zion:
No need to bind the Book of Commandments; get Books of Mormon from Brother
Burket for the Literary Firm; ordain Isaac
Morley and John
Corrill bishops.
Parley P. Pratt (h) and Titus Billings
to be counselors to Bishop
Partridge; Christian Whitmer and Newel
Knight to Bishop Morley; Daniel Stanton and Hezekiah Peck to Bishop
Corrill. John
Johnson has moved to Kirtland.
Sidney's mother (age 75), recently baptized, now living with
him. Draft of the city of Zion enclosed. House [temple] "to be built
immediately … for the Presidency, as well as for all purposes
of religion and instruction." Wives must
be interviewed separately and sign deeds to transfer property. Book
of Commandments corrections (mostly technical, such as "respecter
to" to "respecter of," "hands" to "heads," etc.). |
|
Letterbook-1
Joseph Smith letterbook 1 (1832 history and letters dated August 1829-August 1834). Selected Collections, 1:20. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
,
44–50. |
| June 28 |
|
Joseph sells his 13 acres and 80
perches to brother-in-law, Joseph McKune Jr. Land had been "left or rented"
since Joseph left it. |
|
Susquehanna County Deed Book
9:290 in Montrose, Pennsylvania cited by
New York exodus
"Exodus of the New York Saints, Larry C. Porter , Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio, edited by Milton V. Backman Jr. (Provo: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1990), 1-25.
, 6–7. |
| July 2 |
|
Old Testament revisions
complete. |
|
JS revelations
Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary, H. Michael Marquardt (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999).
, 239n30. |
| July [13] |
|
The July issue of the Evening and Morning Star contains a controversial article by W.
W. Phelps quoting Missouri state law and constitution regarding
freed blacks entering the state and freedom of religion. |
|
Free
People of Color |
| July 16 |
|
The Evening and
Morning Star issues an extra, explaining the controversial article
was only intended to encourage Mormons not to be come involved in the
slavery issue. |
|
|
| July 18 |
|
Letter circulates in Jackson County calling for
the removal of all Mormons. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2, no 15 (Dec.1833): 114. |
| July 20 |
|
Following a mass meeting
of Jackson County citizens, a mob destroys the office and press of the Evening
and Morning Star, W. W.
Phelps' home. They tar and feather Edward
Partridge and Charles Allen, and force Gilbert
and Whitney to close their store. Nearly
all copies of the Book of Commandments, then in production, are destroyed. |
|
¶ Missouri
Persecutions (1)
A few printed sheets were rescued by two young girls.
Sacred Loneliness
In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, Todd Compton (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998).
, 209. |
| July 23 |
|
Hundreds of armed
Jackson County citizens enter Independence, "threatening death and
destruction." Mormon leaders pledge to move out of the County by
January 1, 1834 and urge others to do the same. Half of the Mormons to
move by January 1, the rest by April 1, 1834. The Star is to cease
publication. |
|
Parley's persecutions
History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri Upon the Mormons, Parley P. Pratt (Detroit: Dawson & Bates), 1839. Also published under the title Late Persecution … Version cited here is in Mormon Redress Petitions, 59-98.
in
Redress petitions
Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict, edited by Clark V. Johnson (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992).
,
64.
¶ Missouri Persecutions (2) |
|
|
Cornerstone of the House
of the Lord is laid in Kirtland. |
|
|
| August 9 |
|
Oliver
Cowdery reaches Nauvoo,
confers with Joseph about conditions in Jackson. |
|
|
| August 10 |
|
Oliver Cowdery writes
Missouri brethren: gratitude for their willingness to lay down their lives;
Lord "well pleased" with treaty calling for them to leave Jackson; no other
way to save lives; tribulation "would not have come uopn Zion had it not
been for rebelion"—rebellion
against Joseph and all officers down to the least. |
|
Oliver to W. W. Phelps,
John Whitmer, Edward Partridge, Issac Morley, John Corrill, and Sidney
Gilbert, and others (Independence), Aug. 10, 1833. Copy in hand of Edward
Partridge. |
| |
|
… therefore, brethren
purge them out, & have no confidence in any except as such as will
lay down their lives for this sacred cause for none others are worthy of
it. … there was no other way to cleanse the church. … yet the
elect [2] will be saved, & Zion will be the joy of al saints & they will
possess her forever & ever; …the Son of righteousness will soon
appear with healing in his wings, & he will apare his people as a man spareth
his own son who serveth him. |
|
| |
|
W. W. Phelps to send Joseph the
manuscript for an Extra of the Evening and Morning Star to
be published in Kirtland. The brethren are to write weekly, let him know
who has apostatized. Don't be discouraged. May have to sell some lands
in Jackson County, "but be wise, hold on to the sacred places." |
|
|
| |
¶ |
[Joseph:] P S Brethren if I were
with you I should take an active part in your sufferings, and although
nature shrinks, yet my spirit would not let me forsake you unto death god
helping me oh be of good cheer for our redemption draweth near Oh God save
my brethren in Zion Oh brethren give up all to god forsake all for Christ
sake |
|
|
| August 18 |
|
D&C
98 raise standard of peace, not revenge. |
|
|
| |
|
… it is the will
of the Lord that the Store shou[ld] be kept and that <not> one foot
of <land> the perchased should <be> be given to the enimies
of god or sold to them but if any is sold let it be sold to the chirch we
cannot git the consent of the Lord that we shall give the ground to the
enemies … we wait the Comand of God to do whatever he plese and if
<he> shall say go up to Zion and defend thy Brotheren by <the sword>
we fly … |
|
Joseph to W. W. Phelps
and others.
