Revelation on the law of tithing
Revelation on the law of tithing (see D&C 119) was given at Far West, Mo.
1,461 entries in this era, shown 200 to a page. This is page 2 of 8, covering 1838 to 1839. See the same material on the moving timeline.
1838
Revelations on Tithing and Other Topics
Revelations on Tithing and Other Topics
Sally Parker, former neighbor of the Joseph Smith family in New York writes
Sally Parker, former neighbor of the Joseph Smith family in New York writes: "I lived by his Hyrum Smith's Mother and and she wass wone one of the finest of wimen. always helping them that stood in need. she told me the whole story. the plates wass in the house and some times in the woods for eight months2 and on account of peopel trying to get them. they had to hide them. wonce once they hid them under the hearth. they took up the brick and put them in and put the bricks back.3 the old lady told me this hur self with tears in hur eyes, and they ran down bur cheeks too. she put hut hand upon hut stomack and said she has the peace of god that rested upon us all that time. she said it wass a heaven below. I axter asked her if she saw the plates. she said no it wass not for hut to see them but she hefted and handled them4 and I believed all she said for I lived by hut eight months and she wass wone of the best ofwimen"
Samuel H. Smith arrives in Far West
Samuel H. Smith arrives in Far West.
Scuffle at the polls in Gallatin, Missouri intensified tensions
Scuffle at the polls in Gallatin, Missouri intensified tensions.
Second counselor Frederick G. Williams testifies
Second counselor Frederick G. Williams testifies that Oliver Cowdery knew a Mormon who could counterfeit coins, Joseph Smith and first counselor Sidney Rigdon say Cowdery left Kirtland because he was about to be indicted for manufacturing counterfeit money. In private correspondence, Cowdery would insist that these were conscious lies that LDS leaders should retract, but he also accepted rebaptism a decade later without such retraction.
Second counselor Hyrum Smith and Assistant
Second counselor Hyrum Smith and Assistant Counselor/Missouri stake president John Smith join eighty Danites in signing a threatening letter to dissidents Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, John Whitmer, Lyman E. Johnson, and William W. Phelps. Joseph Smith's Scriptory Book notes: "These men took warning, and soon they were seen bounding over the prairie like the scape Goat to carry off their own sins."
Self-confessed Danite John N. Sapp swears
Self-confessed Danite John N. Sapp swears out an affidavit estimating the number of Danites to be between eight hundred and one thousand men "well-armed and equipped."
Seventeen Latter-day Saints were killed and 12 severely wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre
Seventeen Latter-day Saints were killed and 12 severely wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre at a small settlement on Shoal Creek, 12 miles east of Far West, Mo.
Seventeen Saints killed and twelve wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre
Seventeen Saints killed and twelve wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre.
Sidney ordains Edward an elder
Sidney ordains Edward an elder.
Sidney Rigdon calls for a vote
Sidney Rigdon calls for a vote "to discountenance the use intirely of all liquors from the Church in Sickness & in health except wine at the Sacraments & for external Washing. The vote was Carried eunanimously."
Sidney Rigdon ordains Orson Pratt a high priest
Sidney Rigdon ordains Orson Pratt a high priest.
Sidney Rigdon's "salt sermon" inflames feelings
Sidney Rigdon's "salt sermon" inflames feelings on both sides.
Sidney Rigdon's Arrival at Far West
Sidney Rigdon's Arrival at Far West
Six missionaries called
Six missionaries called.
Snow Prevented Progress for Militias
Snow Prevented Progress for Militias
Some hundreds of the rabble
Some hundreds of the rabble and a few intelligent citizens of the western part of New York and the eastern part of Ohio, have, with the wildest enthusiasm, embraced a feigned revelation purporting to be literally new. this new religion called Mormonism, …
Some important things were shown to Bro
Some important things were shown to Bro. Josth [Joseph] in vision previous to his going off relitive to the enlargment of our Borders which has indeed become indesably [indispensably] necessary for the Inhabitants of zion both here and in the West are crying the Citys are too strait for us give place that we may dwell the people are crouding in from all parts
Special conference in Zion divides the Missouri church into four branches
Special conference in Zion divides the Missouri church into four branches.
