Lyman Wight: Rebaptized 8 Apr. 1840 (1)
-- about Apr 8, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith and his clerk, Robert B. Thompson, prepared credentials for Orson Hyde recommending him as a worthy representative of the Church to the Jews in foreign lands. His ultimate destination was Jerusalem, Palestine. (2)
-- Apr 14, 1840
Willard Richards ordained in England. Also the first occasion where Brigham Young was formally sustained President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (3)
Richards, Willard: Ordained apostle in Preston, England, by Brigham Young 14 April 1840. (4)
[Wilford Woodruff] Council of Twelve Apostles meets in Preston, England (5)
-- 15-Apr 16, 1840
[Lucy Mack Smith] A general conference at Preston, England, for 1,686 members authorizes the publication of a hymnbook and the Latter-day Saints Millennial Star edited by Parley P. Pratt. (6)
-- Apr 15, 1840
Joseph Smith sends Orson Hyde on a mission to dedicate Palestine for return of Jews. Hyde's wife Nancy becomes a plural wife of Joseph Smith in Orson's absence. (7)
Elder O. Hyde left Commerce, on his mission to Jerusalem. (8)
Hyde, Orson: Left Nauvoo 15 April 1840. (4)
-- Apr 16, 1840
During a two day conference, Church members and their Leaders in the British Isles vote to publish the Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star. This was published monthly all the way up to 1970 - 130 Years! (9)
-- Apr 17, 1840
"This day the Twelve blessed and drank a bottle of wine at Penworthan, made by Mother Moon forty years before." (10)
-- (Tue) Apr 21, 1840
The name of the Post Office at Commerce was changed to "Nauvoo.". (11)
-- Apr 21, 1840
U.S. Post Office Department designation for Commerce, Illinois is changed to Nauvoo, "a Hebrew term signifying a beautiful place." Although credit for the inventive name is usually given to Joseph Smith, contemporaries attribute it to George W. Robinson, Robinson, appointed Nauvoo's first postmaster, had studied under Kirtland's Jewish tutor Joshua Seixas and was "quite a Hebrew scholar." (10)
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 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - 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
5 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html
8 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
10 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
11 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
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