Mormon History, Dec 10, 1838

-- Dec 10, 1838
[Joseph Smith] A committee of Edward Partridge, Heber C. Kimball, John Taylor, Theodore Turley, Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George W. Harris, John Murdock, and John M. Burk draft a petition to the state legislature detailing the Mormon side of the conflict. (1)

-- Dec 13, 1838
Brigham Young presides over high council meeting. Brethren share testimonies, express confidence in the faith. Four vacancies filled. (2)

Higbee, Elias: Left Far West for Illinois before 13 December 1838. (3)

-- Dec 16, 1838
Joseph writes letter of encouragement to the church, condemning apostates and turncoats, denying charges leveled against him, and admonishing the Saints to remain steadfast and faithful. (2)

Liberty, Missouri. Joseph Smith wrote a letter of comfort to the Saints from Liberty Jail. (4)

-- Dec 17, 1838
In Jefferson City, David H. Redfield presents petition to General Atchison and others, meets with Governor Boggs, urges legislation to right the wrongs inflicted on the Mormons. (2)

[Joseph Smith] The petition is delivered to the state legislature by David H. Redfield, who also meet with General Atchison, Governor Boggs, and others. (1)

-- Dec 19, 1838
High council meets in Far West and votes to ordain John E. Page and John Taylor apostles. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball ordain them. In Jefferson City, Representative John Corrill presents the Mormon petition to the House of Representatives. Heated debate ensues. (2)

[Joseph Smith] John Taylor (hereafter Taylor) is ordained an apostle as the first English-born General Authority and first non-U.S. member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. (5)

[Joseph Smith] John Taylor and John E. Page are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (1)

Taylor, John: Ordained apostle 19 December 1838 in Far West, Missouri. (3)

-- Dec 20, 1838
Liberty, Missouri. Emma Smith visited her husband, Joseph Smith, in Liberty Jail. (4)

-- Dec 25, 1838
Joseph's brother, Don Carlos, and cousin George A. Smith return from missions in Kentucky and Tennessee. "When nearly home they were known and pursued by the mob, which compelled them to travel one hundred miles in two days and nights. The ground at the time was slippery, and a severe northwest wind was blowing in their faces; they had but little to eat, and narrowly escaped freezing both nights." (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
2 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"

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Mormon History, November 1838

-- During November 1838
Wight, Lyman: Arrested for murder and treason November 1838. (1)

Wight, Lyman: Incarcerated November 1838-April 1839 at Liberty Jail. No conviction. (1)

-- Dec 1, 1838
Joseph Smith and others imprisoned, Liberty Jail, Liberty, Clay Co., MO. (2)

The Prophet Joseph Smith and others imprisoned in Liberty Jail, Liberty, Clay County, Missouri (see D&C 121-23). (3)

Liberty, Missouri. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma Smith, announcing that he and his fellow prisoners were admitted to Liberty Jail. (4)

[Joseph Smith] Incarcerated, Liberty, Clay County. (5)

[Joseph Smith] Imprisoned with other Church leaders in Liberty, Missouri. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Imprisonment at Liberty Jail begins. (7)

-- about Dec 1, 1838
Far West, Missouri. Heber C. Kimball and Alanson Ripley were appointed by the brethren in Far West, Missouri, to visit Joseph Smith and the others in Liberty Jail as often as circumstances would permit. (4)

-- Dec 5, 1838
Governor Boggs presents report on Mormon difficulties to the Missouri House of Representatives. (8)

[Joseph Smith] Governor Boggs defends his Extermination Order in the state legislature. (9)

-- Dec 9, 1838
John E Page: Ordained apostle 19 Dec. 1838, but never sustained as "a prophct, seer, and rcvclator" (10)

John Taylor: Appointed apostle by written revelation 8 July 1838, sustained by conference vote 6 Oct., ordained apostle 19 Dec. 1838, but not sustained as a "prophet, seer, and revelator" until 1877 (10)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
8 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
9 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
10 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47

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Mormon History, Nov 28, 1838

-- Nov 28, 1838
Joseph Smith and others are incarcerated in Liberty Jail, Missouri. (1)

[Joseph Smith] Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin, and Alexander McRae are ordered to the jail in Liberty, Clay County; Parley P. Pratt, Morris Phelps, Luman Gibbs, Darwin Chase, and Norman Shearer are retained in the Richmond jail. The remaining 19 are released or allowed release on bail. (2)

-- Nov 29, 1838
Richmond, Missouri. After being abused and enduring an unjust hearing, Joseph Smith and five of the other brethren were committed to Liberty Jail in Liberty, Missouri, by Judge Austin A. King. (3)

