Willard Richards: Appointed apostle by written revelation 8 July 1838, ordained 14 Apr. 1840, but never sustained as a "prophet, seer, and revelator" (1)
-- (Mon) Apr 6, 1840
Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, Willard Richards, William Clayton, and John Moon were also in Liverpool [per Brigham Young]. (2)
-- Apr 6, 1840
Hyde, Orson: Appointed to take mission to Jerusalem 6 April 1840. (3)
Kimball, Heber Chase: Arrived in England 6 April 1840. (3)
Pratt, Orson: Arrived in Liverpool 6 April 1840. Preached several months in Edinburgh, Scotland. (3)
Pratt, Parley Parker: Arrived in England 6 April 1840. First editor of The Latter-day Saints Millennial Star (Manchester, England). (3)
Smith, George Albert: Arrived in England 6 April 1840. (3)
Young, Brigham: Arrived in England 6 April 1840. (3)
-- 7Apr40
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Joseph asks Brethren to help Poor (4)
-- Apr 7, 1840
Foster, Robert D: With others appointed 7 April 1840 to draft resolutions pursuant to report of Senate Committee of Judiciary, who heard Mormon memorial on Missouri persecutions. (3)
-- about Apr 7, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Talitha Garlik Avery Cheney records that she was baptized by the Prophet in the Mississippi River in the evening after the Tuesday session of the Churchs conference. (5)
-- 8Apr40
[Joseph Smith Sermon] John 3:3-5 Missionary Instruction Politics Orson Hyde - John Page Mission to Holy Land (4)
-- Apr 8, 1840
Foster, Robert D: Resolutions presented to Church conference 8 April 1840. Received patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr. (3)
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 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
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 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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