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 311. |
| September 4 |
|
I was sensable, when
you left Kirtland that the Lord would chasten you … I am not at all
astonished at what has happened to you neither to what has happened to Zion
and I could tell all the whys & wherefores of all there calamities but
alas it is in vain to warn and give precepts for all men are naturally disposed
to walk in their own paths … |
|
Joseph to Vienna
Jacques,
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 318. |
| September 11 |
|
High council in Zion:
Bishop Edward Partridge head of the church
in Zion, permanent moderator. Presidents of ten branches appointed. W.
W. Phelps sings in tongues. |
|
Minutes
of September 11, 1833 |
| |
|
In Kirtland the
United Firm decides to establish a new company, F. G. Williams & Co., to publish
The Latter-day Saints Messenger and Advocate and, until it can
resume operations in Independence, The Evening and the Morning Star,
edited by Oliver Cowdery. Within a few days, Oliver leaves for Buffalo, where he purchases a new press, returning at the end of October. |
|
Minutes
of September 11, 1833 (Kirtland)
|
| September 28 |
|
Orson Pratt arrives in Kirtland
from mission east, having been absent six months, "during which I travelled
about 2000 miles, attended 125 meetings, and baptized upwards of 50 persons." |
|
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| October 5 |
|
Joseph leaves for Upper
Canada with Freeman Nickerson. His children
were living in Mt. Pleasant, Upper Canada. |
|
Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
, 23. |
| October 6 |
|
(Sunday) Joseph and
Freeman reach Springfield,
Erie County, Pennsylvania. |
|
Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
, 23–24. |
| October 12 |
|
D&C
100 (Perrysburgh, New York): Sidney to be Joseph's spokesman. |
|
| October 21 |
|
Joseph,
Sidney, and Freeman address a large Sunday congregation in Mount
Pleasant, Upper Canada. |
|
Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
in
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 25. |
| October 22 |
|
Joseph and his companions
speak in nearby Colborne and are opposed by a Wesleyan Methodist who was
"destitute of reason or knowledge." A Mr. Wilkeson, a leading
Methodist, seems receptive, however. |
|
Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
in
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 25. |
| October 27–28 |
|
After visiting other
villages in Upper Canada (Ontario), Joseph, Sidney, and Freeman return
to Mount Pleasant on the 24th. Joseph finds the people "very superstitious,"
but on Sunday, the 27th begin baptizing—twelve on Sunday, two on Monday.
"One of the sisters got the gift of tongues which made the saints
rejoice may God increse the gifts among them for his sons sake." |
|
Diary-2
Joseph Smith diary (Sept. 22, 1835-Apr. 3, 1836). Selected Collections, 1:20 // Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., 221-225. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
in
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 27–28. |
| October 30 |
|
Having returned from Buffalo where
he purchased a newspaper press, Oliver writes his brother, Warren, bearing
witness of the Book of Mormon. |
|
"Letters of Oliver Cowdery,"
New Mormon studies
New Mormon Studies CD-ROM: A Comprehensive Resource Library (Smith Research Associates, 1988).
. |
| October 31 |
|
Mob of 40 or 50 men
partially destroy twelve Mormon homes at Whitmer settlement, 8–10 miles
west of Independence, severely beat Hiram Page
and one other. |
|
¶
Outrage in Jackson County (1) |
| November 1 |
|
Joseph and Sidney return to Kirtland after a month-long trip to Upper Canada. |
|
Diary-1
Joseph Smith diary (Nov. 27, 1832-Dec. 5, 1834). Digital images: Selected Collections, 1:20. Transcript: "Journal, 1832-1834" of The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, vol. 1: 1832-1839. Original, Church Archives, MS 155.
, 18. |
| November 1 |
|
Mob breaks into A. S.
