[Anointed Quorum] Prayer circle meeting in upper room of Smith's store . (1)
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10th I spent most of the day at home. Br Mount finished putting in my windows. I Called upon Br Wm. Pitt. (2)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith attended a prayer meeting in the assembly room above the Red Brick Store where he prayed for Sister Richards and others who were sick. (3)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Saturday, February 10th At home. Held court, Nauvoo vs W[illia]m Withers for assault. Suit aborted, parties settled. Isaac Morley came and gave my clerks Phelps and Richards—1 box [of] flour worth $4.50—2.50 himself, Gardner Snow $1.00, Henry Deam 1.00, 2 or 3 gallons of soap, a small [-], 4 brooms, a pound or two of butter from the brethren at Lima at the request of the 12 [Apostles], so that they might continue to write.
I instructed the Marshall to inform Mr. Cole the teacher that I must have the assembly room over the store for my own use for the future. [several lines left blank]
Prayer meeting [at] assembly Room [we] prayed for Sister Richards and others. (4)
The endowed quorum meets for prayer and Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde receives temple ordinances. (5)
-- Feb 10, 1844, Saturday
[William Clayton Writings] Saturday 10th. At Prests all day Recording Deeds Evening attended quorum. (6)
-- Feb 11, 1844
[Anointed Quorum] Sunday evening prayer circle meeting "adjourned till Saturday next...we did not organize" . (1)
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11th Sunday A Cold day. I went in company with Mrs Woodruff out to Br Richards & held a meeting & had a good time. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Sunday, February 11th 1844 At home. [several lines left blank] Pr[ayer] Meeting adjourned till Saturday next. (4)
-- Feb 11, 1844 (Sunday)
The ship Swanton sailed from Liverpool with 81 Saints, bound for Nauvoo, where they arrived April 18th. (7)
-- Feb 11, 1844, Sunday
[William Clayton Writings] (6)
[William Clayton Writings] Saturday 17. At Prest. Js all day. Evening with Cahoon at J's. Emma talked a good deal about B. Young & others. (6)
[William Clayton Writings] Sunday 11th. At home all day. evening I attended quorum but we did not (6)
-- Feb 12, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 12th 13 Spent the time at home about the house. (2)
Nauvoo, Illinois. At a city council meeting, Joseph Smith signed the Memorial to Congress, a document outlining the afflictions of the Saints in Missouri, and he blessed Orson Pratt to prosper in presenting the memorial before government officials in Washington, D.C. (8)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Monday, February 12th Sat in City Council. I suggested the repeal of the ordinances "Extra care of Joseph Smith," "unlawful search and seizure of person and property in Nauvoo," and "Regulating the currency" and they were repealed. Council signed the Memorial /to Congress/ of 21 December and instructed O[rson] Pratt to start immediately and told him how to proceed. Burned $81 [in] Scrip of the city according to ordinance. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45, http://amzn.to/origins-power
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Joseph Smith Resource Center: Daily Events in the Life of Joseph Smith, http://josephsmith.net/josephsmith/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e581001cfb340010VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRDlocale=0
4 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1843-44, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
5 - Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)
6 - Fillerup, Robert C., compiler; William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries and Personal Writings, A chronological compilation of the personal writings of William Clayton while he was a resident of Nauvoo, Illinois. http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/clayton-diaries
7 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
8 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith, http://amzn.to/BYUStudies-JSChron
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