Stake president John Smith writes that "the Danites met the third time in Adam
Stake president John Smith writes that "the Danites met the third time in Adam on diahman Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri since the 22 July." His first counselor Lyman Wight is a Danite colonel.
Terms of Surrender Accepted
Terms of Surrender Accepted
The "Battle of Crooked River" occurred near Log Creek, Missouri
The "Battle of Crooked River" occurred near Log Creek, Missouri.
The "Danites" are organized during a clandestine meeting when Jared Carter, George W
The "Danites" are organized during a clandestine meeting when Jared Carter, George W. Robinson, and Sampson Avard, "under the instruction of the First Presidency, formed a secret military society, called the 'daughter of Zion.'" Avard instructs the newly inducted members: "As the Lord had raised up a prophet in these last days like unto Moses it shall be the duty of this band to obey him in all things, and whatever he requires you shall perform being ready to give up life and property for the advancement of the cause. When any thing is to be performed no member shall have the privilege of judging whether it would be right or wrong but shall engage in its accomplishment and trust God for the result." The next month Joseph Smith's scribe writes in "The Scriptory Book of Joseph Smith, Jr.": "We have a company of Danites in these times, to put right physically that which is not right, and to cleanse the Church of verry great evils which hath hitherto existed among us inasmuch as they cannot be put to right by teachings & persuasions."
The 1838 Church Membership 17,881
1838 Church Membership 17,881
The Church printing office at Kirtland was destroyed by an arsonist
The Church printing office at Kirtland was destroyed by an arsonist.
The Church printing office in Kirtland
The Church printing office in Kirtland is attached and sold at public auction to pay a debt to Grandison Newell.
The church's press, type
The church's press, type, and ink are buried at Dawson's farm as Saints are driven from Far West, Missouri.
The exodus from Kirtland to Far West, Missouri commences
The exodus from Kirtland to Far West, Missouri commences.
The exodus from Kirtland, Ohio, began
The exodus from Kirtland, Ohio, began under the direction of the First Council of the Seventy as planned three months earlier.
The high council at Far West,
The high council at Far West, Missouri (now LDS headquarters) excommunicates Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Lyman E. Johnson. Cowdery is charged with, among other things, "seeking to destroy the character of President Joseph Smith, Jun., by falsely insinuating that he was guilty of adultery."
The Lord appears to Joseph and Oliver and accepts the House of the Lord
The Lord appears to Joseph and Oliver and accepts the House of the Lord; then Moses, Elijah, and Elias commit the keys of gathering, gospel of Abraham, turning the hearts of fathers/children.
The Mormon Bible is anti-masonic
The Mormon Bible is anti-masonic, and it is a singular truth that every one of its followers, so far as we are able to ascertain, are anti-masons. Now, probably we are to know what is meant by "Church and State."
The next day, November 3d, Joshua
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.
The official church name, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," is revealed
The official church name, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," is revealed.
The Painesville Telegraph publishes Grandison Newell's letter to the editor charging that Joseph Smith
The Painesville Telegraph publishes Grandison Newell's letter to the editor charging that Joseph Smith had sent two men to murder him.
The Twelve hold conference in Westfield, New
The Twelve hold conference in Westfield, New York
There appears to be a great
There appears to be a great discrepancy, in the stories told by the famous three witnesses to the Gold Bible Whitmar's description of the Book of Mormon, differs entirely from that given by Harris Whitmar relates that he was led by Smith into an open field, on his father's farm near Waterloo, when they found the book lying on the ground; Smith took it up and requested him to examine it, which he did for the space of half an hour or more, when he returned it to Smith, who placed it in his former position This witness describes the book as being something like 8 inches square the leaves were plates of metal of a whitish yellow color, and of the thickness of tin plate; the back was secured with three small rings of the same metal that the leaves were divided equi-distant, between the back & edge, by cutting the plates in two parts, and united again with solder, so that the front might be opened, as it were by a hinge, while the back part remained stationary and immovable, and in this manner remained to him and the other witnesses a sealed book Harris declares that the leaves or pages of the book are not cut, and a part of them sealed, but that it opens like any other other book, from the edge to the back, the rings operating in the place of common binding.
