Mormon History, Apr 21, 1840

-- Apr 21, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois. Pursuant to Joseph Smiths direction, the postmaster general officially changed the name of Commerce to Nauvoo. (1)

-- During Apr 1840
Joseph Smith preached that God was once a man. (2)

Orson Hyde and John E. Page went on mission to Jerusalem (Hyde for three years, Page not making the trip, and returning Dec, 1842) [Orson Hyde]. (2)

Joseph Smith preaches that God was once a man. (3)

Orson Hyde and John E. Page go on mission to Jerusalem (Hyde for three years, Page returing Dec, 1842) [per Orson Hyde]. (3)

-- During Apr. 1840
[Lucy Mack Smith] Howard Coray begins clerking for Joseph Smith Jr. (4)

-- During April 1840
First General Conference held in Manchester, England. (5)

-- During spring of 1840
Lyman, Amasa Mason: Settled in Lee County, Iowa, in spring of 1840. (6)

-- May 2, 1840
"The High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Nauvoo Illinois" meets and decides: "In as much as Henry G. Sherwood Charles C. Rich and Dimic B. Huntington have been appointed a committee, by a public meeting of the Church, to contract for the building of houses for some of the wives of the Twelve it was voted that the same committee shall also contract for the fencing and ploughing of the lots on which the houses are to be built and that the labor be paid in town lots according to the proposals instructions of the said committee for the building of the houses in the first place." (7)

-- May 27, 1840
Millennial Star, first LDS periodical produced outside North America began publication in Manchester, England, with Parley P. Pratt as editor. (8)

Latter Day Saints’ Millennial Star first published in Manchester, Liverpool, and London, England; Parley P. Pratt, editor. Ceases publication in 1970. (5)

The first number of "The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star was published at Manchester, England. (9)

[Joseph Smith] The Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, the first LDS periodical outside the U.S., is published in England. (10)

Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"
4 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
5 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
6 - 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
7 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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"

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