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Fri. 28 .- Apostle Willard Richards and Samuel H. Smith conveyed the bodies of the martyrs to Nauvoo, where they were met by the officers of the Nauvoo Legion, and a very iarge number of citizens.
Sat. 29 .- About ten thousand persons visited and viewed the remains of the martyred Prophet and Patriarch at Nau- voo. The funeral took place In the evening.
July. Tues. 2 .- Apostle John Taylor was brought home to Nauvoo from Carthage
Mon. 8 .- Apostle Parley P. Pratt arrived at Nauvoo; he was the first of the absent Twelve to return.
Sun. 21 .- Addison Pratt baptized four white men and four natives on the island of Tubuai. These natives, whose names were Naboto and his wife Telli, Pauma and Hamoe, were the first of the Polynesian race to embrace the fullness of the gospel.
Thurs. 25 .- Erastus Snow and many other Elders arrived at Nauvoo. All seemed weighed down with gloom.
Sun. 28 .- Apostle Geo. A. Smith and a party of brethren arrived at Nauvoo.
-A branch of the Church, consisting of eleven members. was organized by Addison Pratt on the island of Tubuai (Society Islands mission). This was the first branch of the Church on the Pacific Islands.
Tues. 30 .- Samuel H. Smith, brother of the Prophet, died at Nauvoo, as a martyr to persecution.
Wed. 31 .- Apostle Amasa M. Lyman arrived at Nauvoo. August. Fri. 2 .- A political meeting of the citizens of Hancock County, Ill., was heid near the Temple at Nauvoo. Great excitement prevailed throughout the county. The mob party was determined to elect officers who would screen the murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and exterminate the "Mormons."
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Sat. 3 .- Sidney Rigdon arrived at Nauvoo from Pittsburgh, Pa Sun. 4 .- Sidney Rigdon preached to the Saints at Nauvoo, declaring that a guardlan should be appointed to build up the Church to Joseph, Intimating that he was the man who should lead the Saints.
Tues. 6 .- Apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Ly- man Wight, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt and Wilford Woodruff arrived at Nauvoo.
Wed. 7 .- The Twelve met In council with Elder Taylor, at his house at Nauvoo; they found him recovering from his wounds. In the afternoon, the Twelve, the High Council and High Priests held a meeting in the Seventies' Hall, where Sidney Rigdon's claim to lead the Church was considered.
Thurs. 8 .- A special meeting of the Church was held at Nauvoo, in which Elder Rigdon harangued the Saints about choosing a guardian, etc. In the afternoon meeting the Twelve Apostles, through their President, Brigham Young, asserted their right to lead the Church, which clalm was recognized by the unanimous vote of the people.
Mon. 12 .- At a council of the Twelve Apostles, Amasa M. Lyman was admitted Into their quorum, having been pre- viously ordained to the Apostleship. Elder Wilford Woodruff was appointed to go to England to preside over the British mission.
Thurs. 15 .- The Twelve Issued an epistle to the Saints in all the world, giving such instructions and words of counsel to the Church as were necessary after the martyrdom of the Prophet.
Wed. 28 .- Wilford Woodruff, Dan Jones and Hiram Clark, with their families, left Nauvoo for England.
Sat. 31 .- Brigham Young was elected lieutenant-general of the Nauvoo Legion, and Charles C. Rich, major-general.
September. Sun. 8 .- At a meeting of the High Council of Nauvoo, Sidney Rigdon was excommunicated from the Church. Thurs. 19 .- The ship "Norfolk" sailed from Liverpool with 143 Saints, bound for Nauvoo.
Tues. 24 .- Seventy presidents to preside over the Seven- ties, and fifty High Priests to preside in different sections of the country, were ordained.
Fri. 27 .- Gov. Thos. Ford visited Nauvoo with about five hundred troops and three pieces of artillery, ostensibly for the purpose of bringing the murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith to justice.
Sat. 28 .- About this time several persons in Hancock County were Indicted for the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, among whom was Jacob C. Davis.
