[Lucy Mack Smith] William Smith begins publishing The Wasp, a miscellaneous weekly in Nauvoo. (1)
-- Apr 18, 1842
A month and a half after the federal Bankruptcy Act becomes effective Joseph Smith and his brothers Hyrum and Samuel declared themselves insolvent before the county commissioner's court on Apr 18, 1842, and filed petitions to be certified bankrupt by the United States District Court for Illinois. Joseph's listed debts totaled $73,066.38, with a U.S. government obligation of $4,866.38 for purchase of a steamboat which had run aground listed first. Concurrently other leading Mormons filed similar petitions, including President Sidney Rigdon, Bishop Vinson Knight, "Judge" Elias Higbee, Reynolds Cahoon, Henry G. Sherwood, John P. Green, Arthur Morrison, George Morey, Jared Carter, Amos Davis, Charles Warner, William P. Lyon, William Niswanger, and John Fullmer. They were joined by at least one prominent gentile businessman of Nauvoo, Hiram Kimball.67 (2)
Joseph Smith and brother Hyrum file for bankruptcy. (3)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph and Hyrum file bankruptcy petitions, as do Sidney Rigdon, Elias Higbee, Reynolds Cahoon, John P. Greene, George Morey, Jared Carter, Hiram Kimball, and others. By December petitions have still not been approved. (1)
-- Apr 19, 1842
Emma Smith, Sarah Cleveland, and Elizabeth Whitney administer to a Sister Durfee. The following week, she testifies that she has "been healed and thought the sisters had more faith than the brethren." (2)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Lucy attends Relief Society and is among those who give impromptu "exhortation, admonition, encouragement &c. &c." to the sisters. (1)
-- Apr 20, 1842
Marks, William: Initiated into Masonry 20 April 1842. (4)
-- Apr 22, 1842
Taylor, John: Initiated into Masonry 22 April 1842. (4)
-- Apr 24, 1842 (Sunday)
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Location: Near Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Source: Manuscript History of the Church (Words of Joseph Smith, 114)
Preached {on the hill, near the Temple concerning the building of the temple, and pronounced a curse on the Merchants and the rich, who would not assist in building it}. (5)
-- Apr 25, 1842
Law, William: Initiated into Masonic Order 25 April 1842. (4)
Wight, Lyman: Initiated into Masonic Order 25 April 1842. Member of Nauvoo Legion and Nauvoo City Council. (4)
-- 28Apr42
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Sisters Prepared to Receive Blessings (Endowment)
Scriptural Correction First Corinthians 12
Aspiring to Church Office Foolish
Sisters Laying on Hand to Heal Sick - Shadow of Temple Service
God had Appointed Him to Guide the Church - Let Him
Joseph Predicts His Death
Priesthood Order to be Given
Pray for Leaders
Endowment Keys to be Given
Be Pure - Resist Evil
Charity
Woman can Enter Presence of God without Priesthood
How to get Men to do Good - Purge Iniquity
Joseph's Prophecy of Relief Society if Faithful
Endure in Goodness to the End
What Relief Society Should Teach - Dealing with Husbands
How Sisters Should Behave
Tongues (6)
-- Apr 28, 1842
John E Page: Criticized by Joseph Smith Jr. 28 Apr. 1842 for being ambitious (7)
Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - 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"
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 - The Woodland Institute, http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
6 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
7 - 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
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