Thomas B. Marsh is sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve
Thomas B. Marsh is sustained as president of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Thomas B. Marsh returns in snowstorm;
Thomas B. Marsh returns in snowstorm; tells Orson Hyde that Joseph had ordered retaliatory strikes, which had been carried out.Thomas and Orson move their families to Richmond.
Thursday Joseph, Edward Partridge , Martin
(Thursday) Joseph, Edward Partridge , Martin Harris, W. W. Phelps, and Joseph Coe reach Independence .
Troops Ordered Back to Clay County
Troops Ordered Back to Clay County
Two elders excommunicated by elder's council
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.
Upon learning of the Crooked River
Upon learning of the Crooked River hostilities, Gov. Liburn W. Boggs gives orders to the Missouri militia: "The Mormons must be treated as enemies and MUST BE EXTERMINATED or driven from the state."
Vigilantes attacked Saints at Hawn's Mill, killing seventeen
Vigilantes attacked Saints at Hawn's Mill, killing seventeen.
Vigilantes En Route to Daviess County
Vigilantes En Route to Daviess County
Vigilantes' Armed Siege of De Witt
Vigilantes' Armed Siege of De Witt
W. W. Phelps is baptized and presumably ordained an elder
W. W. Phelps is baptized and presumably ordained an elder.
W. W. Phelps meets Joseph Smith
W. W. Phelps meets Joseph Smith.
Warren Parrish begins writing for Joseph where
Warren Parrish begins writing for Joseph where Willard Richards leaves off in the Prophet's history.
Went to Burlington, Iowa Territory. Elders
Went to Burlington, Iowa Territory. Elders Young and Kimball left Sister Kimball and all her children sick, except little Heber; fn went thirteen miles on their journey towards England, and were left at Brother Osmon M. Duel's, who lived in a small cabin near the railway between Commerce and Warsaw. They were so feeble as to be unable to carry their trunks into the house without the assistance of Sister Duel, who received them kindly, prepared a bed for them to lie on, and made them a cup of tea.
Wilford Woodruff records that "Mr. Ebenezar
Wilford Woodruff records that "Mr. Ebenezar Carver had been earnestly investing the subject of the gospel as we set it forth . . . walked to the sea shore desireing that he might have some sign. and while the word of God was for him to meditate upon that there should no sign be given but the sign of the Prophet Jonas on a sudden there was a large fish arose on the water in the seat at a distance from him & suddenly sunk out of sight. He much desired to again see the sight. Immediately the fish again arose on the top of the water accompanied with another fish of the same specie & size & one of them swam on a strait line on the top of the water towards Mr Carver as he stood upon the beach. When the fish Came as near his feet as the water would permit him the fish looked at the man with a Penetrating eye as though he had a message for him. . . Mr carver had dreams at night to Confirm him that these things was a sign to him."
Wilford Woodruff reports, "I was still
Wilford Woodruff reports, "I was still sick in the morning. I had Prayers & was much better after my wife laid hands on me and asked the Lord to heal me."
Wilford Woodruff: I visited the office of the Kirtland Safety Society & saw
Wilford Woodruff: I visited the office of the Kirtland Safety Society & saw the first money that was issued by the Treasurer or Society. It was given to Brother Bump (in exchange for other notes) who was the first to Circulate it.
Wilford Woodruff: Met in the house
Wilford Woodruff: Met in the house of the Lord at 10 oclock AM & herd an address from President's J. Smith jr & S Rigdon on the temporal business of the Church and Petitioned for a Charter to the Assembly of the State for the Kirtland Safety Society & the presidency of the Church bought the Monroe Charter & we all lent a hand in esstablishing it that it might be benificial to us in forwarding the building of the temporal Kingdom.
will prosper us in our business
will prosper us in our business and open the way before <us> to pay our debts that of all he shall give us we will give a tenth, to bestowed upon the poor in his Church, or as he shall command and that our children after us shall remember to observe this sacred and holy covenant And that our children and our children's [children] may know of the same we here subscribe our names with our own hands before the Lord: [signed].
