[Joseph Smith Diary] Saturday, April 20th 1844 Emma went to St. Louis. (1)
-- Apr 21, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 21 Sunday It was a rainy day yet we held a meeting with the Saints. Their was a large number present. Elder Young preached in the fore part of the day. I spoke in the afternoon and was followed by Elder Young who addressd the Elders & Called for volunteers when 26 Elders gave their names to go out preaching. We spent the night at Br Morleys. (2)
William Law: President 21 Apr. 1844 of Reformed Church of Jesus Christ (3)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Sunday, April 21st At home. B[righam] Young at conference [in] Lima. Kimball [in] conference at Ramus. [several lines left blank] Rain this day. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] William and Wilson Law and other dissenters organize a new church with William as president but not prophet. (4)
-- Apr 22, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 22d A vary raining morning. In the afternoon we harnessed & went on to the city plot laid out for a city. Elder Young and myself bought a lot in the City. Parted with father Morley & rode to Br William Drapers & had to take shelter from a tremen-dious storm of wind hail & rain & spent the night. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Monday, April 22nd 1844 Heavy rain this morning. River very high. All mills stopped in city.
This morning a man who had put up at my house told me he wanted to see me alone. I went into my room with him and he told me he was a prophet of God that he come from Vermont and he prophesied that this government was about to be overthrown and the Kingdom which Daniel spoke of was about to be established some where in the west and he thought in Illinois.
Bro[ther] W[illia]m Smith arrived from N[ew] J[ersey] with some 40 or 50 saints. I spent some time with him. (1)
William B Smith: Returned to Nauvoo 22 April 1844. (5)
-- Apr 23, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 23d We returned to Nauvoo. I was glad to get home. 25 m. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Tuesday, April 23d 1844 At home. 9 [A.M.] to 12 in general meeting in hall to elect delegate to Baltimore convention 1st Monday [in] May. Hollister elected and Hyde and O[rson] Pratt from Washington.
P.M. 3 to 5 in Meeting. Again many speeches about Presidents &c. Appointed 2d Monday in May for state convention at Nauvoo. Eve[ning] sun set called at Carlos['s] widow with W[illia]m. Eve[ning] at Dr. Richards with Hiram. (1)
Orson Hyde: Arrived in Washington 23 April 1844. (5)
-- Apr 23, 1844 (Tuesday)
[Joseph Smith Sermon] (Location: Masonic Hall, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Source: Thomas Bullock Diary -Words of Joseph Smith, 365) Meetingâ€"Joseph & others speaking. (6)
-- Apr 24, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 24th Spent the day at home to work in my garden. (2)
To help pay Joseph Smith's debts, apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, George A. Smith, and Lyman Johnson star in the play PIZZARO OR THE DEATH OF ROLLA at the Nauvoo Masonic Hall. The play tells the tragic fate of the Incas (led by Rolla) in defending their king, country, religion, and lives against the rapacious Spanish Conquistador, Pizarro. Kimball's sixteen-year-old daughter Helen, a secret plural wife of Joseph Smith, plays one of the chorus of virgins in the production. (7)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Wednesday, April 24th 1844 April At home and about the city. In the eve Bro[ther] Thayer and Dr. Richards and Dr. Williams were in my room and a man who boarded at the Masonic Hall. I gave at their instigation a history of the Laws['s—William and Wilson] proceedings in past in trying to make difficulty in my family &c. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1844, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - 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, http://amzn.to/origins-power
4 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book
5 - 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, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
6 - The Woodland Institute, http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
7 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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