[Joseph Smith] Ordered bound over for trial in Daviess County for treason and other charges. (4)

-- Nov 30, 1838
Joseph and his fellow prisoners are taken to Liberty jail. (5)

-- about Nov 30, 1838
Liberty, Missouri. Joseph Smith and five other brethren were en route to Liberty Jail. (3)

-- During Nov 1838
Church leaders are arrested. Joseph is imprisoned in Liberty Jail. Emma visits him three times: 8 December 1838; 20 December 1838; and 21 January 1839. (6)

-- During Nov. 1838
Sidney Rigdon: Narrowly avoided execution by Missouri militia Nov. 1838 for treason (7)

-- During November 1838
Lyman, Amasa Mason: Arrested November 1838 for treason, and other charges. No conviction. (8)

Miller, George: Residing in McDonough County, Illinois, near Macomb, November 1838. Owned 300 acres of land as well as hogs and cattle. (8)

Partridge, Edward: Arrested and incarcerated November 1838 for treason. No conviction. (8)

Pratt, Parley Parker: Arrested for murder and treason November 1838. (8)

Pratt, Parley Parker: Incarcerated in Richmond and Columbia, Missouri, November 1838-July 1839. No conviction. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
2 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
5 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
6 - Emma Smith, Woman of Faith, http://emmasmithmormon.com
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
8 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985

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Mormon History, Nov 13, 1838

-- Nov 13, 1838
Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918) b. Far West, Caldwell Co., MO. (1)

Preliminary hearing begins in Richmond with Thomas C. Burch, prosecuting attorney, Alexander W. Doniphan and Amos Rees, defense attorneys. "Witnesses were called and sworn at the point of the bayonet." Sampson Avard (not included in list of the accused) testifies the First Presidency directed Danite activities. Other prosecution witnesses include John Corrill, Reed Peck, W. W. Phelps, George M. Hinkle, Burr Riggs, and John Whitmer. (2)

Joseph F. Smith, Sixth President of the Church is Born in Far West, Missouri, on this day. (3)

[Joseph Smith] Richmond, Missouri. Over 40 witnesses appeared at court and bore false witness against the Prophet. (4)

[Joseph Smith] November 25 : Preliminary hearings on the fate of the leaders of the church begin under Judge King. Witnesses testify at the point of a bayonet. Numerous violations of judicial process are recorded. Twenty-three of the imprisoned men are released, leaving thirty in custody. During the hearings, excommunicated members rob the homes of several members in Far West. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Birth of Joseph Fielding Smith, son of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph F. Smith, first child of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, is born at Far West; he is Hyrum's seventh child. (7)

-- (Thr) Nov 15, 1838
John P. Greene arrives at the home of "Judge" John Cleveland and his Mormon wife Sarah, about 4 mile east of Quincy. In May of 1839 Greene would be appointed by a Conference held near Quincy to travel east and publicize the cause of the Mormons. (8)

-- Nov 18, 1838
Richmond, Missouri. All of the witnesses Joseph Smith and his brethren requested for their trial (between 40 and 50 persons) were arrested, thrown in prison, and prohibited from testifying. (4)

-- 23-Nov 28, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] At the Richmond judicial proceeding, presided over by Judge Austin A. King, of the eighty arrested by General John B. Clark at Far West, fifty-three are taken to court. Joseph, Hyrum, Lyman Wight, Caleb Baldwin, Alexander McRae, and Sidney Rigdon are sent to Liberty Jail; Parley P. Pratt, Morris Phelps, Luman Gibbs, Darwin Chase, and Norman Shearer are jailed at Richmond. The others are released. (7)

-- Nov 24, 1838
Several released from jail. (9)

-- Nov 25, 1838
Hearing continues with numerous violations of judicial process until November 25, when Judge King releases 23 of the 53 defendants for lack of evidence and binds the remaining 30 over for trial. During the twelve-day hearing, William E. McLellin, Burr Riggs, and others rob the homes of Sidney Rigdon, George Morey, Phebe Ann Patten, and others. (2)

-- (Wed) Nov 28, 1838
Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, Lyman Wight, and other Mormon captives are taken to Liberty Jail, in Clay Co. (8)

Footnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
2 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
6 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
7 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
8 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
9 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://mo-hist-tidd.gu.ma

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Mormon History, Nov 9, 1838

-- Nov 9, 1838
Richmond, Missouri. Colonel Sterling Price chained Joseph Smith and the other prisoners together in an old vacant house. (1)

[Joseph Smith] Confined at Richmond, Ray County, pending outcome of court of inquiry. (2)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr., Hyrum, and the five other prisoners are taken to Richmond, Ray County, where they are held in chains. (3)