William E. McLellin leaves Paris, Illinois for Independence
William E. McLellin leaves Paris, Illinois for Independence.
William E. McLellin returns from Hudson and reports that he has arranged
William E. McLellin returns from Hudson and reports that he has arranged for a Hebrew scholar (Joshua Seixas) to teach forty students for seven weeks for $320, beginning in two weeks.
William E. McLellin spends most of the day talking with John C
William E. McLellin spends most of the day talking with John C. Bennett, "a Campbelite Priest. I took him on my slay and Thursday and Friday I brought him to Hiram to see Jos & Sidney, …"
William Marks is elected bishop's agent
William Marks is elected bishop's agent in Kirtland; George W. Robinson, Church Clerk and Recorder in place of Oliver Cowdery (gone to Missouri). At evening conference of elders, Joseph and Sidney are to identify locations for new stakes where the poor to gather. Over a hundred missionaries are given assignments.
Winter term of the School of the Prophets begins
Winter term of the School of the Prophets begins.
Writs for Arrest of JS and Lyman Wight
Writs for Arrest of JS and Lyman Wight
Zion Presidency Removed from Office
Zion Presidency Removed from Office
1839
"A History, of the Persecution" Published
"A History, of the Persecution" Published
1839 edition titled Church Hymn Book
This edition was created in Manchester, England and was compiled by Parley P. Pratt, BY, JT. There were 271 Hymns in this edition. At the time it was edition number 1.
A large-scale evacuation of Saints from Missouri began
A large-scale evacuation of Saints from Missouri began.
A Voice of Warning by Parley P
A Voice of Warning by Parley P. Pratt, 2nd American edition, published.
Accounts of Missouri Injustices
Accounts of Missouri Injustices
Apostles depart for Great Britain for the second major British mission
Apostles depart for Great Britain for the second major British mission.
Apostles' Departure from New York to England
Apostles' Departure from New York to England
At a meeting of Church presidents
At a meeting of Church presidents in Missouri, high council, bishopric, and elders it is resolved to build "a house unto the name of the Lord moderately as we have means;" also, in a departure from the Kirtland model, it is resolved "that the building Committee of the house of the Lord have no store connected with the building the house But that every firm or individual that embarks in that business—have, own and claim such property as their own private individual property and stewardship."
Beginning of Malaria Epidemic
Beginning of Malaria Epidemic
Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball's Departure for England
Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball's Departure for England
Brigham Young History
Served mission to Great Britain.
Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor,
Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, George A. Smith, and Alpheus Cutler leave Quincy for Far West.
Change of Venue for JS
Change of Venue for JS
Church Agent's Purchase of Land for Latter-day Saint Settlement
Church Agent's Purchase of Land for Latter-day Saint Settlement
Church Agent's Purchase of Land from Isaac Galland
Church Agent's Purchase of Land from Isaac Galland
Church agents began purchasing land in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois
Church agents began purchasing land in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois.
Clay County. Joseph organizes the first
Clay County. Joseph organizes the first high council in Missouri.
Colesville church arrives in Painesville after crossing Lake Erie from Buffalo
Colesville church arrives in Painesville after crossing Lake Erie from Buffalo.
Commerce Conference
Commerce Conference
Commerce, Ill., was selected as a gathering place for the Church
Commerce, Ill., was selected as a gathering place for the Church. On May 1, two farms were purchased by Joseph Smith and others, the first land purchased in what later became Nauvoo.
Commerce, Illinois selected as the gathering place for the Church
Commerce, Illinois selected as the gathering place for the Church.
Copyright for John Corrill's Book
Copyright for John Corrill's Book
Council Meeting Held at Far West Temple Site
Council Meeting Held at Far West Temple Site
D&C 115: name of the church
D&C 115: name of the church changed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
D&C 121 was written by Joseph Smith while imprisoned in Liberty Jail
D&C 121 was written by Joseph Smith while imprisoned in Liberty Jail.