October. Mon. 7 .- At the general conference held in Nau- voo, Wm. Marks was rejected as president of the Stake and John Smith appointed in his stead.
Tues. 8 .- A reorganization of the Seventies took place in the general conference at Nauvoo. At the close eleven quo- rums were filled and property organized, and about forty Eiders organized as a part of the 12th quorum. The senior presidents of these twelve quorums of Seventy were Joseph Young (1st), Edson Barney (2nd), Elias Hutchins (3rd), Jacob Gates (4th), Henry Jacobs (5th), Israel Barlow (6th), Randolph Alexander (7th), John Pack (8th), Philip Ettle- man (9th). Albert P. Rockwood (10th), Jesse P. Harmon (11th), and Hyrum Dayton (12th).
About the same time the 16th quorum of Seventy was organized, with Dana Jacobs as senior president.
November. Sat. 23 .- Edward Hunter was ordained a Bishop and set apart to take care of the 5th Ward In Nauvoo.
December. Sun. 1 .- Apostle Parley P. Pratt was appointed to go to the city of New York to regulate and counsel the emigration from Europe and preside over all the eastern branches of the Church.
Sun. 22 .- The 13th, 14th and 15th quorums of Seventy were organized in Nauvoo, with Charles Bird, Jonathan Dunham and John Lytle as senior presidents.
1845
January .- During this month the legislature of Illinois repealed the city charter of Nauvoo.
Fri. 3 .- Apostle Wilford Woodruff and accompanying mis- sionaries arrived at Liverpool, England. Wilford Woodruff succeeded Reuben Hedlock as president of the British mis- sion.
Sun. 12 .- The 17th quorum of Seventy was organized at Nauvoo, with Daniel M. Kepsher as senior president.
Frl. 17 .- The ship "Palmyra" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with a company of Saints, under the direction of Amos Fielding. bound for Nauvoo.
Sun. 26 .- The 18th quorum of Seventy was organized in Nauvoo, with John W. Bell as senior president.
February. Sun. 9 .- The 19th quorum of Seventy was organ- Ized at Nauvoo, with Samuel Moore as senlor president.
March. Sun. 2 .- The 21st quorum of Seventy was partly organized at Nauvoo, with Erastus H. Derby as senior presi- dent.
Tues. 18 .- The 20th quorum of Seventy was organized at Morley's Settlement, Hancock Co., Iil., with Hiram Biackman, , of Bear Creek branch, as senior president.
April. Sun. 6 .- The Twelve Apostles issued "A proclama- tion to all the kings of the world, to the President of the United States of America, to the governors of the several States, and to the rulers and people of all nations."
-The general conference of the Church was commenced at Nauvoo, III. It was continued till the 9th and attended hy about twenty-five thousand people. In honor of the Prophet Joseph it was decided by vote to change the name of Nauvoo to "City of Joseph."
Mon. 7 .- At a conference held in Manchester, England, Dan. Jones, who had lately arrived from America, was appointed president of the Wrexham conference (Wales), consisting of himself and wife. One year later there were seven hundred members of the Church in Wales, largely through his In- strumentality.
Tues. 8 .- At a conference held in Manchester, England, the so-called Joint Stock Company was organized, with Thomas Ward as president.
Wed. 9 .- The 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th quorums of Seventy were organized at Nauvoo, with David Clough (22nd), Benjamin Sweatt (23rd), Lewis Eger (24th), Thomas Spiers (25th), and Benjamin Jones (26th) as senior presidents. Sat. 12 .- A U. S. deputy marshal of Illinois arrived at Nau- voo, with writs for Brigham Young and others, but failed to arrest them.
Wed. 16 .- As the city charter of Nauvoo had been repealed, a small part of the city was Incorporated as the town of Nauvoo.
Thurs. 24 .- In a general council held at Nauvoo, it was decided to send a written appeal In behalf of the Saints to the President of the United States, and to the governor of every State In the Union, except the State of Missouri. This resolution was subsequently acted upon, but without any re- sponse, except from the governor of Arkansas, who replied in a respectful and sympathetic letter.
