| Sept. [5]–Oct. [15],
1830 |
|
Parley P. Pratt to Columbia County, New York,
where he baptizes his brother, Orson, on September 19. |
|
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h) |
| Sept. [20–26], 1830 |
|
Oliver Cowdery called to preach to the Lamanites
in the West. |
|
D&C
28 |
| Sept. [26–28], 1830 |
|
Peter Whitmer
Jr. called to preach to the Lamanites
in the West. |
|
|
| Sept. [26–28], 1830 |
|
Thomas B. Marsh (h)
"and it shall be given you by the Comforter what you shall do and whither
you shall go." |
|
D&C
31 |
| Oct. [17], 1830 |
|
Parley P. Pratt (h)
and
Ziba Peterson called to preach to the Lamanites
in the West. The four leave about this time. |
|
D&C 32
Covenants of the Lamanite
Missionaries |
| Oct. [18–31], 1830 |
|
Ezra
Thayer and Northrop Sweet called to preach "unto
a crooked and perverse generation." |
|
D&C
33 |
| Nov. 4, 1830 |
|
Orson
Pratt (h1) "unto
a crooked and perverse generation" (confirmed, ordained an elder
December 1). |
|
D&C
34 |
| Dec. 1830 |
|
Orson
Pratt to Colesville, Broome County, New
York. |
|
¶
Orson Pratt (h1) |
| Feb. [10]–Mar. [3],
1831 |
|
John
Corrill and Solomon Hancock proselyte New
London, Ohio, where they organize a church of thirty-six "in about three
weeks." |
|
Corrill history
Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons), John Corrill (St. Louis: author, 1839) on Dale Broadhurst website, http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1830s/1839Corl.htm. Also on New Mormon Studies CD-ROM.
, 17. |
| Feb. [10] –[Mar.]
1831 |
|
John
Whitmer and Lyman Wight organize church in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, 35 miles southeast of
Kirtland, 5 miles east of Hiram, returning in time for April 9 conference. |
|
J. Whitmer
From Historian to Dissident: The Book of John Whitmer, edited by Bruce N. Westergren (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1995 ).
, 55. |
| Mar. [25–26] , 1831 |
|
Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt (h),
and Leman Copley visited the Ohio churches. |
|
D&C
49:1 |
| Spring 1831 |
|
Orson
Pratt: one month with Lyman Wight about 100 miles west of Kirtland;
with Parley (h) to Rome and
Thompson, Ohio. |
|
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| May 9, 1831 |
|
Joseph
Wakefield, Parley P. Pratt
(h), and John
Corrill. |
|
D&C 50:37–39 |
| June 6, 1831 |
|
Lyman Wight and John
Corrill |
|
D&C
52:7 |
| |
|
John Murdock and Hyrum Smith
via Detroit |
|
D&C
52:8 |
| |
|
Thomas B. Marsh (h)
and Ezra Thayer |
|
D&C
52:22 |
| |
|
Isaac Morley and Ezra
Booth |
|
D&C
52:23 |
| |
|
Edward Partridge and Martin
Harris, with Joseph and Sidney |
|
D&C
52:24 |
| |
|
David Whitmer and Harvey
Whitlock |
|
D&C
52:25 |
| |
|
Parley P. Pratt (h) and Orson
Pratt "On our
way we held about fifty meetings, and baptized five in Peru,
Delaware County, Ohio, and six in Vermillion
County, Illinois." |
|
D&C
52:26
¶ Orson Pratt (h1) |
| |
|
Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter |
|
D&C
52:27 |
| |
|
Edson Fuller and Jacob Scott |
|
D&C
52:28 |
| |
|
Levi W. Hancock and Zebedee Coltrin |
|
D&C
52:29 |
| |
|
Reynolds Cahoon
and Samuel H. Smith |
|
D&C
52:30 |
| |
|
Wheeler Baldwin and William
Carter |
|
D&C
52:31 |
| |
|
Newel Knight and Selah J.