D&C 122 and 123 were written while Joseph Smith was imprisoned
D&C 122 and 123 were written while Joseph Smith was imprisoned.
D&C 28 Fayette: Oliver to be Joseph's
D&C 28 (Fayette): Oliver to be Joseph's Aaron, preach to the Lamanites, New Jerusalem to be revealed, correct Hiram Page. All by common consent.
D&C 53 (Kirtland): Algernon Sidney Gilbert to be the bishop's agent
D&C 53 (Kirtland): Algernon Sidney Gilbert to be the bishop's agent.
D&C 59 Keep the Sabbath, acknowledge the hand of the Lord in all things
D&C 59 Keep the Sabbath, acknowledge the hand of the Lord in all things.
D&C 64 Kirtland: Joseph has the keys,
D&C 64 (Kirtland): Joseph has the keys, unjustly accused. Maintain Kirtland five years. Time of tithing. Church to judge the nations.
D&C 76 Hiram: While revising John 5:29,
D&C 76 (Hiram): While revising John 5:29, Joseph and Sidney see a vision of the heavenly kingdoms.
D&C 99 (Hiram): John Murdock called on a mission to the East
D&C 99 (Hiram): John Murdock called on a mission to the East. He is to cleanse his feet in secret as a testimony against those who reject him. Lord comes quickly to judge the ungodly.
Death of James Mulholland
Death of James Mulholland
Doctrine & Covenants Section 121 was given to Joseph Smith (prayer and prophecies) in matters
Doctrine & Covenants Section 121 was given to Joseph Smith (prayer and prophecies) in matters relating to Prayer and prophecies of Joseph Smith; why many are called but few chosen
Doctrine & Covenants Section 122 was given to Joseph Smith in matters relating
Doctrine & Covenants Section 122 was given to Joseph Smith in matters relating to destiny of Joseph Smith
Doctrine & Covenants Section 123 was given to Joseph Smith (letter) in matters relating
Doctrine & Covenants Section 123 was given to Joseph Smith (letter) in matters relating to Letter to church; duty in relation to their persecutors
Eastern States mission is created
Eastern States mission is created
Evacuation of Saints from Missouri
Evacuation of Saints from Missouri
Filing of Nauvoo Plat by JS and Others
Filing of Nauvoo Plat by JS and Others
Final church members depart Far West, Missouri for Nauvoo, Illinois
Final church members depart Far West, Missouri for Nauvoo, Illinois.
Following a mass meeting of Jackson
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.
Frederick G. Williams begins service as Joseph's scribe
Frederick G. Williams begins service as Joseph's scribe. Joseph's 1832 history, which includes the first account of the First Vision, is written between this date and November 27.
George A. Smith's Departure for England
George A. Smith's Departure for England
He spent the day in reading
He spent the day in reading hebrew at the council room, with his scribe [Warren Parrish], in whose company he delighted, & who had sufficiently recovered his health. to attend to his usual avocation.
Hearing continues with numerous violations of judicial process until November 25
Hearing continues with numerous violations of judicial process until November 25, when Judge King releases 23 of the 53 defendants for lack of evidence and binds the remaining 30 over for trial. During the twelve-day hearing, William E. McLellin (h), Burr Riggs, and others rob the homes of Sidney Rigdon, George Morey, Phebe Ann Patten, and others.
Hebrew class decides to offer a teaching position to a New York Jew if
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.
High council tries Sylvester Smith
High council tries Sylvester Smith. The prophet's conduct in Zion's Camp is upheld and Sylvester is rebuked.
Hundreds of armed Jackson County citizens
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.
I attended meeting
I attended meeting. Elders Thomas B. Marsh (h), David W. Patten (h), Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball preached and broke bread. The Lord poured out His Spirit and my soul was edified.
In 1839 there were 67 missionaries
In 1839 there were 67 missionaries called to serve.
In a conversation with another visitor,
In a conversation with another visitor, Joseph refers to the First Vision as "the first visitation of Angels, which was when I was about 14. years old."
