-- May 21, 1832
Near Greenville, Indiana-a dozen miles from the Ohio river-the stagecoach horses bolt and start to run away. Joseph and Newel jump. Newel but gets a foot caught in a wheel,breaking his leg and foot. Sidney remains in the coach and continues on to Kirtland, where his nine-year-old daughter, Nancy, is seriously ill. Joseph remains with Newel while he recovers. Joseph in Greenville (1)
-- May 26, 1832
Conference (Independence) investigates of Oliver Cowdery's 1830 "transgression" of proposing to another woman while engaged to Elizabeth Ann Whitmer. (1)
Saturday. Sidney Rigdon arrives in Kirtland from Zion. (1)
-- May 29, 1832
Conference: (Independence): Bishop Edward Partridge dedicates the Evening and the Morning Star office in Independence. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Mary, daughter of Hyrum and Jerusha Smith, dies a month before her third birthday. (2)
[Partridge, Edward] Dedicated office of Evening and Morning Star 29 May 1832. (3)
-- May 31, 1832
Sidney Rigdon moves to the Kirtland Flats. (1)
-- During May 1832
[Gause, Jesse] Remained in Independence area after Prophets departure for Ohio May 1832. Taught John Whitmer grammar while in Jackson County, Missouri. (3)
-- Jun 1, 1832
The Evening and the Morning Star began publication at Independence, Missouri. (4)
-- Jun 2, 1832
Saturday. Martin Harris reaches Greenville with a letter for Newel from his wife, but no letter from Emma for Joseph. (1)
-- Jun 6, 1832
Joseph writes Emma-he is anxious and perturbed that she hasn't written. Joseph in Greenville (1)
Joseph Smith (26) sends letter to Emma describing vision: says he "visited a grove and called upon God in prayer ... God forgave my sins." (5)
[Joseph Smith] Greenville, Indiana. Joseph Smith wrote his wife, Emma Smith, a letter while at the Porter tavern, telling her of his regular meditation and prayers in a nearby grove. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - 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
4 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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