During a meeting of the Quincy Democratic Association, a committee was appointed to seek relief for the Mormon refugees. Sidney Rigdon writes to the U.S Attorney General, Felix Grundy, saying: "...I am one of that number who has been driven by violence from my home after being held in prison for near four months and all my property destroyed. My object in writing to you is to assertain if recourse can be had to the federal and whether or no we can enter suit in the court not only against individuals inhabitants of Missouri but against the state also for the unconstitutional acts of the executive of said state..." (1)
-- Feb 23, 1839
Many refugee Saints arrived at Quincy, IL, and local citizens adopted relief measures. (2)
-- (Wed) Feb 27, 1839
Sidney Rigdon preaches a funeral sermon in or near Quincy. he mentions that there will be a meeting at the Adams Court House that evening. After Rigdon speaks the meeting is postponed for 24 hours. (1)
-- (Thr) Feb 28, 1839
Democratic Association of Quincy joined by other Quincy Gentiles in a second meeting with the Mormons. (1)
-- ca. Feb 28, 1839
[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel moves his family from the crowded dwelling where Joseph Sr., Lucy, and his sisters are living. About this time, Lucy's and Joseph's daughter Lucy becomes very sick. Mother Lucy, while nursing daughter Lucy, becomes painfully ill with cholera but is cured through the herbal remedies of a botanic physician. (3)
-- During 1839 Feb
Joseph Sr., Lucy Mack Smith, and extended family begin trek for Ill. (4)
-- During 1839 February
Exiled Saints arriving in Quincy, Illinois, assisted by local citizens. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Large-scale evacuation of Latter-day Saints from Missouri migrating to Illinois. (6)
-- During Feb-Mar 1839
Sidney Rigdon lives in Quincy for about four weeks, then moves temporarily to Big Neck Prairie, Fulton Co., IL to live with George W. Robinson. (1)
-- During February 1839
Higbee, Elias: Located in Quincy, Illinois, area before February 1839. (7)
[Missouri War] Mormons pool resources and organize to leave Missouri. (8)
Murdock, John: Expelled from Missouri February 1839. (7)
Snow, Lorenzo: Returned to Ohio February 1839. (7)
Footnotes:
1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
7 - 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
8 - LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
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