Griffin |
|
D&C
52:32 |
|
|
Joseph Wakefield and Solomon Humphrey |
|
D&C
52:33 |
|
|
Heman Basset
replaced by Simonds Ryder |
|
D&C
52:34 |
| June 15, 1831 |
|
Thomas B. Marsh and Selah J. Griffin < |
|
>D&C
56:5 |
| |
|
In consequence of Ezra Thayer delaying so long, I went to Joseph, who
received the word of the Lord appointing Selah J. Griffin in Thayer's stead,
with whom I journeyed to Missouri, … [returning] sometime in January,
1832. |
|
¶ Thomas
B. Marsh (h) |
| |
|
Selah's companion, Newel Knight, is appointed to lead the
Colesville branch to Missouri. |
|
>D&C
56:6–7 |
| Aug. 31, 1831 |
|
Behold thus saith the Lordy by the voice of the Spirit it is wisdom in
me that my Servent John Burk David Eliot Erastus Babit [Babbitt] should
take their Journey this fall to the land of Zion |
|
"Given August 31, 1831 by Joseph Seer," Jameson
Family Collection, Church Archives, MS 14052, fd. 3. |
| Sept. 27, 1831 |
|
Jared Carter and Ebenezer Page leave on mission east. |
|
|
| Oct. 29, 1831 |
|
William E. McLellin and Samuel H. Smith east. |
|
¶ D&C
66:8 |
| Nov. [1–3],
1831 |
|
Orson Hyde,
Luke and Lyman Johnson,
and William E. McLellin "into
all the world." |
|
D&C
68:1, 7–8 |
| Nov. 11,
1831 |
|
Second Reynolds Cahoon
fund-raising mission of the year. |
|
Minutes
of Nov. 11, 1831 |
| Nov. 15,
1831 |
|
On a fund-raising mission with Reynolds
Cahoon, David
Whitmer seals the Shalersville church "up unto Eternial life." |
|
Cahoon
Reynolds Cahoon diary. Church Archives, MS 1115.
, 21–22. |
| Nov. 16,
1831 |
|
William E. McLellin
and Samuel H. Smith leave Hiram on
their mission, meet with brethren in Nelson. |
|
1831
Journey of Hyrum and Willliam McLellin |
| Nov. 19, 1831 |
|
William F. Cahoon, Zebedee
Coltrin, and John Boynton (h) start
east on a mission. A few days later, William joins his father and David Patten (h). William and David
travel as far east as Silver Creek, New York, "preaching
and baptizing in several places." William returns February 27, 1833. |
|
William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
|
| Dec. 1831 |
|
Joseph Brackenbury and Edmund Durfee leave on mission to
Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York. |
|
HC
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by B. H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902-1912, 1932).
7:524. |
| Dec. 9, 1831 |
|
Hyrum Smith and Reynolds Cahoon go
east to Rome, south to Ravenna to
hear Sidney Rigdon denounce Ezra
Booth's letters, then back to Kirtland. |
|
Hyrum gives has Monday, Dec.
19, but he must be mistaken. Probably Monday, Dec. 12.
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
,
{4–11} |
| Jan. 13, 1832 |
|
Reynolds Cahoon and Thomas B. Marsh start on a tour of churches
in the west: stops at Serenus Burnett's home in Orange, where they cut
off some members January 16–17; visits the Coltrins in Strongsville
on Friday; then travel to Brother Smith's in Amherst and attend church
at Brother Griffith's. |
|
Cahoon
Reynolds Cahoon diary. Church Archives, MS 1115.
, 30–31. |
| Jan. 14, 1832 |
|
Hiram resumes his mission. Stays the night "at a house
of a Deciple" in Euclid "in order to laBor with the people a
[-] was Caled But the wicked raged in Such a maner that we Could not keep
order and was oBlieged to DisSmiss the meeting we journeninged to Cleveland
and from thence three milles South of cleveland and laBoured with Some
old |
|
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
, {11}. |
| Jan. 15, 1832 |
|
John Boynton (h) and
Evan M. Greene leave Kirtland for northwest Pennsylvania. |
|
Evan M. Greene
Evan M. Greene, Diary (1832-1852), Church Archives, MS1442 (CD of holograph).
, 2. |
| Jan. 23, 1832 |
|
Joseph Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, Thomas B. Marsh and others
hold a conference at Amherst schoolhouse. Thomas is appointed to take the
lead. |
|
Cahoon
Reynolds Cahoon diary. Church Archives, MS 1115.