May. Mon. 19 .- Some of the citizens of Nauvoo went to Carthage, to attend the trial of the murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Sat. 24 .- President Brigham Young and others who had been secreted for some time, to avoid arrest and persecution by their enemies, appeared at Nauvoo and took part in the laying of the capstone of the Temple, in the presence of a large number of Saints.
Fri. 30 .- The murderers of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were acquitted by the jury at Carthage, although every one who witnessed the trial was satisfied of their guilt.
June .- At the close of its fifth volume the "Millennial Star" (England) was changed from a monthly to a semi-monthly periodical.
Sun. 8 .- The organization of the 27th quorum of Seventy was commenced in Nauvoo.
Tues. 10 .- The 27th quorum of Seventy was organized at Nauvoo, with Rufus Beach as senior president.
Mon. 23 .- A constable came to Nauvoo with writs for the arrest of Apostles Brigham Young and John Taylor, and others, but he did not succeed in finding them.
Thurs. 26 .- The first stone was lald for a new baptismal font In the Nauvoo Temple.
Fri. 27 .- This being the first anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the day was spent in prayer and fasting by the Saints in Great Britain.
July. Thurs. 3 .- Noah Rogers sailed from Tahiti, Society Islands, per ship "Three Brothers," on his return to Nauvoo, Ill., where he arrived Dec. 29, 1845. He was the first Latter- day Saint Elder who circumnavigated the globe as a mission- ary.
Sat. 5 .- The first number of the "New York Messenger" was published by Samuel Brannan in New York City, as a con- tinuation of the "Prophet," suspended.
Sun. 27 .- The 28th and 29th quorums of Seventy were or- ganized in Nauvoo, with John Gaylord and Augustus A. Farn- ham as senior presidents.
August. Sat. 9 .- Twenty-eight persons were killed by an explosion in a colliery at Cromstock, near Aberdare, South Wales. Several of the Saints employed in the colllery escaped, having been warned by vision of the catastrophe.
Sat. 23 .- The dome of the Nauvoo Temple was raised.
Sun. 31 .- The 30th quorum of Seventy was organized In Nauvoo, with Sahlel Savage as senior president.
September .- One hundred and thirty-five teams were sent from Nauvoo to bring In the families and grain from the sur- rounding country.
-The few Saints who still remained at Kirtland, Ohio, were persecuted by their cnemies, who took possession of the Temple.
-The ship "Oregon" sailed from Liverpool, England, with a company of Saints bound for Nauvoo, Ili.
Wed. 10 .- A mob attacked the house of Edmund Durfee, in Morley's Settlement, Hancock Co., Ill., turned the people out of doors, set fire to the buildings and threatened instant death to men, women and children. The mob then burned all the other houses, barns and shops in the settlement and turned the inhabitants into the open air. Also a farming settlement called Green Plains, inhabited by about eighty members of the Church, was burned by the mob.
Mon. 15 .- The mob drove Jacob Backenstos, sheriff of Han- cock County, from his home at Carthage.
Tues. 16 .- The mob made an effort to kill the sheriff. In his defense O. Porter Rockwell killed Frank A. Worrell, one of the leaders of the mob, who was an officer of the guard at Carthage jail when Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed.
Thurs. 18 .- Sheriff Backenstos, with a posse consisting of some seven hundred men, surrounded Carthage, Ill., to make arrests, but the house-burners had fied. He also issued a proclamation to the mobbers to disperse, which, however, was not obeyed, as they went to Missouri and other places, preparing for new depredations.
Wed, 24 .- As the persecutions in Hancock County continued to rage, the Saints commenced to leave their possessions In the smaller settlements and fiee to Nauvoo for protection. The authorities of the Church made a proposition to the mob . to have the Saints leave the State of Illinois the following spring.
Tues. 30 .- General John J. Hardin arrived at Nauvoo with four hundred troops, pretending to hunt for criminals, but undoubtedly had other motives for his diligent search of the Temple and other public buildings.