Gilbert's store, scatter the contents in the street, demolish his brick
home, break doors and windows of all Mormon homes in town. |
|
¶
Outrage in Jackson County (1) |
| November 2 |
|
Mob fires on Whitmer
settlement. Mormons return fire, wounding one. |
|
¶
Outrage in Jackson County (1) |
| |
|
The next day, November 2d, all the Independence Mormons, numbering about thirty families, left town and gathered together for protection. The same day people made another attack on the Big Blue settlement, when they unroofed another house. They also attacked another settlement about six miles from Independence. |
|
Jackson history
History of Jackson County, Missouri, Union Historical Company (Kansas City, MO: Birdsall & Williams Co.), 1881.
, 256. |
| November 3 |
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The next day, November 3d, Joshua Lewis, Hiram Page and two other Mormons went to Lexington to ask protection from the circuit court, which was refused; while others applied to Justice of the Peace Silvers at Independence with a like result. A number of persons at tdhis time visited the Mormons and advised them to leave the country as the people were so incensed at them that their lives were in danger. This was Sunday, and the Mormons had a rumor among them that a general massacre was impending for Monday. |
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| November 4 |
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Mob of 200–300
assemble in Independence; some proceed to Whitmer settlement, two are killed. |
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| November 4 |
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When Monday came the citizens collected and took possession of a ferry belonging to the Mormons across the Blue, but they soon abandoned it and gathered in greater numbers at Wilson's store abut one mile west of it. A party of Mormons, numbering about thirty started from an adjacent settlement to help those on the Blue, but hearing of the assembly of the citizens at the store fled through the cornfields and were pursued by the citizens. Later in the day a party of about thirty arrived from the settlement on the prairie where Pratt had encountered the guards a few nights before, and between them and the citizens a fight occurred, in which Hugh L. Brozeal [Brazeal] and Thos. Linville of the citizens were killed and a Mormon named Barber fatally wounded. |
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Jackson history
History of Jackson County, Missouri, Union Historical Company (Kansas City, MO: Birdsall & Williams Co.), 1881.
, 256. |
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The same day Richard McCarty caused Gilbert and Whitney to be arrested for assaulting him in Independence Saturday night, and for causing his arrest and attempting to prosecute him afterword. The situation of affairs now was that no Mormon could receive justice from the public courts any more than a citizen could have received justice in a trial by Mormons. … In this situation Samuel C. Owens, Clerk of the County Court advised Gilbert and Whitney to go to jail as a means of protection, and they together with W. E. McLellin and a Mr. Covil and Morley, and one other Mormon, took his advice. During the night Gilbert, Covill and Morley were taken out for the purpose of an interview with their fellow Mormons, but on being returned the next morning were fired upon by a party of six or seven citizens. Covill and Morley ran and escaped, but Gilbert was retained by the sherif. The balance of the party were released the next day. |
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| November 8 |
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Meteor shower observed in New York
City. |
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Wandle Mace
Wandle Mace autobiography (1809-1846), as told to his wife, Rebecca E. Howell Mace. Typescript. BYU Special Collections.
, 4. |
| November 13 |
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[4:00 a.m. Brother
Davis rouses Joseph to:] see the signs in the heavens and I arrose and
beheld to my great Joy the stars from the heaven yea they fell like hail
stones a litteral fullfilllment of the word of God as recorded in the
holy scriptures and a sure sign that the coming of Christ is clost at
hand Oh how marvellous are thy works Oh Lord and I thank thyee for thy
mecy u<n>to me thy servent Oh Lord save me in thy kingdom for Christ sake Amen |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:10–11,
in Joseph's handwriting. |
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The night the meteors fell in 1833,
the Mormons sent men on horseback for miles about Kirtland to arouse the
people. They got me up at three o'clock A.M., they claimed it was the fore-runner
of some wonderful event, and it was said and believed. Prophet Jo said
there would be no more stars seen in the heavens. |
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"W. R. Hine's Statement," (Jan. 1888): 2. Source |
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… anxieties inexpresible
crowd themselves continually upon my mnd for the saints, when I consider
the many temptations with which we are subject from the cunning and flattery
of the great adversary of our souls. … When I contemplate the rapidity
with which the great and glorious day of the coming of the Son of man advances,
when he shall come to receive his saints unto himself … when I consider
that soon the heavens are to be shaken, and the earth tremble and reel to
and fro … I cry out in my heart, What manner of person ought i to be
in all holy conversation and godliness! |
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PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 326–327. |
| November 19 |
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Joseph gives blessings to Frederick G. Williams and Sidney Rigdon. |
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¶ Frederick G. Williams
¶ Sidney Rigdon |
| November [19–25] |
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Frederick begins keeping Joseph's journal. |
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| November 21 |
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Missouri Attorney General
R. W. Wells writes on behalf of Governor Dunklin that if the Mormons want
to return to their homes in Jackson County, "an adequate force will
be sent forthwith to effect that object." If Mormons wish to organize
their own volunteer company, "the Colonel" would be obliged to
accept them. "As only a certain quantity of public arms can be distributed
in each County; those who first apply will be most likely to receive them.