, 31. |
| Jan. 25, 1832 |
|
(Wednesday): Amherst conference "the first business ordained
the President of the high Preashood and others." Known to be in attendance:
Joseph, Sidney, Hyrum, Thomas B. Marsh and Reynolds Cahoon, Orson Pratt
and Lyman E. Johnson. |
|
Cahoon
Reynolds Cahoon diary. Church Archives, MS 1115.
, 31.
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
, {15}. Hyrum has evening meeting at Gideon Carter's on 25th,
conference on the 26th. ¶ Presidents
of the High Priesthood |
| |
|
… we preached in the regions around until the general
Conference held at Amherst, Lorain
County, on the 25th of January. At this Conference the Prophet Joseph
was acknowledged President of the High Priesthood, and hands laid on
him by Elder Sidney Rigdon, who sealed upon his head the blessings which
he had formerly received. |
|
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| |
|
William E. McLellin and Luke Johnson "into the south country." |
|
¶ D&C 75:6–9 |
| |
|
Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith "into the eastern countries." |
|
D&C 75:13 |
| |
|
Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt "into the eastern countries." |
|
D&C
75:14 |
| |
|
Asa Dodds and Calves Wilson "into the western countries." |
|
D&C 75:15 |
| |
|
Major N. Ashley and Burr Riggs "into the south country." |
|
D&C
75:17 |
| |
|
Simeon Carter and Emer Harris (destination not specified). |
|
D&C
75:30 |
| |
|
Ezra Thayer and
Thomas B. Marsh (h). They go to New York
in the summer and return in the early fall. |
|
D&C
75:31; ¶ Thomas B. Marsh (h) |
| |
|
Hyrum Smith and Reynolds Cahoon
(destination not specified). |
|
D&C 75:32 |
| |
|
Daniel Stanton and Seymour Brunson (destination not specified). |
|
D&C 75:33 |
| |
|
Sylvester Smith and Gideon Carter (destination not specified). |
|
D&C
75:34 |
| |
|
Ruggles Eames and Stephen Burnett (destination
not specified). |
|
D&C
75:35 |
| |
|
Micah B. Welton and Eden Smith (destination not specified). |
|
D&C 75:36 |
| Jan. 27, 1832 |
|
John Murdock and Lyman
Wight ,
Parley P. Pratt (h) and Levi
Hancock to canvass south side of the Missouri river to Cincinnatti
and Bethany, Virginia. |
|
¶ Oliver
to Joseph, January 28, 1832
John Murdock reports the four were called on Jan. 24 and left on Jan.
26.
Murdock journal
John Murdock journal (1830-1844). Church Archives, MS 1194 folders 2-3. Probably written in 1844 (page 2 cites1844 Doctrine and Covenants) or after. Retrospective November 1830-June 1831. Daily entries begin June14, 1830 and end in May 1836 , then a few sporadic entries to November 1844.
(written 1835 or later), 10.
|
|
|
Calvin Beebe and
Peter Dustin assigned to visit the settled parts of Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, into Ohio. |
|
¶ Oliver
to Joseph , January 28, 1832 |
|
|
Daniel Cathcart and Joshua Fairchild through northern Missouri,
Illinois and Indiana, to Ohio. |
|
¶ Oliver
to Smith, January 28, 1832 |
| |
|
Hyrum Smith returns to Kirtland after tour west
to Euclid, Florence, Amherst. |
|
Hyrum's diary
Hyrum Smith Diary [1831-1832]. Hyrum Smith Papers. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
, {16}. |
| [Feb.] 1832 |
|
Luke S. Johnson and Seymour
Brunson are paired up, travel through Ohio,
Virginia, and Kentucky. "We baptized over one hundred persons, and
organized a branch in Lawrence County, Ohio, and another in Cabell County,
[West] Virginia, and returned to Hiram." Joined by Hazen
Aldrich, December
28, 1832–February 24, 1833. |
|
¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
| Feb. 3, 1832 |
|
Orson Pratt and Lyman
E. Johnson leave for New England.
Orson returns February 17, 1833. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 12, 16. |
| Mar. 7, 1832 |
|
Stephen Burnett and Eden Smith (destination
not specified). |
|
D&C
80 |
| Mar. 11, 1832 |
|
Seymour Brunson and Luke Johnson travel south from Kirtland to Shalersville (baptize); reach Windsor, Lawrence County on May 9, build up church (total baptisms thus far 53); return to Kirtland. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2, no. 13 (June 1833): 100. |
| Mar. 12, 1832 |
|
Jared Carter called to the
East. |
|
D&C
79 |
| |
|
Horace Cowan and Zerubbabel Snow called to the East by council of high
priests in Kirtland. Sidney Rigdon ordains Horace a priest. Zerubbabel
and Amasa Lyman leave August 24. |
|
Kirtland Council
Kirtland Council Minute Book (December 1832-November 1837). Selected Collections, 1:19. Original, Church Archives, MS 3432.