-- Nov 10, 1838
Adam-ondi-Ahman court of inquiry concludes. All acquitted, but all families are ordered out with permission to go to Caldwell county until spring. (4)

Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, Lyman Wight, and others charged with High Treason, murder, burglary, arson, robbery, and larceny. (5)

The Saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman surrender to General Moses Wilson of the Missouri Militia. They are ordered to leave Davies County within 10 days. (6)

[Joseph Smith] All citizens of Adam-ondi-Ahman are acquitted, but they are ordered to move to Caldwell County to prepare to leave Missouri. (7)

-- Nov 11, 1838
General Clark, who had hoped for a military tribunal, turns fifty-three prisoners over to civil authorities accused of high treason, murder, burglary, arson, robbery, and larceny. (4)

Richmond, Missouri. After listening most of the night to the guards elaborate and boast about the atrocities they had committed against the Saints, Joseph Smith stood and rebuked them, in the name of Jesus Christ, to be still or die. (1)

-- 12-Nov 29, 1838
[Missouri War] Judge Austin A. King presides at Court of Inquiry held in Richmond, Ray County. Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and a number of other Mormons are committed to prison on the basis of testimony against them. (8)

-- Nov 12, 1838
Judge Austin A. King sends armed men to obtain witnesses. (4)

Richmond, Missouri. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma Smith. (1)

Richmond, Missouri. On the first day of Joseph Smiths hearing before Judge Austin A. King, a group of armed men was sent out, without any civil proceedings, to obtain witnesses. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
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 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://mo-hist-tidd.gu.ma
6 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
7 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
8 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839

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Mormon History, Nov 1, 1838

-- Nov 1, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum and Amasa M. Lyman are arrested and put with the other prisoners. (1)

[Missouri War] General Lucas holds a court-martial of seven Mormon leaders. Opposition of General Doniphan and others prevents the execution of Mormon prisoners. (2)

[Missouri War] Joseph Smith advises Mormon troops at Far West and Diahman to surrender. Mormon War ends. (2)

-- Nov 2, 1838
Sampson Avard captured. Prisoners say good-bye to their families in Far West, then leave for Independence, camping overnight at Crooked river. (3)

Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smiths wife and children wept as the guards thrust them away with their swords and took the Prophet under heavy guard toward Independence, Missouri. (4)

[Joseph Smith] After a short trial, General Lucas orders the leaders of the church to be executed. General Doniphan refuses, recognizing the charges were inaccurate and that little solid information about the events of the conflict was known. Far West is plundered, and several other leaders are captured. After being allowed a brief good-bye, the leaders are led away to Independence for imprisonment and trial. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucas orders Alexander W. Doniphan to execute Joseph and Hyrum. Doniphan refuses. Lucy and her daughter Lucy bid goodbye to Joseph and Hyrum at Far West, and they are driven to Independence. Joseph Sr. collapses with grief and anxiety. (1)

[Missouri War] Mormons forced to deed over their property to pay expenses for the war. This part of the surrender agreement is later declared illegal. (2)

-- Nov 3, 1838
Joseph predicts none of the prisoners will lose their lives during captivity. Camp reaches Missouri river. (3)

Crooked River, Ray County, Missouri. While traveling under heavy guard toward Independence, Missouri, Joseph Smith prophesied to his fellow prisoners that none of their lives would be taken. (4)

[Joseph Smith] Joseph prophesies that none of the prisoners are going to die. (5)

-- (Sun) Nov 4, 1838
Ebenezer Robinson, Edward Partridge, Isaac Morley, and other Mormons arrested by General John B. Clark and are taken to Richmond. Clark requires Mormons to give up weapons, and sign over their land in Caldwell Co. to the State (to help reimburse militia salaries, etc.). Clark orders the Mormons to leave Missouri before the 1839 crop planting. (6)

-- Nov 4, 1838
Camp reaches Independence, Missouri. General Clark takes fifty-six men prisoner at Far West. (3)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
3 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
6 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm

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Mormon History, October 1838

-- During October 1838
Marsh, Thomas Baldwin: Signed affidavit against Joseph Smith October 1838. (1)

Smith, Samuel Harrison: Participated in Battle of Crooked River October 1838. (1)

-- During fall of 1838
Marsh, Thomas Baldwin: Became disaffected in fall of 1838. (1)

Taylor, John: Moved to Missouri in fall of 1838. (1)

Whitney, Newel Kimball: Left for Missouri in fall of 1838. Reached St. Louis; there learned of extermination order. (1)

