Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Oliver Granger. (1)
-- Jan 30, 1841
Joseph Smith is elected sole Trustee-in-rust for church, the legal entity for directing church finances until 1923. This enables Smith "to receive, acquire, manage or convey property, real, personal, or mixed, for the sole use and benefit of said church". Smith uses the office to combine corporate and personal affairs in an intricate manner never entirely unraveled after his death. Later Brigham Young, as Trustee-in-Trust does the same on an even larger scale requiring the Church to sue his estate after his death. (2)
Nauvoo, Illinois. At a special conference, Joseph Smith was unanimously elected sole Trustee-in-Trust for the Church. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph is elected sole trustee-in-trust for the church, a lifetime appointment. (3)
-- During 1841 January
During this month the first English edition of the Book of Mormon was published. (4)
-- During Jan 0, 1841
Joseph Smith Jr.: Elected by conference 30 Jan. 1841 as Trustee in Trust (5)
-- During January 1841
First book known to have been printed in Nauvoo: the first 10 chapters of Heber C. Kimball‘s Journal. Published in pamphlet form over the imprint of (Ebenezer) Robinson & (Carlos) Smith. Edited and prepared for the press by Robert B. Thompson. (Carried the date of 1840.) (6)
Smith, Samuel Harrison: Called to Presiding Bishopric of Church January 1841. Called as bishop of Nauvoo Ward. (7)
-- Feb 1, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Joseph is voted in as a councilman for the city of Nauvoo. (8)
Knight, Vinson: Elected to Nauvoo City Council 1 February 1841. (7)
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Nauvoo Charter takes effect. John C. Bennett is elected mayor with aldermen Samuel H. Smith, Daniel H. Wells, and Newel K. Whitney. The city council consists of Joseph, Hyrum, and Don Carlos Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Charles C. Rich, John T. Barnett, Wilson Law, John P. Greene, and Vinson Knight. (3)
Marks, William: Elected alderman for City of Nauvoo 1 February 1841. (7)
Smith, Don Carlos: Elected member of Nauvoo city council 1 February 1841. (7)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
5 - 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
6 - Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984
7 - 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
8 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
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