|
| |
|
Amasa Lyman (h) and William
F. Cahoon called to the East by council of high priests in Kirtland. Amasa and Zerubbabel
Snow leave August 24. |
|
Kirtland Council
Kirtland Council Minute Book (December 1832-November 1837). Selected Collections, 1:19. Original, Church Archives, MS 3432.
|
| |
|
Jenkins Salisbury and Truman Wait called to the East by council of high
priests in Kirtland. Hyrum ordains Jenkins. |
|
Kirtland Council
Kirtland Council Minute Book (December 1832-November 1837). Selected Collections, 1:19. Original, Church Archives, MS 3432.
|
| Mar. 26, 1832 |
|
Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson leave for the East and preach primarily in New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, returning September 28, 1832. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 16, 26. |
| Spring 1832 |
|
Orson Hyde and Samuel
H. Smith leave for the East. They organize a branch of 25 or 30
in Boston, Massachusetts, and branches Saco and Farmington, Maine; and Providence, Rhode Island. They return in December 1832. |
|
¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
| [Spring] 1832 |
|
Eleazar Miller, Elial Strong, Alpheus Gifford, Enos Curtis, and Daniel Bowen come from Pennsylvania to the house of Phinehas H. Young in Victor, New York. |
|
¶ Heber C. Kimball history (2) |
| Apr. [6] , 1832 |
|
Sylvester Smith and Harpin Riggs begin mission to New York. |
|
¶ Sylvester
Smith |
| Apr. 14, 1832 |
|
Eleazar Miller baptizes Brigham Young. The next day Alpheus Gifford baptizes Heber C. Kimball. |
|
¶ Heber C. Kimball history (2) |
| Apr. 25, 1832 |
|
Jared Carter and Teachers Calvin Stoddard and Anson
Lyon leave Kirtland for "for the eastern Countries." |
|
Jared Carter diary
Jared Carter diary. Microfilm of holograph, Church Archives, MS 1441.
, 59. |
| [May–June] 1832 |
|
Parley P. Pratt short mission from Kirtland to Pittsburgh, Ohio. |
|
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h) |
| July 1832 |
|
Brigham Young, Edmund Bosley, and Joseph B. Noble leave for New York. |
|
Noble autobiography |
| Aug. 1, 1832 |
|
Zebedee Coltrin and Jesse
Gause leave Kirtland,
find opposition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Jesse leaves Zebedee on the 20th, never more to be seen. Zebedee returns
to Hiram on the 26th. |
|
¶ Zebedee Coltrin;
ZC
Zebedee Coltrin diary. Church Archives, MS 1443 item 1.
,
35. |
| Aug. 24, 1832 |
|
Amasa Lyman and Zerubabel
Snow leave for southern Ohio and Virginia, returning spring 1833, having
baptized about forty. |
|
¶ Amasa
Lyman (h) |
| Aug. 29, 1832 |
|
John Murdock called to "the
eastern countries." |
|
D&C
99 |
| Nov. 9, 1839 |
|
David W. Patten begins mission east traveling with John
Murdock and sometimes Reynolds
Cahoon; "we baptized several." David returns to Kirtland on February
25, 1833. |
|
¶ David
W. Patten (h) |
| Dec. 5, 1832 |
|
Solomon Humphry and Noah
Packard called to begin mission
to the East from Parkman, Ohio (29 miles
southeast of Kirtland). |
|
Minutes
of December 5, 1832 |
| Dec. 1832–Feb. 1833 |
|
Joseph and Brigham Young to Upper Canada, baptize about 45, organize West Loboro and other branches. |
|
BY history
"History of Brigham Young," Millennial Star 25-27 intermittently. Includes "History of …" biographies and autobiographies of the original Quorum of the Twelve. Brigham's, first in the series, begins at vol. 25 no. 19 (May 9, 1863): 295 and concludes with vol. 26 (June 4, 1864): 359.
