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| 1831 journey of Hyrum and Willliam McLellin | William E. McLellin overcomes self-doubt and speaks to enthralled audiences, then finds himself tongue-tied and discovers he suffers from pride. Both William and Hyrum speak for two and three hours at a time day after day. They lay on hands and heal the sick. Hyrum washes his feet. None are baptized. | |
| 1832 Tarring of Joseph and Sydney | Joseph is dragged from his bed, tarred and feathered on March 24. The mob is led by former Mormon and Campbellite preacher Simonds Ryder. Others former Mormons include Methodist minister Ezra Booth, brothers Eli and Edward Johnson (not sons of John Johnson Sr.) and John Johnson Jr. Sidney suffers the same fate. Joseph thinks he is dead but discovers he only "crazy." (Sidney wants a knife to kill his wife, then to kill Joseph. Condition persists for some time.) | |
| 1832 Joseph in Greenville | Returning from Independence to Kirtland, stage coach horses begin to run away. Joseph and Newel jump from the coach. Newel's leg is badly broken. Joseph stays with him while his leg mends. One day he sees some fresh graves, and after dinner vomits violently, dislocating his jaw and spewing out blood and "poisonous matter," and losing hair. Was this caused by the sight of graves, poisoning, an undiagnosed internal injury, or some other cause? He writes Emma a surly letter. After four disagreeable weeks he and Newel return to Kirtland. | |
| 1833 Incidents at Whitmer Settlement | From Thursday, October 31 to Monday, November 4, 1833 a mob destroys Mormon homes west of the Big Blue River (Whitmer settlement) and vandalizes homes in the Prairie settlement and Independence. Several men are severely beaten. In a skirmish above the Big Blue, Mormons wound one mobber. Later they kill two or three and wound 20, in a pitched battle near the same site. The Evening and the Morning Star account (1) includes reports from Orson Hyde and the Boonville Herald. The Times and Seasons (2) is the version published as part of the "History of Joseph Smith." A mobber's side of the story is recorded in Don Carlos Smith's diary entry in 1838 (3). | |
| 1838 Joseph's finances | Record of Joseph's financial dealings with the church. | |
| 1838 July 4 order of the day | July 4, 1838 was the pinnacle of what might be called militaristic spirituality, for on that day, when the corner stones were laid for the temple in Far West, Sidney Rigdon declared a "war of extermination" against persecutors of the Saints and Church leaders conducted a review of the troops. The History of the Church omits details published in the August 1838 Elders' Journal, mostly of a military nature. | |
| 1860 Nauvoo reunion of the martyr's sons |
Joseph F. Smith to Levira Smith |
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| 1877–1879 Brigham Young estate | Brigham Young apparently made little effort to distinguish between personal property and church property in his possession, creating problems for the executors of his will. Notebook contains a few entries from John Taylor and Joseph F. Smith letterpress copy books, and Wilford Woodruff's journals. | |
| 1887–1889 succession | In March 1887, four months before the death of President John Taylor, Heber J. Grant raised the question with Wilford Woodruff whether the Twelve might choose someone other than the senior apostle to be the next president of the Church. President Woodruff replied in a letter that has become the authoritative pronouncement on succession. | |
| 1898 digest | The decade-long animosity between the Twelve and
George Q. Cannon comes to a head as Quorum President Lorenzo Snow opens
the discussion of the Twelve's grievances with the First Presidency. Brigham
Young Jr. suggests President Cannon is responsible for the Church's terrible
financial condition. The Twelve agree John Q. and Frank J. Cannon should be released as soon as the First Presidency is dissolved. The two quorums meet to resolve differences. George Q. is hurt by comments. Dedicated Bullion Beck and Champion mine stock. First Presidency's support of Frank J. Cannon. Isaac Trumbo reports Frank is creating a political crisis, but Weber Stake President L. W. Shurtliff counters Democrats and Silver Republicans like Frank and he is willing to do anything the First Presidency asks. John W. Taylor preaches post-Manifesto pologyamy. John Henry Smith asks for and receives permission to run for the Senate—to George Q.'s dismay. |
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| "Adam-ondi-Ahman" | Lyrics by W. W. Phelps. | |
| The Bishop and the Lord | In December 1830, thirty-seven-year-old Edward Partridge accompanies Sidney Rigdon to see Joseph in New York. Within days Edward is called to preach the gospel, and in six weeks he is called to be the first bishop of the church. Like Nathaniel of old, there is no guile in Edward. Nevertheless, he is rebuked for interfering with missionary work, for disbelief and blindness of heart, and unspecified sins. But when, at age forty-six, the good bishop passes away, the Lord receives him unto himself. | |
| Branches | Branches and proselyting areas to 1839. | |
| Church Historians | Names, tenures of Church Historians and Assistant Historians, record collecting, Historian's Office. | |
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| Federal Judges in Territorial Utah | Names and terms to 1884 with brief evaluations. From Contributor article. | |
| Feet Dusting and Washing | Scriptures and practice of shaking the dust off one's feet and/or washing (cleansing) them as a witness against those who reject testimonies. | |
| Granite Stake | Organization (1900), description of tabernacle, stake presidents and ward list to 1930, first Home Evening program. | |
| Healings | Healings by Joseph, Jared Carter, Hyrum, Simeon Carter, William E. Mclellin, Newel Knight, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball | |
| Higher criticism | Quotes by John A. Widtsoe, Bruce R. McConkie, and others. | |
| John Taylor's Methodism in Canada | B. H. Roberts wrote that John Taylor was a Methodist preacher in England and Canada. Is this the only source for that information? Neither Methodist sources nor contemporary Mormon accounts support the claim. | |
| Killing animals | Joseph's object lesson with rattlers in Zion's Camp, and setting his dogs after deer in 1838 (from George W. Robinson's perspective). | |
| Kirtland Council Minutes Index | Index of dates for the Kirtland High Council Minutes on the Selected Collections DVD. | |
| Punishments Observed | Manifestations of divine displeasure—and the lessons drawn from them—in the church's first nine years. | |
| Redactions of the Joseph F. Smith Story | Examples of changes made to Joseph F. Smith's original autobiographical sketch (1871). | |
| Revelations: All in Favor? (1831) | The decision to print the Book of Commandments, November 1, 1831. Not all were comfortable with the wording. Joseph receives three revelations: the preface to the book (D&C 1), a challenge for the elders to produce a better revelation (D&C 67), another to be the testimony of the witnesses to the Book of Commandments (unpublished). | |
| Royal Lineage (Smith) | The special status of the Smith family in Mormon culture. | |
| Samuel's Books | Who was the "first missionary"? Was the Book of Mormon that Samuel loaned to Rev. Greene's wife in Mendon also the one read by the Youngs (and Heber C. Kimball?), or was there another one that Samuel sold to Phineas Young in April? (Not that it makes any difference.) | |
| Scriptory Book (1838) | Background and contents of an important source document. | |
| Smith family money digging | ||
| Variant memories of Martha Ann and Joseph F. Smith | Did Mary Fielding Smith learn of Hyrum's death through the window from D. B. Huntington or did George Grant deliver the news after coming into the house? We will probably never know for certain, for the memories of her two children frequently diverged. | |
| Visions | Joseph Jr. Visions Joseph Sr. Visions Other Visions |
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| Word of Wisdom (1833–1839) | Index to Word of Wisdom references. | |