-- (Thr) Nov 1, 1838
Doniphan (who had been secretly retained as Smith's lawyer) refuses to shoot the men. They are held in custody while the militia enters Far West, disarms the Mormons, capture Hyrum Smith, and loot much of the Mormon property there. The next day the captives leave in wagons, bound for Independence, 60 miles away. (2)

-- Nov 1, 1838
Hyrum Smith and Amasa Lyman brought into militia camp as prisoners. Court martial sentences prisoners to be shot, but General Doniphan refuses to carry out the order. Caldwell county militia (Mormon) surrenders arms to General Lucas. State militia plunders Far West. "About eighty" men taken prisoner. (3)

Joseph Smith, Jun., and others condemned to be shot. Far West plundered. (4)

Goose Creek Camp, Caldwell County, Missouri. Officers of the Missouri militia held a courts martial and sentenced Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum Smith, and others to be shot at 9:00 a.m. that morning, but General Alexander W. Doniphan refused to execute the sentence. (5)

[Joseph Smith] Mormon leaders are taken into custody and declared responsible for the violence and destruction of the conflict. (6)

[Joseph Smith] Sentenced to death by military court. Execution prevented by opposition of Brigadier General Alexander Doniphan, Goose Creek camp, Rockford Township, Caldwell County. (7)

[Joseph Smith] Sentenced to death; General Alexander W. Doniphan prevents execution. (8)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph, Hyrum, and others sentenced to be shot. Doniphan intervenes. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
7 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
8 - Joseph Smith Papers, Timeline of Events, http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
9 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced

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Mormon History, Oct 27, 1838

-- Oct 27, 1838
[Joseph Smith] Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued order to treat the Latter-day Saints as enemies and exterminate them or drive them from state if necessary, Jefferson City. (1)

[Joseph Smith] Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs issues the infamous Extermination Order. This order and severe persecution cause the Saints to leave Missouri for Illinois during the winter and spring of 1838-39. (2)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Boggs issues an order that the Saints must leave the state or be exterminated. (3)

[Missouri War] Governor Boggs, responding to reports of Mormon depredations in Daviess County and their attack on state troops at Crooked River, orders that the Mormons must be "exterminated or driven from the state." (4)

Patten, David Wyman: Buried in Far West, Missouri, 27 October 1838. (5)

-- about Oct 27, 1838
[Joseph Smith] Jefferson City, Missouri. Lilburn W. Boggs, governor of Missouri, issued an extermination order concerning the Saints, in which he stated, The Mormons must be treated as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from the state. (6)

-- Oct 30, 1838
Seventeen Latter-day Saints were killed and 12 severely wounded in the Haun's Mill Massacre at a small settlement on Shoal Creek, 12 miles east of Far West, Mo. (7)

Haun's Mill Massacre, Caldwell Co., MO. (8)

Haun's Mill massacre. Two hundred militia from Livingston county kill 18 men, women, children. General Lucas marches militia to Goose Creek, one mile south of Far West. (9)

Militia approaches Far West. They came up hnear to the town, and then drew back about a mile, and encamped for the night. We were informed that they were militia, ordered out by the governor for the purpose of stopping our proceedings, it having been represented ... that we were the aggressors, and had committed outrages in Daviess county. They had not yet got the governor's order of extermination, which I believe did not arrive till the next day. (9)

Stirred up by the governor's decree, an anti-Mormon mob massacres church members at Haun's Mill, killing 17, including unarmed children. Opposition to the Mormons rages. Smith is arrested, charged with treason, and sentenced to death, his life only spared when the officer ordered to carry out the execution refuses. Smith instead will spend the next five months in jail. (10)

The massacre at Haun's Mill took place, (11)

Militia attack the Haun's Mill settlement and murder seventeen men and boys. Thomas McBride, the oldest victim, is "cut to pieces with a corn cutter . . . literally mangled from head to foot." Sardius Smith, one of the youngest victims, begs for his life from a militiaman who put "his rifle near the boy's head, and literally blowed off the upper part of it." Although her son Sardius and husband are dead, Amanda Barnes Smith is preoccupied with one of her surviving sons, because "the entire hip joint of my wounded boy [Alma] had been shot away." She reports obtaining "a vision" from God about the way to care for the injury and tells her son that "the Lord will make you another hip." She would later write: "It is now nearly forty years ago, but Alma has never been the least crippled during his life." (12)

Footnotes:
1 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
5 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
7 - Church News: Historical chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
8 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
9 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
10 - Whitney, Helen, Timeline: The Early History of the Mormons, A Frontline and American Experience Co-Production, //www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/
11 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
12 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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Mormon History, Oct 25, 1838