25, no. 28 (July 11, 1863): 439. |
| Jan. 1833 |
|
Samuel Bent, baptized and ordained an elder the same day by
Jared Carter on a mission in Pontiac, Michigan,
starts his mission the next day. |
|
Biographical Encyclopedia
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson. 4 vols (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co. and Andrew Jenson Memorial Association, 1901-1936; Western Epics, 1971).
1:367 |
| Jan. 2, 1833 |
|
Kirtland elders conference calls John
P. Greene and Philemon Duzette on missions "to the east." |
|
Minutes
of January 2, 1833 |
| Jan. 3, 1833 |
|
Noah Packard begins mission
to the east, returns January 22, 1833. |
|
Noah Packard synopsis
A Synopsis of the Life and Travels of Noah Packard, Church Archives. Written in the year of his death, 1859. NMS
|
| Jan. 15, 1833 |
|
Evan Greene and John F. Boynton (h)
leave for the East, returning in early April after organizing Elk Creek, Pennsylvania branch. |
|
|
| Mar. 12, 1833 |
|
Kirtland high council calls Horace Cowen
and Zerubbabel Snow, Amasa Lyman (h) and
William Cahoon, and Jenkins
Salisbury and Truman Wait
on missions "to the east." |
|
MH-A
Manuscript History of the Church (December 1805-August 30, 1834), 553 pages numbered from the "back" of Joseph's "large journal" (A-1), written June 11, 1839-Aug. 24, 1843. Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 1 // “Joseph Smith History, 1839” (first 93 pages), Early Mormon Documents 1:56-148; “History, 1839” (first 240 pages), Papers of Joseph Smith 1:265-386. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 1.
, 280. |
| Mar. 19, 1833 |
|
Doctor Hurlbut and Daniel Copley are told to return to their mission. Joseph Wood and William Pratt are given permission to resolve personal matters before returning. |
|
¶ Meeting of March 19, 1833 |
| Mar. 21, 1833 |
|
Amasa Lyman (h) and William
F. Cahoon begin mission to New York, returning May 1, 1834. Baptize a hundred. (William says they preached and baptized "with great success.") |
|
¶ Amasa
Lyman;
William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
, 3. |
| Mar. 25, 1833 |
|
Reynolds Cahoon and David W. Patten start east. |
|
¶ David W. Patten (h) |
| Mar. 26, 1833 |
|
Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt begin a mission to Vermont and New Hampshire, returning September 28, 1833. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 16 // ¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| |
|
Hyrum Smith leaves Kirtland on a mission to Springfield,
Pennsylvania, returning April 10. |
|
Hyrum Smith diary |
| Apr. 1, 1833 |
|
Brigham Young and his brother, Joseph, start for Upper Canada, stopping in Lyonstown, New York and baptize 13, organize branch; find David W. Patten preaching at Theresa, Indian River Falls, New York, baptize 7, including Patten's mother, brothers, sisters, Warren Parrish and his wife. |
|
BY history
"History of Brigham Young," Millennial Star 25-27 intermittently. Includes "History of …" biographies and autobiographies of the original Quorum of the Twelve. Brigham's, first in the series, begins at vol. 25 no. 19 (May 9, 1863): 295 and concludes with vol. 26 (June 4, 1864): 359.
25, no. 28 (July 11, 1863): 439–440 // ¶ David W. Patten (h) |
| Apr. [1], 1833 |
|
Sylvester Smith and Harpin Riggs
leave Kirtland for Chenango
Point, New
York. 6 weeks, 15 meetings, 4 baptisms. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2,
no. 14 (July 1833): 108–109. |
| Apr. 3, 1833 |
|
John Murdock and Zebedee
Coltrin to New York, returning April 28, 1834. Organize branch in Delaware
County. |
|
|
| Apr. 6, 1833 |
|
D. P. Hurlbut and Daniel Copley. Copley
to travel with John Boynton (h) and Hurlbut
with Orson
Hyde (h) "for the cause of god." |
|
Hyrum Smith diary |
| Apr. 6, 1833 |
|
Sylvester Smith begins mission
east. |
|
|
| Apr. 16, 1833 |
|
John F. Boynton, William Sagers, and Evan Greene begin mission
east. John splits off in Perry a couple of days later. |
|
Evan Greene diary
Evan Green Diary (1833-1845, New York visit 1835, through Indiana 1845, to Utah 1852). Microfilm of holograph. Church Archives.
