-- Sep 1, 1831
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Ordained agent 1 September 1831. (1)
-- Sep 5, 1831
Peter Whitmer Jr. returns to Kirtland from mission to the Lamanites begun in October 1830. Peter Whitmer Jr. statement of Dec. 13, 1831 (2)
-- Sep 6, 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Fellowship withdrawn 6 September 1831. (1)
Nelson conference. Ezra Booth is silenced. (2)
-- Sep 11, 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Chastised 11 September 1831, for evil actions. (1)
D&C 64 (Kirtland): Joseph has the keys, unjustly accused. Maintain Kirtland five years. Time of tithing. Church to judge the nations. (2)
Revelation: Edward Partridge had sinned, instructed to repent, Ezzra Booth admonished, Isaac Morley forgiven but told to sell farm. Tithing disscussed. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 64, a revelation containing the Lords law of forgiveness and the warning, he that is tithed shall not be burned. (4)
-- September 11 or 12, 1831
[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 64. Keys of the mysteries of the kingdom stay with Joseph as long as he obeys. He has sinned, but is forgiven. He has been unjustly accused. Bring unrepentant before the church where they can repent or be cut off. I was angry with Ezra Booth and Isaac Morley, but I have forgiven Isaac. Frederick doesn't need to sell his farm, Newel to keep his business. Expect to stay in Kirtland for five years, then all may go to Zion. Don't go into debt. Imposters will be exposed. Zion will judge the nations. All nations will seek it, and fear it.
Newel K. Whitney manuscript, Box 1, fd. 5, heading: given at Kirtland Sept 11th 1831.
Book of Commandments 65 heading: A Revelation to the elders of the church, given in Kirtland, Ohio, September 1831.
The Book of Commandments ends near the end of what is now D&C 64:36. (A mob destroyed the press. ).
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 21 heading: A Revelation given in Kirtland, September, 1831. (5)
-- Sep 12, 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Officially denounced Mormonism 12 September 1831. Considered first Mormon apostate to publish anti-Mormon literature. (1)
Conference (Kirtland): 3 men in northern Ohio settlements are "silenced from ministering in their respective offices." (2)
Ezra Booth writes the first of nine letters to Rev. Ira Eddy, published in mid-October, the first Mormon "exposé." Ezra Booth Letters (2)
Joseph and Emma, and Sidney, move to the home of John Johnson in Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, 30 miles southeast of Kirtland. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
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