In a meeting with U.S. President
In a meeting with U.S. President Martin Van Buren in Washington, D.C.,Joseph Smith was told by the president that he [Van Buren] could do nothing to relieve the oppressions in Missouri.
Initiation of Recommendations for Apostles Preparing for European Mission
Initiation of Recommendations for Apostles Preparing for European Mission
Investigation of Settlements in Illinois and Iowa
Investigation of Settlements in Illinois and Iowa
James Adams's Introduction of Church's Delegation to President Van Buren
James Adams's Introduction of Church's Delegation to President Van Buren
James Mulholland records that Joseph Smith
James Mulholland records that Joseph Smith "commenced to dictate and I to write history" based on the 1838 history by clerk George Robinson. The new manuscript contains Joseph Smith's well-known account of his first vision "early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty."
John Corrill Excommunicated
John Corrill Excommunicated
John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff departed Illinois for the British Isles
John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff departed Illinois for the British Isles.
John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps
John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps "have done things which are not pleasing in my sight Therefore if they repent not they shall be removed."
Joseph attends court in Chardon, Ohio, accusing
Joseph attends court in Chardon, Ohio, accusing Doctor Hurlbut of assault and threatening his life.
Joseph calls volunteers in Kirtland together,
Joseph calls volunteers in Kirtland together, speaks for a short time, and seals them up to eternal life:
Joseph castigates W. W. Phelps, Edward
Joseph castigates W. W. Phelps, Edward Partridge, and members in Zion for a variety of sins.
Joseph preaches in Kirtland on the Evangelical Order
Joseph preaches in Kirtland on the Evangelical Order.
Joseph reaches Kirtland
Joseph reaches Kirtland.
Joseph Smith administered healing blessings during a malaria epidemic in Illinois
Joseph Smith administered healing blessings during a malaria epidemic in Illinois.
Joseph Smith and companions escaped while being transferred to Columbia, Missouri
Joseph Smith and companions escaped while being transferred to Columbia, Missouri.
Joseph Smith and Elias Higbee met with U.S
Joseph Smith and Elias Higbee met with U.S. President Martin Van Buren.
Joseph Smith and four other prisoners were allowed to escape while being transferred from Daviess
Joseph Smith and four other prisoners were allowed to escape while being transferred from Daviess to Boone counties in Missouri under a change of venue in their case.
Joseph Smith and four prisoners allowed to escape during transfer
Joseph Smith and four prisoners allowed to escape during transfer.
Joseph Smith and other Liberty Jail
Joseph Smith and other Liberty Jail prisoners escape from custody during a transfer. Enraged Missourians drag the two jailers through the streets and nearly kill them.
Joseph Smith heals church members of sickness and gives a red silk handkerchief
Joseph Smith heals church members of sickness and gives a red silk handkerchief to Wilford Woodruff to heal people by touching them with it.
Joseph Smith History
Arrived in Great Britain as a missionary. Was first missionary to preach the restored gospel in Ireland and on the Isle of Man. Oversaw the preparation and printing of the first edition of the Book of Mormon published outside the United States; also assisted in preparing a hymnbook and published several missionary pamphlets.
Joseph Smith joined the Saints in Illinois and helped establish Nauvoo
Joseph Smith joined the Saints in Illinois and helped establish Nauvoo.
Joseph Smith left Illinois for Washington, D.C.,
Joseph Smith left Illinois for Washington, D.C., to seek redress from the president of the United States for wrongs suffered by the Saints in Missouri.
Joseph Smith met with U.S
Joseph Smith met with U.S. President Martin Van Buren.
Joseph Smith moves to the village
Joseph Smith moves to the village of Commerce, Illinois, which he expands and renames Nauvoo in the new city plat on August 30. By the end of 1845 the city's population would swell to 12,000, second only to Chicago in the state's urban population. Another 3,000 Mormons live in the surrounding area.
Joseph Smith returns to his family
Joseph Smith returns to his family (now in Illinois) after escaping from jail in Missouri and reportedly indicates his intention for his son Joseph III to be his successor as church president.
