-- (Sat) Aug 24, 1833
The Chardon Spectator printed its "The Mormonites" article, with text was derived from the Missouri Republican of Aug. 9, 1833. It said: "A meeting of the citizens of Jackson county, to the number of four or five hundred, was held at Independence on the 20th of July. Their avowed object was to take measures to rid themselves of the Mormonites.... the citizens have been daily told that they are to be cut off, and their lands appropriated to the Mormons for inheritances; but they are not fully agreed among themselves as to the manner in which this shall be accomplished, whether by the destroying angel, the judgement of God, or the arm of power. The comittee express their fears that, should this population continue to increase, they will soon have all the offices of the county in their hands; and that the lives and property of other citizens would be insecure, under the administration of men who are so ignorant and superstitious..." (1)
-- prob. late Aug 1833
With John & Martha's statements in hand D. P. Hurlbut began short series of lectures on the "true origin of Mormonism" in and around Kirtland. It is not likely that Hurlbut gave a full recitation of the Spalding authorship claims at this point, but his avowal that he knew the book's true origin proved intriguing to local anti-Mormons and disgruntled ex-Mormons like Joseph H. Wakefield. (1)
-- During Aug 1833
Philastus Hurlbut finds Fabius Story - shows it to witnesses who say it's not the same story they saw. (2)
Philastus Hurlbut goes to Conneaut, OH and collects statements from eight people claiming that the historical content of the Book of Mormon is from Solomon Spalding's manuscript: John Spalding (Solomon's brother), Martha Spalding (John's wife), Henry Lake (Solomon's partner in the forge business), John N. Miller (employee of Spalding and Lake), Arron Wright (Conneaut Justice of the Peace), Oliver Smith (Spalding boarded with him), Nahum Howard (town doctor), Artemus Cunningham (a debt holder trying to get payment from Spalding). (2)
-- Sep 4, 1833
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, 318. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Vienna Jacques, thanking her for her monetary offerings. (4)
-- prob. early Sep 1833
In the days just prior to Hurlbut's return to the Kirtland area. a self-constituted committee of citizens of Willoughby, Mentor, and Painesville began meeting at the home of Warren Corning, in Mentor, to investigate the origin and design of Mormonism. At least two members of the group were also currently Kirtland township officers: Justice of the Peace Josiah Jones and Town Clerk Oliver A. Crary. D. P. Hurlbut got himself invited to the semi-public meetings of this group. (1)
-- Sep 8, 1833
Orson Pratt records in his journal: "O[rson] P[ratt] and L[yman] J[ohnson] sealed the members of the church at Bath, New Hampshire, Conn., to eternal life." (5)
-- (Wed) Sep 11, 1833
Having lost the Church's "Literary Firm" office in Independence to mob action, Joseph Smith and his counselors decided to establish a publishing house at Kirtland, under the name of F. G. Williams and Co. This decision (along with construction on the Temple and other Church projects) was taken by the local anti-Mormons as a firm sign that Smith's followers were determined to remain and expand their colony in Ohio. (1)
-- Sep 11, 1833
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. (3)
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. (3)
It was decided to publish a paper in Kirtland, entitled "The Latter-day Saints' Messenger and Advocate." Bishop Edward Partridge was acknowledged head of the Church in Zion. (6)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith and other council members consented to establish a press in Kirtland to publish the Latter-day Saints Messenger and Advocate and the Evening and Morning Star until they could be published in Missouri again. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
3 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
6 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
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