The less, therefore, that is said upon the subject the better." |
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TS
Times and Seasons
6, no. 1 (June 1, 1845): 912. |
| November 25 |
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Orson
Hyde and John Gould reach Kirtland with "the melencholly intelegen[ce]
of the riot in Zion with the inhabitants in pers[ec]uting the brethren." |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:14. |
| November 27 |
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Orson
Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, "having
been set apart by a council of High Priests to visit the Churches," leave
Kirtland for Springfield, Pennsylvania. |
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 26. |
| November 29 |
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A.
S. Gilbert writes Governor Daniel Dunklin that church attorney Doniphan
has seen Attorney General Wells, who apprised him of the governor's intention
to convene a court of inquiry in Jackson County to investigate mob action
against the Mormons. Under current circumstances church leaders would be
unable to assemble witnesses in the immediate future in that County. |
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TS
Times and Seasons
6,
no. 1 (June 1, 1845): 913. |
| December [1] |
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Oliver
Cowdery and Newel
K. Whitney arrive in Kirtland with a new press and type. |
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TS
Times and Seasons
6, no. 1 (June 1, 1845): 913. |
| December 5 |
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Joseph writes Edward
Partridge to go to court over expulsion but do not sell any land. |
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HC
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902-1912, 1932).
1:448. |
| December 6 |
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W.
W. Phelps, Isaac Morley, John
Whitmer, Edward Partridge,
John Corrill, and A. S. Gilbert write
Governor Daniel Dunklin for assistance: state militia or United States Rangers
to restore Mormons to their homes in Jackson County; authorization for Mormon
men to organize themselves into companies of Jackson Guards armed by the
state; and a court of enquiry. |
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TS
Times and Seasons
6,
no. 10 (Jun. 1, 1845): 915. |
| December 6 |
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[Wayne Sentinel:
D. P. Hurlbut is in Palmyra] as a missionary in behalf of the
people of Kirtland … investigating the origin of the Mormon sect. …
The original manuscript of the Book [of Mormon] was written some thirty
years since, by a respectable clergyman, now deceased, whose name we are
not permitted to give. It was designed to be published as a romance, but
the work has been superadded by come modern hand—believed to be the
notorious Rigdon. These particulars have been derived by Dr. Hurlbert [Hurlbut]
from the widow of the author of the original manuscript. |
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Qtd. in
Early documents
Early Mormon Documents, compiled and edited by Dan Vogel. 4 vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002).
2:13–14, and
Sidney Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess, Richard S. Van Wagoner (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1994).
, 135. |
| December 10 |
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Joseph writes brethren
in Missouri to use the courts, write the governor and the president, but
do not sell their lands. |
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PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
328–332. |
| December 16 |
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D&C
101 (Kirtland): The Lord's sword will fall in behalf of his people.
The people are not to sell their property in Jackson. |
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| December 18 |
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The Kirtland press and materials are dedicated. |
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Joseph
Smith blesses his father; his brothers,
Hyrum, Samuel, William, and
Don Carlos; Oliver Cowdery; Frederick
G. Williams; and Sidney Rigdon.
Oliver records the blessings. In his blessing, he and Joseph have fulfilled
the biblical Joseph's prophecy that a Seer and his Scribe would be ordained "by
the hand of the angel in the bush, unto the lesser priesthood, and after
receive the holy priesthood under the hands of … those who received
it under the hand of the Messiah." |
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Blessing of Oliver Cowdery
¶ William Smith |
| December 21 |
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Joseph files a complaint
against Doctor P. Hurlbut for threatening to kill him. |
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Papers
Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992).
2:19n1. |
| December 26 |
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Two elders excommunicated by elder's
council. Bishop's court tries two for saying "many hard things" about Bishop
Newel K. Whitney. They confess
and are forgiven. |
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Minutes
of December 26, 1833 |
| December 27 |
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Kirtland Justice of
the Peace J. C. Dowen issues a writ against Doctor Hurlbut for threatening
the life of Joseph Smith. |
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Early documents
Early Mormon Documents, compiled and edited by Dan Vogel. 4 vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002).
2:15–16. |
| December 31 |
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Wilford Woodruff baptized by Zerah
Pulsipher. Church organized in Richland,
New York. |
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¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h1) |
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