October. Wed. 1 .- The Apostles at Nauvoo had an impor- tant consultation with General John J. Hardin, Senator Stephen A. Dougias, W. B. Warren and J. A. McDougal. com- missioners from a convention held in Carthage, about the re- moval of the Saints.
Sun. 5 .- The Nauvoo Temple was so far completed that a meeting, attended by five thousand people, was held in It.
Mon. 6 .- The first general conference of the Saints for three years was commenced In the Temple, the Prophet Joseph hav- Ing ordered that they should not hold another general con- ference until they could meet in that house. The conference continued for three days. Wm. Smith was dropped as an Apostle and Patriarch.
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Sun. 12 .- Wm. Smith was excommunicated from the Church at Nauvoo.
Sat. 25 .- Major Warren came into Nauvoo with a body of troops and threatened to put the place under martial law. After he had left, the authorities of the Church sent E. A. Bedell and Bishop Geo. Miller with a communication to Gov. Thomas Ford. They informed him of Major Warren's threats and implored him to dismiss the troops under his command, as the Saints had more to fear from them than from the mob at large. The governor did not grant their request.
Sun. 26 .- The 31st quorum of Seventy was partly organized at Nauvoo, with Edmund M. Webb as senior president.
November .- Edmund Durfee was killed by the mob in Green Plains, Hancock Co., Ill. About the same time Joshua A. Smith was poisoned at Carthage.
Sun. 30 .- The attic story of the Nauvoo Temple was dedi- cated.
December. Mon. 15 .- After laboring nearly one year and eight months on Tubuai, Eider Addison Pratt left that island to join Eider Benjamin F. Grouard, who had commenced a most successful missionary work on Anaa, one of the Tua- motu Islands.
Sun. 21 .- The 32nd quorum of Seventy was organized at Nauvoo, with Geo. Mayer as senior president.
Tues. 23 .- The famous "Bogus Brigham" arrest was made, the officers taking Eider Wm. Miller to Carthage, believing that they had captured Apostle Brigham Young.
Sat. 27 .- A U. S. deputy marshai visited Nauvoo, again searching for the Twelve and others, but failed to make any arrest.
During this month many of the Saints received their bless- ings and endowments in the Nauvoo Temple.
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January .- The 33rd quorum of Seventy was organized with Albern Alien as senior president.
Tues. 13 .- At a council held in the Nauvoo Temple, to take into consideration the means of organizing for the removal of the Saints, 140 horses and 70 wagons were reported ready for immediate service.
Fri. 16 .- The ship "Liverpool" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 45 Saints, under the direction of Hiram Clark, bound for Nauvoo via New Orleans.
Thurs. 22 .- Apostle Wilford Woodruff sailed from Liverpool to return to America, because of the contemplated removal of the Church to the mountains. Reuben Hedlock, with Thomas Ward and John Banks as counselors, succeeded him in the presidency of the British Mission.
Sat. 24 .- A general meeting of the official members of the Church was held in the Nauvoo Tempie, for the purpose of arranging the affairs of the Church, prior to its removal from Nauvoo.
Fri. 30 .- The vane was placed on the Nauvoo Temple.
February. Wed. 4 .- The Saints at Nauvoo commenced crossing the Mississippi river for the purpose of moving west. Charies Shumway was the first to cross the river.
-The ship "Brooklyn" sailed from New York with 235 Saints on board. They were well supplied with implements of husbandry, and necessary tools for establishing a new set- tiement. They also took with them a printing press and materials, which afterwards were used in publishing the first newspaper issued in California.
Thurs. 6 .- The 34th quorum of Seventy was organized at Nauvoo, with David W. Rogers as one of the presidents.
About the same time the 35th quorum of Seventy was or- ganized.
Mon. 9 .- A fire, which broke out in the Nauvoo Temple, was put out before it did much damage.
-John E. Page was disfellowshipped.
Tues. 10 .- Joseph Young was appointed to preside over the Saints who remained at Nauvoo.