Joseph Smith reunited with Emma Smith and children in Quincy, Illinois
Joseph Smith reunited with Emma Smith and children in Quincy, Illinois.
Joseph Smith signed a document as "Presiding Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ
Joseph Smith signed a document as "Presiding Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."
Joseph Smith tells the Apostles and Seventies
Joseph Smith tells the Apostles and Seventies, "I will give you one of the Keys of the mysteries of the Kingdom. It is an eternal principle, that has existed with God from all eternity: That man who rises up to condemn others, finding fault with the Church, saying that they are out of the way, while he himself is righteous, then know assuredly, that that man is in the high road to apostasy; and if he does not repent, will apostatize, as God lives." This is often quoted to members who are critical of church leaders without mentioning that it was originally given to church leaders--to apostles and seventies--who were critical of church members.
Joseph Smith was transferred from Liberty Jail to Gallatin, Missouri
Joseph Smith was transferred from Liberty Jail to Gallatin, Missouri.
Joseph Smith writes in a letter:
Joseph Smith writes in a letter: "the first and fundamental principle of our holy religion is, that we believe that we have a right to embrace all, and every item of truth, without limitation or without being circumscribed or prohibited by the creeds or superstitious notions of men, or by the dominations of one another, when that truth is clearly demonstrated to our minds, and we have the highest degree of evidence of the same."
Joseph Smith wrote an epistle to the Saints from Liberty Jail
Joseph Smith wrote an epistle to the Saints from Liberty Jail.
Joseph, Hyrum, Frederick, William E
Joseph, Hyrum, Frederick, William E. McLellin, and others start for Kirtland in a wagon.
Joseph, Oliver, Martin, W. W. Phelps,
Joseph, Oliver, Martin, W. W. Phelps, Joseph Coe, Ziba Peterson, and Joshua Lewis cross the border into Indian Territory, where W. W. Phelps preaches to the Indians and Joseph receives a revelation.
Joseph, Sidney, and Oliver arrive in Kirtland by stage
Joseph, Sidney, and Oliver arrive in Kirtland by stage.
JS and Others Attempted to Escape Liberty Jail
JS and Others Attempted to Escape Liberty Jail
JS and Others Passed through Kingston
JS and Others Passed through Kingston
JS and Others' Second Attempt to Escape Liberty Jail
JS and Others' Second Attempt to Escape Liberty Jail
JS and Others' Travel from Commerce to Quincy
JS and Others' Travel from Commerce to Quincy
JS Dictated "Bill of Damages"
JS Dictated "Bill of Damages"
JS Escaped from Missouri
JS Escaped from Missouri
JS Presided Over Quincy Meeting
JS Presided Over Quincy Meeting
JS Resumed History
JS Resumed History
JS Transferred to Gallatin
JS Transferred to Gallatin
JS's Arrival in Illinois
JS's Arrival in Illinois
JS's Arrival in Washington DC
JS's Arrival in Washington DC
JS's Departure from Gallatin
JS's Departure from Gallatin
JS's Faith Healings
JS's Faith Healings
JS's Hearing in Liberty
JS's Hearing in Liberty
JS's Instruction at Conference
JS's Instruction at Conference
JS's Instruction for Missionaries Leaving for Europe
JS's Instruction for Missionaries Leaving for Europe
JS's Journey to Washington DC
JS's Journey to Washington DC
JS's Liberty Epistle
JS's Liberty Epistle
JS's Return from Lee County and Hancock County
JS's Return from Lee County and Hancock County
JS's Return to Commerce from Quincy
JS's Return to Commerce from Quincy
JS's Second Liberty Epistle
JS's Second Liberty Epistle
JS's Visits to Brothers
JS's Visits to Brothers
Kirtland. D&C 72 (Kirtland): Newel K
Kirtland. D&C 72 (Kirtland): Newel K. Whitney is called as Kirtland's bishop: keep the Lord's storehouse; record all transactions for bishop in Zion; provide for literary stewards. Those going to Zion must take certificate of worthiness.