-- Oct 25, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] At the Battle of Crooked River, between forces led by David W. Patten and Samuel L. Bogart, three Mormons and one non-Missourian are killed. It is reported to Boggs as a massacre. (1)

[Missouri War] Capt. David W. Patten leads Mormon troops to rescue spies. Troops clash at Crooked River, with three Mormons and one Missourian killed. Exaggerated reports of Crooked River battle spread throughout the state. Fearing the Mormons intend to continue attacks, Generals Atchison, Doniphan, and Parks call out state militia to quell alleged Mormon rebellion. (2)

Patten, David Wyman: Died at home of Stephen Winchester, three miles from Far West, Missouri, 25 October 1838. (3)

Patten, David Wyman: Mortally wounded 25 October 1838 at Battle of Crooked River. (3)

[U.S. Religious History] As tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons increased, the first battle of the "Mormon War" in Missouri occurred at Crooked River when LDS forces raided a camp of the state militia and captured a number of horses. (4)

-- (Sat) Oct 27, 1838
Governor Boggs issued order saying Mormons must be treated as enemies and either exterminated or driven from the State. Contemporary use of the word more often meant "driving away" than utter genocide. (5)

Governor Boggs issues his Extermination Order against the Mormons. (5)

-- Oct 27, 1838
Acting upon false reports of rebellion among the Mormons, Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs issued an order to exterminate or expel the Saints from Missouri. (6)

Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued Extermination Order, Jefferson City, MO. (Rescinded June 25, 1976, by Governor Christopher S. Bond.) (7)

Lilburn W. Boggs issued extermination order, driving the Saints from Missouri. (8)

Governor Boggs' exterminating order was issued. (9)

[Joseph Smith] Upon learning of the Crooked River hostilities, Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs gives orders to the Missouri militia: "The Mormons must be treated as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from the state." (10)

[Joseph Smith] Governor Boggs issues an executive order known as the "Extermination Order", revoked in 1976 by then Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond. (11)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://am-rel-hist.gu.ma
5 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
6 - Church News: Historical chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
7 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
8 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
9 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
10 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
11 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.

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Mormon History, Oct 24, 1838

-- Oct 24, 1838
Hyde, Orson: Signed affidavit against Joseph Smith 24 October 1838. (1)

Apostles Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde prepare an affidavit against Joseph Smith for destroying non-Mormon property through Danire operatives. (2)

Apostles Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde, also disaffected from the church, sign an affidavit claiming that Joseph Smith was trying to take over the world and was using the Danites to murder people. They submit the affidavit to authorities in Richmond, Missouri. (3)

[Missouri War] Apostles Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde sign affidavits in Ray County describing Mormon activities. Ray committee returns from Daviess with similar reports of depredations. Capt. Samuel Bogart calls out Ray troops to prevent invasion by Mormons. (4)

[Missouri War] Bogart and his troops harass Mormon settlers in Ray and Caldwell counties. They capture two Mormon spies and threaten to execute them. (4)

Patten, David Wyman: Authorized to lead body of Caldwell County militia to rescue kidnaped Mormons in Ray County, Missouri, 24 October 1838. (1)

-- Oct 25, 1838
Battle of Crooked River, between Missouri State militia and Saints. David W. Patten, apostle, slain. (5)

Battle of Crooked River: David W. Patten killed. Rev. Bogart's men fire on friends who came to rescue Seeley; Seeley placed in front of Bogart's men; order to fire was given, Seeley shot in shoulder by Bogart man; friends took him to his family; 4 months confinement to recover. (Mormon Redress, xxxii) Rumors circulate in Richmond that the town will be "sacked and burned by the Mormon banditti tonight." (6)

Log Creek near Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith attended to Elder David W. Patten just after he received a fatal gunshot wound at the battle of Crooked River. (7)

[Joseph Smith] Apostle David W. Patten is killed while leading Danites against the Missouri militia in the "Battle of Crooked River." Apostle Parley P. Pratt kills a militiaman, and wounds another who (while unconscious on the ground) is mutilated by enraged Danites. (2)

[Joseph Smith] The Battle of Crooked River occurs as a unit of Mormon Militia fight against Missouri State Militia. Sixteen are wounded, and 4 die from their wounds, including Apostle David W. Patten. (3)

[Joseph Smith] Mormon militia attacked volunteers from Ray County, Missouri, who had kidnapped Latter-day Saints. Two Latter-day Saints, their guide, and one citizen of Ray County were killed at Crooked River, unorganized territory attached to Ray County. (8)