Sun. 15 .- Apostles Brigham Young and Willard Richards, with their families, and Apostle Geo. A. Smith crossed the Mississippi river for the West. They traveled nine miles, and camped on Sugar Creek, where Pres. Young spent the follow- ing day organizing the camps of the Saints.
Tues. 17 .- Apostle Heber C. Kimbali arrived in the camp on Sugar Creek. Willard Richards was appointed camp histo- rian and Wm. Clayton clerk.
Wed. 18 .- President Young and a few others returned to Nauvoo, but rejoined the camp the following day.
Wed. 25 .- Bishop George Miller and company were the first to leave the camp ground on Sugar Creek to travel west- ward.
Sat. 28 .- A petition to the governor of Iowa, in which the Saints asked for protection while passing through the Ter- ritory, was approved by the Twelve. At this time the camp consisted of four hundred wagons, very heavily loaded. The teams were too weak for rapid journeying. Most of the fam- ilies had provisions for several months, while some were quite destitute.
March .- During the month the camps of the Saints in Iowa traveled about one hundred miles. The roads were almost impassable most of the way, and the Saints suffered much from cold and exposure, the weather being very windy and stormy.
Sun. 1 .- The camps of the Saints made a general move from Sugar Creek and traveled five miles in a northwesterly di- rection.
Fri. 27 .- At a council held at Apostle Parley P. Pratt's camp, near the east fork of Shoal Creek, the camps of the Saints were more perfectiy organized. Brigham Young was elected president over all the "Camps of Israel."
April .- The Saints in England suffered spiritually and financially on account of the Joint Stock Company business, which was urged upon them by speculating Elders.
Fri. 24 .- The advance portion of the camps arrived at a piace on the east fork of Grand river, 145 miles from Nauvoo, which the Saints called Garden Grove, where a temporary settlement was commenced for the benfit of the companies which should follow after.
Thurs. 30 .- The Nauvoo Temple was dedicated privately, Elder Joseph Young offering the dedicatory prayer.
May. Fri. 1 .- The Nauvoo Temple was publiciy dedicated by Apostie Orson Hyde.
Sun. 10 .- About three thousand Saints met in the Temple at Nauvoo. Apostie Wilford Woodruff preached.
Mon. 11 .- Part of the camps continued the journey from Garden Grove, and on the 18th arrived at the middie fork of Grand river, on the land of the Pottawatomie Indians, where another temporary settlement was established, called Mount Pisgah. This was 172 miles from Nauvoo.
Thurs. 21 .- A general council of the camps at Mount Pisgah had under consideration the subject of sending an exploring company to the Rocky Mountains that year. The subsequent call for the Mormon Battalion, however, made this impossible.
Sun. 31 .- Elder Noah Rogers, recently returned from a mis- sion to the Society Islands, died at Mount Pisgah, Iowa. His remains were the first interred in the burying ground at that piace.
-A three days' conference convened in Manchester, Eng- land, in which the business of the Joint Stock Company was the main topic.
June .- Amos Fielding, who returned to Nauvoo this month, counted 902 west-bound wagons in three days. By this some idea may be formed of the number of teams on the road at that time.
Mon. 1 .- Elder Jesse C. Little wrote an appeal to James K. Polk, President of the United States, in behalf of the Saints. He afterwards called on the President, Vice-President and several members of the cabinet.
-A conference of the Church was organized on the Isle of Man, with Samuel J. Lees as president. .
Tues. 2 .- Pres. Brigham Young left Mount Pisgah and con- tinued the journey westward.
Fri. 12 .- Eider Jesse C. Little left Philadelphia for the West, accompanied by Col. Thos. L. Kane, who had decided to visit the camps of the Saints.
Sun. 14 .- Pres. Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Geo. Milier and Parley P. Pratt arrived on the banks of the Missouri river, with their respective companies. Here a ferry boat was built soon afterwards, when some of the Saints commenced to cross the river.
