[Lucy Mack Smith] Lilburn Boggs is shot in the head but recovers; he suspects Joseph of having ordered Orrin Porter Rockwell to perform the assassination. Rockwell is arrested. (1)
-- May 7, 1842
As part of a parade before such dignitaries as Stephen A. Douglas, Joseph Smith and John C. Bennett perform a "mock battle" with each man leading troops of the Nauvoo Legion. Joseph refuses to follow Bennett's staging instructions as he fears Bennett will use the opportunity to kill him and call it an accident. (2)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith commanded drills for the Nauvoo Legion throughout the day. (3)
-- May 11, 1842
Church leaders announce that John C. Bennett will be disfellowshipped. Orson Pratt refuses to sign the announcement. Pratt's wife Sarah had accused Joseph Smith of trying to seduce her. Joseph had accused John C. Bennett of being the one involved with Sarah Pratt. (2)
-- May 12, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith attended an overflowing meeting of the Relief Society. (3)
-- May 13, 1842
Joseph Smith writes to a creditor: "you will probably be apprised of the failure of myself and brethren to execute our designs in paying off our contracts, or in other words, that we have been compelled to pay our debts by the most popular method; that is by petitioning for the privilege of general bankruptcy, a principle so popular at the present-throughout the United States." (2)
-- May 14, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith received word that Lilburn W. Boggs, former Missouri governor, had been shot at Independence. (3)
-- May 15, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith published facsimile 2 and the remaining verses from the book of Abraham in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons. (3)
-- May 16, 1842
The Prophet Joseph Smith publishes Facsimile 2 and portions of the Book of Abraham in Times and Seasons, a Nauvoo publication. (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] John C. Bennett resigns as mayor, is disfellowshipped on 25 May, and expelled as a Mason by 16 June. An order of excommunication is drawn up on 11 May but not published until 23 June. (1)
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 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
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