|
| Apr. 21, 1833 |
|
Sidney Rigdon writes that he has built up a church of eight members in Medina County. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2, no. 13 (June 1833): 100. |
| Apr. 22, 1833 |
|
Noah Packard and William
Pratt begin mission east; William returns, Noah continues to McDonough,
Chenango County, New York. Preaches unsuccessfully in Plainfield,
Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Organizes
McDonough branch. Returns September
25, 1833. |
|
¶ Noah
Packard |
| Apr. 29, 1833 |
|
Truman O. Angell and Joseph Holbrook start on mission to
New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. |
|
Joseph Holbrook
Life of Joseph Holbrook. Journal. BYU Special Collections, MSS SC 486.
|
| [Apr.–May] 1833 |
|
Gideon and Jared Carter in and around Florence (Bay/Lake/Pond/Island?)
Michigan. Gideon baptizes 10 in Florence, Jared has organized three small
churches in the area. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2,
no. 14 (July 1833): 108. |
| May 2, 1833 |
|
Sidney Rigdon writes he has returned from mission during which he baptized sixteen. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2, no. 13 (June 1833): 100. |
| May 25, 1833 |
|
Charles Rich in Pleasant Grove, Missouri. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2,
no. 14 (July 1833): 108. |
| June 3, 1833 |
|
George M. Hinkle and Elisha Groves in and around Palmyra,
Missouri. |
|
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
2,
no. 14 (July 1833): 108. |
| Sept. 28, 1833 |
|
Orson Pratt returns from mission east. |
|
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| Fall 1833 |
|
Luke S. Johnson visits branches in Lawrence County, Ohio, and vicinity. |
|
¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
| Nov. 27, 1833 |
|
Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt begin a mission to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and New York, returning in February 13, 1834. |
|
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 26, 32
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| Feb. 20, 1834 |
|
Lyman Johnson and Milton
Holmes.
Zebedee Coltrin and Henry Herriman to
Upper Canada.
Jared Carter and Phineas Young "if
they can arrange their affairs at home."
Oliver Granger to travel east alone "on account of his age."
Martin Harris "should travel alone whenever
he travels."
John S. Carter and Jesse Smith"as soon as they can."
Brigham Young "should travel alone, it being his own choice."
James Durfee and Edmund Marvin.
Sidney Rigdon and John P. Greene to Strongsville.
Orson Pratt and Harrison Sagers "travel together
for the time being."
Orson Hyde and Orson
Pratt fund-raising mission in the east
for Zion and mortgage on the farm where the House of the Lord is. |
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Minutes
of February 20, 1834
¶ Zebedee Coltrin |
| Feb. 26, 1834 |
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Orson Hyde and Orson
Pratt leave for New York, reach Genesee by March 15, return April 24, having baptized twenty-four. |
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 34, 39.
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| May 7, 1834 |
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John P. Greene leaves Kirtland for
Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada, arrives May 19, labors for about two months. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1,
no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 7. |
| Sept. 12, 1834 |
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David W. Patten (h) and
Warren Parrish begin the first mission to Tennessee, leaving from Missouri.
