-- Sep 11, 1833
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Kirtland conference agrees to print the Latter Day Saint Messenger and Advocate there and also to transfer the Star to Kirtland with Oliver Cowdery as editor. (1)
[Partridge, Edward] Acknowledged as presiding officer of Church in Missouri 11 September 1833. (2)
[Pratt, Parley Parker] Appointed President of Branch Number Eight in Jackson County 11 September 1833. (2)
[Wight, Lyman] Appointed to preside over Branch Number Seven in Jackson County, Missouri, 11 September 1833. (2)
-- mid Sep 1833
At this time D. P. Hurlbut was "employed to look up testimony" by the self-constituted committee of anti-Mormons which met at Mentor. According to the Jan. 31, 1834 "To the Public" notice in the Painesville Telegraph, "the Committee employed D. P. Hurlbut to ascertain the real origin of the Book of Mormon, and to examine the validity of Joseph Smith's claims to the character of a Prophet." According to the Dec. 20, 1833 "Mormon mystery developed" article published in the Wayne Sentinel, Hurlbut gathered evidence in "in different parts" of New York state "on behalf of his fellow-townsmen, in the pursuit "of facts and information concerning the origin and design of the Book of Mormon..." D. P.'s widow supplied this account: "He was employed by leading citizens of Mentor and Geauga Co. to investigate the character of the Mormon Smith Family and the origin of the Book of Mormon. He went to Palmyra, N.Y. by stage..." Thus it seems that while Hurlbut's primary mission was to bring
back evidence of "the real origin of the Book of Mormon," he was also employed to "examine the validity" of Mormon claims that Joseph Smith and his family were persons of good character. (3)
-- Sep 26, 1833
[Higbee, Elias] Appointed to be ordained high priest 26 September 1833. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Silas Smith at Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York. (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. writes a lengthy doctrinal letter to his uncle, Silas Smith, on the need for continuous revelation. (1)
-- Sep 28, 1833
Orson Pratt arrives in Kirtland from mission east, having been absent six months, duirng which I travelled about 2000 miles, attended 125 meetings, and baptized upwards of 50 persons. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith and the Kirtland High Council decided by unanimous vote that it was the will of the Lord for all who were able and willing, to build up and strengthen the stake in Kirtland. (4)
[Pratt, Orson] Returned to Kirtland 28 September 1833, having baptized 50 persons. Worked on Kirtland Temple. (2)
-- prob. late Sep. 1833
D. P. Hurlbut collected cash donations from Mentor Campbellite Orris Clapp, and other members of "the Committee." According to Benjamin Winchester, "one of them, a Campbellite by name, Newel advanced the sum of three hundred dollars, for the prosecution of the work..." It is very doubtful that Mentor businessman Grandison Newell was "a Campbellite," but he was no doubt the same "Newell" who helped finance Hurlbut's research journey.Upon his way to the East, Hurlbut stopped over in Conneaut twp., Ashtabula Co., and called a meeting of concerned citizens. There he secured more statements from old associates of Solomon Spalding and raised more money to cover his travel expenses. (3)
-- During 1833 September
Brigham Young, now a widower, arrives with his two young children in Kirtland. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
2 - 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
3 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
6 - http://www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
A lighter version of this timeline: http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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