-- Nov 25, 1833
[Joseph Smith] In Kirtland, notified by Orson Hyde and John Gould that Latter-day Saints had been expelled from Jackson County earlier in month. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] News received in Kirtland of expulsion of the Saints from Jackson County. (2)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Hyde and John Gould arrive from Missouri to report to Joseph at Kirtland. (3)
-- Nov 27, 1833
Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, "having been set apart by a council of High Priests to visit the Churches," leave Kirtland for Springfield, Pennsylvania. (4)
[Pratt, Orson] Left Kirtland again for East with Lyman E. Johnson 27 November 1833. (5)
-- (Thr) Nov 28, 1833
Abigail Harris and G. W. Stodard gave D. P. Hurlbut a signed statements at Palmyra. Richard Ford countersigned Stodard's statement. (6)
By this date D. P. Hurlbut was back in the Palmyra area taking statements. (6)
-- prob. late Nov 1833
D. P. Hurlbut traveled from Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY to the Palmyra region of western NY. There is no record of his stopping to consult with William Sabine as he passed through the Syracuse area. However, at about this time, D. P. Hurlbut probably attempted to contact and interview Lyman Cowdery, Oliver Cowdery's estranged brother. Lyman lived near his parents in Lyons, Wayne Co., a few miles east of Palmyra. (6)
Hurlbut visited Jerome Clark in Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY and presented his letter of authorization from Spalding's widow. He took an unknown quantity of Spalding's writings away with him. No receipt survives (6)
Oliver Cowdery apparently visited his parents in Lyons, Wayne Co., NY at about this time. (6)
-- (Fri) Nov 29, 1833
Lucy Harris gave D. P. Hurlbut a signed statement at Palmyra. (6)
The Painesville Telegraph published its "More trouble in the Mormon camp" article, informing its readers that there had been "another fracas in Missouri, between the Mormon fanatics and the citizens..." The Telegraph article also echoed the message attributed to Joseph Smith in mid-August: "since the previous affair, the Prophet had sent orders to the brethren there, to 'stand by their arms,' instead of leaving the place... We understood that dispatches have arrived at the head quarters of the prophet in this county, by a special messenger [i. e. Orson Hyde], from the seat of war. (6)
-- Nov 29, 1833
A. S. Gilbert writes Governor Daniel Dunklin that church attorney Doniphan has seen Attorney General Wells, who apprised him of the governor's intention to convene a court of inquiry in Jackson County to investigate mob action against the Mormons. Under current circumstances church leaders would be unable to assemble witnesses in the immediate future in that County. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
2 - Proctor, Scott Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
6 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
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