[Heber C. Kimball] Becomes member of the Council of Fifty. (1)
[Nauvoo] Plans were made to explore the West, where Latter-day Saints could settle and preach to the Indians. (2)
The people of Nauvoo nominated Joseph Smith to run for president of the United States and he accepted. (2)
-- During spring of 1844
Parley Parker Pratt: Campaigned for Joseph Smiths candidacy for president of United States in spring of 1844. (3)
-- May 1, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] May 1st & 2d Finished plastering two rooms. (4)
Brigham Young places the following advertisement in the Nauvoo Neighbor: "Just received from New York, the long looked for Maps of the City of Nauvoo. They can be had at my house, on the corner of Kimball and Granger Streets. Price, mounted and varnished, $1.25-not mounted, 30 cents. . . ." Included on the map in the lower left hand corner is a profile of "Lieut. Gen. Joseph Smith." (5)
George Miller: Returned to Nauvoo 1 May 1844. (3)
[Joseph Smith Diary] May 1st 1844, Wednesday /Heavy rain and wind last night/ At home. Much counsill[in]g with the brethren &c. this day. Rode out in P.M. [several lines left blank] Lyman Wight and George Miller arrived from Pine Country. (6)
Lyman Wight: Returned to Nauvoo 1 May 1844. (3)
-- May 1, 1844 (Wednesday)
Elders Addison Pratt, Noah Rogers and Benjamin F. Grouard landed on the island of Tubuai (one of the Austral group), as the first missionaries of the Church to the islands of the Pacific. (7)
-- May 1, 1844, Wednesday
[William Clayton Writings] Clayton was preparing the papers for the transfer of the Maid of Iowa to the trustee-in-trust. (8)
-- May 2, 1844
Joseph Smith preaches, "I calculate to be one of the instruments in setting up the kingdom of Daniel by the word of the Lord, and I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. . . .It will not be by sword or by gun that this kingdom will roll on. The power of truth is such that all nations will be under the necessity of obeying the Gospel." (5)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Thursday, May 2d 1844 At home. Many called for Counsel. 10 A.M. Maid of Iowa started for Rock River after wheat for the Temple. Mr. Clayton and Col[onel] Markham went to attend court. Joseph vs. Wilson and Reynolds.
P.M. Went on to Prairie to see about selling land. While gone Lucian Woodworth returned from [T]exas. (6)
-- May 2, 1844, Thursday
[William Clayton Writings] On Thursday, May 2, Clayton spent the morning prepering to board the Maid of Iowa, but he was interrupted by the need to take care of several business items for the prophet. He had to rush to be at the dock by twelve minutes to ten, when the little river boat departed upstream. Joseph and Emma were there to say goodby. (8)
[William Clayton Writings] Thursday 2nd. A.M. preparing to go to Dixon. went to Prest J's and he desired me to go to Mr Laws to find out why they refused to pay their note. I went with Moon /Moore ?/ and asked Wi[l]son what he meant by saying he had got accounts to balance the note. He seemed to tremble with anger & replied that he had demands for his services when he was ordered to call out the Legion to go and meet Smith besides money which he expended at that time. I told him that was a new idea & that Genl Smith had had no intimation of any such thing. Wm Law came in and mentioned $400 wich was borrowed of Baily $300 of which I am satisfied was paid, and the $100 Wm Law said he would pay and give it to help defray the expense of the persecution but /marginal note: 1843 Dixon arrest/ he now demands the $100 and some more of the $300. --On the whole this is to me a certain evidence of the meanness of the men and a proof that they also are disposed to oppress & persecute tho
se who have invariably befriended them & saved them from the public indignation. I returned & told J. what had passed & he ordered Dr Richards to sue the notes & also gave Moore his own note for $200. payable 6 mo after date. (8)
Footnotes:
1 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987, http://bit.ly/heberckimball
2 - LDS Church News: Nauvoo -- The City of Joseph, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58063/Church-history--Nauvoo.html
3 - 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
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
5 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
6 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1844, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
7 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
8 - 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
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