[Lucy Mack Smith] David Patten, President of the Twelve, shot and killed at Crooked River. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
3 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
4 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
5 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
6 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
7 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
8 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
9 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced

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Mormon History, Oct 18, 1838

-- Oct 18, 1838
Apostle David W. Patten, known by his Danite title "Captain Fearnought," descends on Gallatin, Missouri with a large contingent of Mormons and, after plundering the small village, burns most of it to the ground. Then the marauders pillage the Daviess County countryside, depositing their spoils, which they term "consecrated property," in the bishop's storehouse at Diahman. (1)

[Missouri War] General Parks visits Mormons and Missourians in Daviess. Parks discovers that civil war has broken out and declares that Mormons are now the aggressors. (2)

[Missouri War] Mormon soldiers attack Gallatin, Millport, and other settlements in Daviess, driving non-Mormon settlers from their homes, plundering, and burning. Missourians retaliate. (2)

-- Oct 18, 1838-21
[Joseph Smith] Mormon forces plundered and burned residences and businesses of perceived opponents and communities supportive of anti-Mormon vigilantes, Daviess County. (3)

-- Oct 19, 1838
Apostle Thomas B. Marsh, angry with Joseph Smith, leaves the church. (4)

William Clayton Quits clerking job at Bashall's textile factory and becomes a full-time missionary for the LDS church. (5)

-- Oct 22, 1838
[Missouri War] Mormon troops return to Far West after driving nearly all non-Mormons from Daviess. (2)

-- Oct 23, 1838
[Rev. Samuel Bogart to Major General David R. Atchison:] The Mormons have burnt Gallatin and Mill Port, and have ravaged Daviess county ... and they have threatened to burn Buncombe and Elk Horn and have been seen near and on the line between Ray and Caldwell." Bogart will patrol the line between Ray and Caldwell counties. [Atchison immediately replies:] You are hereby ordered to range the line between Caldwell and Ray counties with your company of volunteers, and prevent, if possible, any invasion of Ray county by persons in arms whatever ... [and] inquire into the state of things in Daviess county ... (6)

[Joseph Smith] Albert P. Rockwood writes, "the Mob disperse by hundreds on the approach of the Danites (Brethren)." (7)

[Joseph Smith] Under the pretense that the Mormon militia looted and burned property in Daviess County to disperse the mobs, General Atchison authorizes local groups to patrol the border of Ray County and Caldwell County. (4)

-- (Wed) Oct 24, 1838
Apostles Orson Hyde and Thomas B. Marsh left Far West, meet with Gentiles, and sign affidavits saying that Joseph Smith was plotting to take over the state of Missouri, and eventually the U.S. Other Mormons leaving or being forced out of the Church included: John Corrill, Reed Beck, John Clemeson, William W. Phelps, Sampson Avard and George M. Hinkle [Allen Joseph Stout]. (8)

-- Oct 24, 1838
Bogart's militia "patrol" along Log and Long Creeks in southern Caldwell county, intimidating Mormons and allegedly stealing and destroying property under the pretense of searching for weapons to confiscate. (6)

Thomas B. Marsh, President of the Quorum of the Twelve, having fled the violence in Daviess and Caldwell counties, testifies in Richmond, Ray county, that a company of Mormons under Apostle David Patten had burned Gallatin, that Danites planned to burn Buncombe and perhaps Liberty and Richmond; that Joseph believes his prophecies are superior to the laws of the land, and so forth. Orson Hyde states he knows most of Marsh's statements to be true and believes the rest. William Seeley: Went to Bunkham's Strip on business; was captured by about 15 armed men, strip searched, thrown out of doors, dragged over a panel of fence, and kicked when he said he was a Mormon. Marched to Samuel Bogart's company of about 75, where volunteers who had joined the company, chanted "Put him to death." (6)

Footnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
3 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
4 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
5 - Smith, George D., An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, p.lxiii, A William Clayton Chronology
6 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
8 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm

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Mormon History, Oct 4, 1838

-- Oct 4, 1838
Thomas B Marsh: Possibly initiated as Danite before his affidavit 24 Oct. 1838 against their pillaging (1)

Thomas B Marsh: Signed affidavit 24 Oct. 1838 against Danites and Joseph Smith Jr. - wrote the next day that he had left the church "for conscience sake fully believing that God is not with them" (1)

-- Oct 5, 1838
While checking sites for a town in Caldwell county, Joseph learns that DeWitt is under siege. (2)

David W Patten Death: 25 Oct. 1838, near Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri , Estate: No record (1)

Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith was interrupted on his journey to lower Caldwell County, Missouri, when some brethren from De Witt, Missouri, told him that the Saints in De Witt were in danger. (3)

