-- prob. mid-Nov 1833
D. P. Hulbut went to Onondaga Valley, Onondaga Co., NY to consult with William H. Sabine. There he secured a letter of introduction from Sabine to his sister, the widow of Solomon Spalding. Hurlbut also obtained the directions on how to locate the widow in western Massachusetts. (1)
-- 16-(Thr) Nov 27, 1833
A 12 day cesation in D. P. Hurlbut's taking of statements in the Palmyra area. (1)
-- Nov 19, 1833
Joseph arrives in Kirtland from brief trip to Upper Canada and writes Moses Nickerson: PWJS, 326-327. (2)
anxieties inexpresible crowd themselves continually upon my mnd for the saints, when I consider the many temptations with which we are subject from the cunning and flattery of the great adversary of our souls. When I contemplate the rapidity with which the great and glorious day of the coming of the Son of man advances, when he shall come to receive his saints unto himself when I consider that soon the heavens are to be shaken, and the earth tremble and reel to and fro I cry out in my heart, What manner of person ought i to be in all holy conversation and godliness! (2)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Moses Nickerson in Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada, relating some of his travel experiences and his testimony of the gospel. (3)
-- Nov 21, 1833
Missouri Attorney General R. W. Wells writes on behalf of Governor Dunklin that if the Mormons want to return to their homes in Jackson County, "an adequate force will be sent forthwith to effect that object." If Mormons wish to organize their own volunteer company, "the Colonel" would be obliged to accept them. "As only a certain quantity of public arms can be distributed in each County; those who first apply will be most likely to receive them. The less, therefore, that is said upon the subject the better." (2)
-- Nov 22, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smiths brother Don Carlos Smith came to live with him and learn the printing trade. (3)
[Joseph Smith] [Joseph Smith] Learns of expulsion of Saints from Jackson County, Missouri. (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Don Carlos Smith comes to live with Joseph at Kirtland to learn printing. (5)
-- (Mon) Nov 25, 1833
Orson Hyde arrived in Kirtland with news of the Mormon expulsion from Jackson county Missouri. Joseph Smith had probably already seen the St. Louis Republican article by this time. The news was a severe blow to the Mormon movement and a threatening challenge to his own leadership. (1)
-- Nov 25, 1833
Orson Hyde and John Gould reach Kirtland with "the melencholly intelegen of the riot in Zion with the inhabitants in persuting the brethren." (2)
[Hyde, Orson] Left Kirtland mid-August 1833 and returned to Kirtland 25 November 1833. (6)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Orson Hyde and John Gould arrived from Missouri and told Joseph Smith and the other brethren about the expulsion of the Saints from Jackson County, Missouri. (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Kenny, Scott, http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Joseph Smith Papers, Timeline of Events, http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - 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
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
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