Mormon History, May 9, 1839-10

-- May 9, 1839-10
[Joseph Smith] Moved from Quincy to log home in Commerce. (1)

-- (Fri) May 10, 1839
Joseph Smith arrives in Commerce IL; Sidney Rigdon and George W. Robinson follow soon after, the farm at Great Neck Prairie is leased to another Mormon. (2)

-- May 10, 1839
Commerce, Illinois. Joseph Smith moved his family into a small log house purchased from Hugh White. (3)

Joseph Smith moves to the village of Commerce, Illinois, which he expands and renames Nauvoo in the new city plat on 30 Aug. By the end of 1845 the city's population would swell to 12,000, second only to Chicago in the state's urban population. Another 3,000 Mormons live in the surrounding area. (4)

[Joseph Smith] Moves with his family into a small log house in Commerce, Illinois. Later renames the city Nauvoo. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Move to Commerce, Ill., later called Nauvoo (Hancock County). (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr., Emma, and their four children move into the Homestead, a two-story, four-room log cabin purchased from Hugh White about a mile south of Commerce. Joseph Sr. and Lucy live in a lean-to built on this cabin. (7)

-- (Sat) May 11, 1839
Lyman Wight's pro-Whig letter published in Quincy Whig. -- probably written c. May 7 -- Wight had probably attended Joseph Smith's meeting with the Council of Twelve in Quincy that same day (the 7th). (2)

-- (Sun) May 12, 1839
"I met in council with the twelve & the quorums of the seventies. We had an interesting meeting. Some important things or business was transacted this day... a committy of five was Chosen to labour with Elder Lyman Wight for presenting the subject of politicks through the public press in a manner that was derogatory to the Character of the church & closing up what public feeling there was manifest in our favor." [Woodruff] (2)

-- (Tue) May 14, 1839
Joseph Smith returned temporarily to Quincy and transacted Church business there on Wednesday and Thursday (the 15th and 16th). (2)

-- May 16, 1839
[Lucy Mack Smith] By this date, Don Carlos and Samuel (and presumably Jenkins Salisbury) have moved to the George Miller property near Macombe, McDonough County, Illinois. (7)

-- (Fri) May 17, 1839
Sidney Rigdon & Joseph Smith wrote letter on politics to the Quincy Whig. Although dated "Commerce, May 17, 1839," the letter may have been delivered by hand to the Quincy Whig editors by Smith or Rigdon on the 17th in Quincy. (2)

-- (Sat) May 18, 1839
Lyman Wight's "Missouri-ism" series began in the Quincy Whig. (2)


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 - 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 - 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"
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
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


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