Make Paris, Tennessee their headquarters. Baptize 35 in Henry and Humphreys counties by February, 1835. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1,
no. 1 (Nov. 1834): 24; no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 76. |
| Nov. 5, 1834 |
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Wilford Woodruff is ordained a priest and receives license to preach signed by John
Whitmer on behalf of the high council. However, it appears he negotiates
the area of his mission with Bishop Partridge. Lyman
Wight
signs the recommend for Wilford to present to branches he visits. |
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Minutes
of Nov. 5, 1834
¶ Wilford Woodruff (h1)
¶ Wilford Woodruff (h1)
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| Jan. 19, 1835 |
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George M. Hinckle and Harvey Green laboring in Lebanon, St. Clair County and in Washington County, Illinois, have baptized 27. "S. Carter and Brown," twelve miles away, baptized 4. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1, no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 76. |
| Jan. 23, 1835 |
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Carvel Rigdon (Sidney's brother) and Samuel James have prospects for a branch in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1, no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 76. |
| Feb. 15, 1835 |
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Levi B. Wilder laboring in Dalton, New Hampshire. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1, no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 76. |
| Feb. 25, 1835 |
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Hyrum Smith and Jared Carter leave for Salem Massachusetts to raise money. |
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| After Mar. 1, 1835 |
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Joseph Young and Burr Riggs, mission to New York and Massachusetts. |
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BY history
"History of Brigham Young," Millennial Star 25-27 intermittently. Includes "History of …" biographies and autobiographies of the original Quorum of the Twelve. Brigham's, first in the series, begins at vol. 25 no. 19 (May 9, 1863): 295 and concludes with vol. 26 (June 4, 1864): 359.
25, no. 20 (May
16, 1863): 311. |
| Mar. 5, 1835 |
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John Murdock leaves
on mission to New York, Vermont, returning February 24, 1836. |
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Book of records
Book of Reckords, Hyrum Smith, Hyrum Smith Papers, fd. 14. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
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| Apr. 16, 1835 |
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Erastus Snow leaves Kirtland, returns
December 29, 1836 after 1600 miles, 220 sermons, 50 baptisms. Organized
a branch in Brush Valley township,
Indiana County; one in Plumb
Creek township, Armstrong County; one on the corners of Venango,
Mercer and Butler counties [all in western Pennsylvania]. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
3, no. 4 (Jan. 1837): 440. |
| May 2, 1835 |
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Ten seventies are called to go "when circumstances
permit." |
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¶ Minutes
of May 2, 1835 |
| May 4, 1835 |
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Quorum of the Twelve starts on their mission
to the East, returning September 26. |
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¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
| May 21, 1835 |
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Harvey Stanley and Jedediah Grant leave Kirtland on a mission to New York, returning October 15 after baptizing 13. |
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H. Stanley and J. Grant, Dec. 6, 1835
MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
| May 27, 1835 |
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Noah Packard starts mission
to the East, organizes branch in Cummington,
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, returning September 14. |
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Noah Packard synopsis
A Synopsis of the Life and Travels of Noah Packard, Church Archives. Written in the year of his death, 1859. NMS
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| June 1835 |
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5 months on the road returning from Zion's Camp. Amasa
Lyman reaches Kirtland, having established a branch in Madison County,
Illinois. Spends 3 weeks at home. Marries Louisa Maria Tanner on a Wednesday
and starts for the East on the following Monday. Returns in December. |
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¶ Amasa
Lyman |
| June 8, 1835 |
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Hazen Aldrich leaves
for New York, Vermont, New Hampshire; joined by Darwin Richardson in Freedom. |
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¶ Hazen
Aldrich |
| July 6, 1835 |
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Joseph C. Kingsbury and Lorenzo Young leave on three-month
mission to New York. |
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History of Joseph C. Kingsbury |
| Aug. 5, 1835 |
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Hyrum Smth and David Whitmer start east to raise funds, stopping in Ashtabula, Erie, Buffalo, Rochester, Sodus, Oswega, New Haven, and Potsdam (visit Hyrum's Aunt Fanny and uncle Silas, Asa, and Joseph). Then retrace steps, reaching Fairport Harbor September 8, 1835. |
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Book of records
Book of Reckords, Hyrum Smith, Hyrum Smith Papers, fd. 14. Vault MSS 774. L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU.
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| Aug. 26, 1835 |
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Joel Hills Johnson and Ezra Thornton leave on mission to southeast Ohio. |
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Johnson, Journal |
| Aug. 31, 1835 |
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Joseph Holbrook, Ellis Eames, Lyman Webbs [?]
begin mission east but after 100 miles, Joseph falls ill and cannot continue. |
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Joseph Holbrook
Life of Joseph Holbrook. Journal. BYU Special Collections, MSS SC 486.