Land Purchases in Commerce
Land Purchases in Commerce
Lengthy letter from M
Lengthy letter from M. S. C. [Matthew S. Clapp] in the Painesville Telegraph reports early Lamanite missionary efforts in the fall of 1830. They arrived "about the last of October, 1830" from Manchester and Palmyra, New York,
Letter Reporting on Washington DC Trip
Letter Reporting on Washington DC Trip
Meeting held at Reynolds Cahoon's "for the purpose of mutual edification." Present
Meeting held at Reynolds Cahoon's "for the purpose of mutual edification." Present: Hyrum Smith, Frederick G. Williams, William E. McLellin, and Joseph Coe.
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve, as their circumstances permitted, departed from Nauvoo, Ill., for their missions to England. (See D&C 118).
Meteor shower observed in New York
Meteor shower observed in New York City.
Mission of Twelve to Britain
Mission of Twelve to Britain
Mormonism.—A young gentleman by the name
Mormonism.—A young gentleman by the name of Whitmer arrived here last week from Manchester, New York, the seat of wonders, with a new batch of revelations from God, as he pretended, which have just been communicated to Joseph Smith. As far as we have been able to learn their contents, they are a more particular description of the creation of the world, and a history of Adam and his family, and other sketches of the ante-diluvian world, which Moses neglected to record.
Nauvoo High Council's Appointment of JS as Treasurer
Nauvoo High Council's Appointment of JS as Treasurer
Nauvoo receives its first printing press
Nauvoo receives its first printing press; Times and Seasons first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (Don Carlos Smith and Ebenezer Robinson, editors).
Nauvoo rises from swampland
The Saints buy the malarial bottomlands at Commerce, Illinois, drain them, and build one of the largest cities in the state, with a temple on the bluff.
Organization of Church Branch in Pennsylvania
Organization of Church Branch in Pennsylvania
Orson Hyde and William Smith (Joseph's
Orson Hyde and William Smith (Joseph's brother) are dropped from the Quorum of Twelve. Smith is reinstated later in the month and Hyde is reinstated on June 27.
Orson Hyde's Prophetic Warning republished in Manchester, England
Orson Hyde's Prophetic Warning republished in Manchester, England.
Parley and Orson Pratt's Departure for England
Parley and Orson Pratt's Departure for England
Parley, Ziba, Oliver, and Peter Whitmer
Parley, Ziba, Oliver, and Peter Whitmer Jr. preach in the Western Reserve (Ohio) and baptize 130 between November 1 and 23. (Parley reports 127 .
Purchase of Horace Hotchkiss's Land
Purchase of Horace Hotchkiss's Land
Quorum of the Twelve members departed for missions to England
Quorum of the Twelve members departed for missions to England.
Relocation of JS to Commerce
Relocation of JS to Commerce
Seixas arrives from Hudson to teach
Seixas arrives from Hudson to teach the Hebrew to the brethren in the House of the Lord.
Sidney Rigdon Released from Jail
Sidney Rigdon Released from Jail
Sidney Rigdon writes to the BOSTON
Sidney Rigdon writes to the BOSTON JOURNAL emphatically denying the "Spaulding" story. Of Solomon Spaulding, whom he says he had never heard of until the story was publicized and who has been dead for two decades, Rigdon says he wrote "lies to get money" and that Rigdon has "but a very light opinion of him as a gentleman, a scholar, or a man of piety, for had he been either, he certainly would have taught his pious wife not to lie, nor unite herself with adulterers, liars, and the basest of mankind."
The 1839 Church Membership 16,460
1839 Church Membership 16,460
The Evening and Morning Star issues an extra,
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.
The last of the Saints left
The last of the Saints left Far West, Mo. A whole community, numbering about 15,000, had been expelled from their homes on account of their religion.
The Nauvoo High Council makes Joseph
The Nauvoo High Council makes Joseph Smith treasurer of the Church, empowered to set prices and to sell real-estate lots in Nauvoo as well as to discharge other business functions.
The Saints in Missouri were forced to leave the state
The Saints in Missouri were forced to leave the state.
The Twelve Apostles met at Far West's temple lot to depart on missions
The Twelve Apostles met at Far West's temple lot to depart on missions.