-- Oct 5, 1838-14
[Joseph Smith] Led rescue company to defend besieged Latter-day Saints at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri; assisted with evacuation and migration to Far West. (4)

-- (Sat) Oct 6, 1838
Joseph Smith arrived at DeWitt, and sent a request to the Governor for help. (5)

-- Oct 6, 1838
De Witt, Missouri. Joseph Smith arrived in De Witt and found the Saints surrounded by an armed mob. (3)

[Missouri War] General Parks arrives in DeWitt with one hundred troops to quell disturbances. Anti-Mormon spirit among troops forces Parks to return to Ray County a few days later. (6)

-- Oct 8, 1838
[Wilford Woodruff] Begins trek from Maine to mid-west for ordination and instructions (7)

-- (Tue) Oct 9, 1838
Governor Boggs refused to help the Mormons settlers at DeWitt. (5)

-- Oct 9, 1838
De Witt, Missouri. An armed mob held the Saints in De Witt under siege for a period of days, during which time Joseph Smith saw several of the brethren die from starvation. (3)

[Missouri War] Messenger reports to Mormons that the governor said they must rely on local authorities for protection. He will not intervene. (6)

Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
2 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
5 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
6 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
7 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah

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Mormon History, Sep 9, 1838

-- Sep 9, 1838
[Missouri War] Excitement in upper counties continues as Mormons capture three men attempting to transport guns to vigilantes in Daviess County. Mormons and Missourians petition Judge King to quell the disturbances. (1)

-- Sep 10, 1838
[Missouri War] Judge King orders General Atchison to raise four hundred troops and disperse the Mormons and non-Mormon vigilantes. (1)

-- Sep 12, 1838
Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith received a report that citizens from Daviess County, Missouri, sent a letter to the governor, Lilburn W. Boggs, filled with lies and falsehoods about the Saints in Missouri. (2)

-- Sep 13, 1838
[Missouri War] Carroll vigilantes postpone assault on DeWitt and march to Daviess to assist settlers against the Mormons. (1)

-- mid Sep 1838
Dr. Austin Carroll led a mob of 200-300. General Atchison ordered 500 militia to quell disturbance and intervenes between the mob and the Mormons. (3)

-- Sep 18, 1838
Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith was at home with illness when Lilburn W. Boggs, governor of Missouri, issued orders to General David W. Atchison of the state militia to march into Daviess and Caldwell Counties in Missouri and assist in the apprehension of certain Church leaders. (2)

[Missouri War] After receiving reports of disturbances, Governor Boggs orders out two thousand troops and prepares to lead march to western Missouri. (1)

-- Sep 20, 1838
[Missouri War] Atchison disperses vigilantes in Daviess County and leaves one hundred troops under General Parks to maintain peace. (1)

-- Sep 21, 1838
[Missouri War] Carroll County vigilantes, returning from Daviess, resolve to expel the Saints from DeWitt. (1)

-- Sep 24, 1838
Joseph and Lyman Wight are arrested and freed on bail pending grand jury results. (4)

[Missouri War] Governor Boggs receives letter from Atchison stating that vigilantes in Daviess have dispersed. Boggs dismisses troops and returns to Jefferson City. (1)

-- Sep 25, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] Don Carlos Smith and George A. Smith leave on a mission to Kentucky and Tennessee to raise funds for the struggling Saints in Missouri. (5)

-- Sep 26, 1838
Far West, Missouri. A committee of the Church related to Joseph Smith that they had entered into an agreement with a mob to purchase the lands of all of those citizens wishing to leave Daviess County. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
2 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
3 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
4 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books

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Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations

Date:	Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Time:	5:30pm - 7:30pm
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We are excited to announce the arrival of Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith's Ohio Revelations by Mark L. Staker, published by Greg Kofford Books. We will have the author at our store to speak about and sign his book on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Mark will be here from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., speaking at 6:00, and will answer questions and sign books before and after that time.

Speaking of the early revelations in 1856, Brigham Young lamented: "These revelations, after a lapse of years, become mystified [sic] to those who were not personally acquainted with the circumstances at the time they were given." He went on to hypothesize that eventually these revelations "may be as mysterious to our children…as the revelations contained in the Old and New Testaments are to this generation."

Staker has attempted to reverse this trend by providing rich, detailed context (including many previously unpublished historical photos) to these foundational texts of Mormonism. Fleeting figures such as Black Pete, previously only brief mentions in histories of the period, are now fleshed out into chapter-length depictions. Drawing on his training in anthropology, the author gives needed background to early enthusiastic practices among the "Mormonite" community such as "sailing in the boat to the Lamanites" described by John Whitmer. Staker describes different religious practices such as the "shout tradition" among black Methodists and the "barking" of the Campbellites and shows their influence on the Mormons.