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| Oct. 14, 1835 |
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Orson Pratt leaves on mission to the Ohio
river, preaching by the way. 2–3 weeks in Beaver County, western
Pennsylvania. Sixteen meetings, baptizes "a few," organizes
a church, and ordains Dr. Samuel Avard an elder to preside. Returns November
16, 1835. |
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¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| Spring 1836 |
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Amasa Lyman and Nathan Tanner mission to
New York. |
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¶ Amasa
Lyman |
| Spring 1836 |
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Luke S. Johnson mission through New York to Canada. Organizes
branch in Canada. Returns in the fall. |
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¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
| Spring 1836 |
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Hazen Aldrich leaves Kirtland for Vermont, Lower Canada. |
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¶ Hazen
Aldrich |
| Apr. 6, 1836 |
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Orson Pratt, Freedom Nickerson, Parley P. Pratt leave on
a mission to the East, Lower Canada (now called Canada West), for two months.
Other unnamed elders accompany them to Erie, where the others take the
Wersing stage on their way to Nova Scotia. |
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 75. |
| May 10–June 13, 1836 |
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Heber C. Kimball leaves Kirtland, takes steamboat
from Fairport, arrives in Buffalo the next morning, meets Luke
Johnson and Orson Pratt at Sackets Harbor on
the east shore of Lake Erie, June 13. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
3,
no. 4 (Jan. 1837): 439.
¶ Heber C. Kimball
(h3) |
| May 17–Sept. 9, 1836 |
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Brigham
Young leaves Kirtland with Joseph Young and Elijah Reed. Split up at Whitesborough,
Oneida County, New York. Goes to Washington County, then to the edge
of Vermont (baptizes two); rejoins Joseph Young, travel to Canaan,
Connecticut (baptize four); to Providence; Boston (baptize
two) Brigham goes to Newry, Oxford County, Maine; attends conference
there with Lyman
Johnson (baptize two); returns to Boston with Johnson (baptize
two); Providence with Joseph Young, Canaan,
Connecticut (baptize one). Arrive Kirtland September 9. |
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MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
3,
no. 2 (Nov. 1836): 408. |
| Last week of May 1836 |
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Simeon Carter and Solomon Hancock leave for
the East. |
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W. W. Phelps, JH, June 2, 1836. |
| Last week of May 1836 |
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Amasa M. Lyman, Peter Dustin and James Emmett
return from missions. |
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W. W. Phelps, JH, June 2, 1836. |
| May 31, 1836 |
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John E. Page leaves
Kirtland for Upper Canada. |
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¶ John
E. Page (h) |
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John and Joseph Smith Sr. return from summer mission, having preached in Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Ohio. |
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Sketch of Uncle John
Historical sketch, John Smith, May 1870. Selected Collections 1:33 fd. 30. Original, Church Archives, MS 1322, box 10, fd. 30.
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| May 31, 1837 |
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Wilford Woodruff,
Jonathan Hale, John
E. Page leave Kirtland for Upper Canada (conference at Bastard). |
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WWJ
Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 9 vols., compiled by Scott G. Kenney (Midvale: Signature Books, 1981-1984).
1:149. |
| June [1], 1837 |
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Joseph Smith Sr., Uncle John Smith, and George A. Smith leave Kirtland, visiting branches in Cuyahoga County, the Patriarch "administering Patriarchal blessings wherever they went." |
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George A.
History of George A. Smith by Himself. Selected Collections 1:32, box 1, fd. 1 .
, 50. |
| Feb. 16, 1837 |
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John E. Page leaves
Kirtland for Upper Canada with his family. |
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¶ John
E. Page (h) |
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Cumulative Reports |
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| 1833 |
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| Mar. 1833– Jan. 1834 |
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From the 23rd
of March, 1833, to January 6, 1834, I [Horace Cowan] with my several companions,
Zerubbabel Snow, Stephen Burnett, Hazen Aldrich, and Evan M. Greene, have
held 153 meetings and baptized 70 persons; in New Hampshire we held 49
meetings and baptized 21; in Vermont held 4 meetings and baptized 5; in
Maine we held 18 meetings and baptized 20; in Lower Canada we held one
meeting; in Pennsylvania we held 3 meetings; in the state of New York we
held 41 meetings and baptized 18 persons, and in the State of Massachusetts
we held 37 meetings and baptized 6 persons. |
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Horace Cowan journal, Jan. 6,
1834 qtd. in
Journal history
Journal History. Selected Collections, DVD 2:1-36. Original, Church Office Building Library.
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¶ John H. Boynton |
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Missions
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