Many of the early Ohio converts would later become powerful leaders and household names among the Latter-day Saints: Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, N. K. Whitney and Orson Hyde among others. Staker draws on both familiar and obscure sources to tease out the relationships (family, business, church) between these early converts and their collective entry into Mormonism.

Building on earlier treatments of this period (such as Building the City of God and Heavens Resound), Staker takes an in-depth look at the financial side of Ohio . One of the four sections of the book analyzes consecration, showing the critical role that N.K. Whitney played. The final section digs into the complex structure of the ambitious Kirtland Safety Society, providing more detail on this volatile episode than ever before.

Richard Bushman had this to say about Hearken, O Ye People:

"I am not aware of a more deeply researched and richly contextualized study of any period of Mormon church history than Mark Staker's study of Mormons in Ohio . We learn about everything from the details of Alexander Campbell's views on priesthood authority to the road conditions and weather on the four Lamanite missionaries' journey from New York to Ohio . All the Ohio revelations and even the First Vision are made to pulse with new meaning. This book sets a new standard of in-depth research in Latter-day Saint history."

Hearken, O Ye People is sure to become a classic of Mormon history, due to its rich detail (nearly 700 pages) and exhaustive contextual value.

We hope you will be able to attend this event, which is sure to be informative and interesting, but if you cannot, you may order a copy which can be signed or personalized and held or shipped to you.

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Mormon History, Aug 13, 1838

-- Aug 13, 1838
[Missouri War] Daviess County judges issue writs for the arrest of Joseph Smith and Lyman Wight. (1)

-- mid Aug 1838
Parley P. Pratt wrote a letter of apology (in response to Zion's Watchman having printed his angry, private letter to Smith, some months earlier). (2)

-- Aug 16, 1838
Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith told Sheriff William Morgan of Daviess County that he wished to be tried in Caldwell County according to the law. (3)

-- Aug 17, 1838
It is stated in the Canton, Ohio, Repository, that this people to the number of about 200, with 57 waggons filled with furniture, cattle, &c. have left Geauga [county, Ohio], on their way to the "promised land" in Missouri. They pitch their tent in the open field at night after the manner of the ancient Israelites.
-- (4)

-- 20-Aug 30, 1838
[Missouri War] Citizen groups and vigilantes meet in upper counties and resolve to assist Daviess and Carroll counties in bringing alleged Mormon criminals to justice. (1)

-- Aug 20, 1838
100-150 armed men ride into DeWitt and give the Mormons to October 1 to leave the county. (4)

Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith met with various inhabitants of Caldwell County who formed themselves into Agricultural Companies. (3)

[Missouri War] One hundred armed men ride into DeWitt and threaten Mormons. (1)

-- ca. Aug 20, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] While Samuel is at Far West, Mary Bailey Smith is sent to Far West in a wagon during a drenching rainstorm with her newborn son and two daughters, ages one and two, by neighbors who report the prospect of mob violence. (George A. Smith dates her evacuation at about this time; Lucy recalls it as three days after the birth.) Lucy nurses her slowly back to health. (5)

-- Aug 26, 1838
Sally Parker, former neighbor of the Joseph Smith family in New York writes: "I lived by his [Hyrum Smith's] Mother and and [she] wass wone [one] of the finest of wimen[.] always helping them that stood in need[.] she told me the [w]hole story[.] the plates wass in the house and some times in the woods for eight months2 and on account of peopel trying to get them[.] they had to hide them[.] wonce [once] they hid them under the hearth[.] they took up the brick and put them in and put the bricks back[.]3 the old lady told me this hur self with tears in hur eyes, and they ran down bur cheeks too[.] she put hut hand upon hut stomack and said she [ha]s the peace of god that rested upon us all that time[.] she said it wass a heaven below[.] I axter [asked her] if she saw the plates[.] she said no it wass not for hut to see them but she hefted and handled them4 and I believed all she said for I lived by hut eight months and she wass wone of the best ofwimen" (6)

-- Aug 30, 1838
Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith spent the day in an interview with Brother John Corrill, whose conduct for some time had been very unbecoming. (3)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Governor Boggs orders Major General David Rice Atchison to call out the militia. About this time Neil Gillum/Gillium, a militia captain, begins beating, plundering, and burning out the Saints at Hunters Mills. (5)

[Missouri War] Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, responding to reports of civil and Indian disturbances in western counties, orders twenty-eight hundred state troops to stand ready to march. (1)

Footnotes:
1 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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