Tues. 16 .- The advance camps of the exiled Saints moved back to the bluffs across Mosquito Creek, and encamped near good water, about nine miles from the trading post. There they remained till the ferry boat was built.
Mon. 22 .- At this date about five hundred wagons had arrived on the Missouri river; nine of the Aposties were already there.
Thurs. 25 .- The ship "Brooklyn" arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, on its way to California.
Fri, 26 .- Capt. James Allen, of the U. S. army, arrived at Mount Pisgah and had an interview with Apostle Wilford Woodruff and Pres. Wm. Huntington and council. He was the bearer of a circular to the "Mormons," making a requi- sition on the camps of the Saints for four or five companies of men, to serve as volunteers in the war with Mexico. Capt. Allen was advised to visit the authorities of the Church at Council Bluffs.
Sat. 27 .- John E. Page was excommunicated from the Church.
Tues. 30 .- Capt. Allen arrived at Council Bluffs, and on the following day he met with the authorities of the Church showing his authority for raising five hundred volunteers from the camps of the Saints. The same day Pres. Young and Capt. Allen addressed the brethren who had assembled, and the general council voted unanimously to comply with the requisition from the government.
July .- The first number of "Prophwyd y Jubili" (The Prophet of Jubilee) was published by Dan Jones, in Wales, as the Church organ in that country.
-The Saints having continued to arrive from the Esst, there were now fourteen companies encamped on the bluffs near the Missouri river.
Fri. 3 .- Pres. Brigham Young and others started for Mount Pisgah, where they arrived on the 6th, after having met eight hundred wagons and carriages.
Tues. 7 .- Pres. Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimbail and Jesse C. Little addressed a meeting of the brethren at Mount Pisgah on the subject of raising a battalion to march to California. Sixty-six volunteered. Geo. W. Langley was sent to Garden Grove with a letter to the presiding brethren there upon the same subject. A similar communication was sent to Nauvoo.
Thurs. 9 .- Pres. Brigham Young and others left Mount Pisgah for Council Bluffs, where they arrived on the 12th.
Sat. 11 .- John Hill, Archibald N. Hill, Caleb W. Lyons, James W. Huntsman, Gardiner Curtis, John Richards, Elisha Mallory and J. W. Phillips were severely whipped by mobo- crats, while harvesting wheat twelve miles from Nauvoo.
Mon. 13 .- In obedience to a call of the authorities of the camps of the Saints the men met at headquarters on Mosquito Creek. Col. Thos. L. Kane, who had arrived in camp, and Capt. Allen were present. Pres. Young, Capt. Allen and others addressed the people in regard to furnishing the battalion. Four companies were raised on that day and the day follow- ing. The fifth company was organized a few days later.
At this time severe persecutions were again raging against the few remaining Saints at Nauvoo, and also against the "new citizens" who had bought the property of the members of the Church, who had already left the city for the west.
Thurs. 16 .- At a council of the Twelve held at Council Bluffs, Ia,, Ezra T. Benson was ordained an Apostie, and took the place of John E. Page, who had apostatized. Apostles Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor were appointed to go to England to set the Church in order there; Reuben Hedlock and Thomas Ward, who at that time presided over the British mission, were disfellowshipped for disregard of council.
-Four companies of the volunteers were brought together in a hollow square and mustered into service by their respect- ive captains. They were interestingly addressed by several
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of the Apostles. A few days later (July 20th) they com- menced their march toward Fort Leavenworth.
Fri, 17 .- A number of men were selected to take care of the families of the volunteers.
Tues. 21 .- A High Council was selected to preside in all temporal and spiritual matters at Council Bluffs.
Wed. 22 .- The fifth and last company of the Mormon Battal- ion left the camps of the Saints and started for Fort Leaven- worth.
Thurs. 23 .- Samuel Boley, a member of the Mormon Battal- ion, died on the road to Fort Leavenworth.
Wed. 29 .- The Mormon Battalion passed through St. Joesph, Mo.
-The ship "Brooklyn," with the Saints from the State of New York, arrived at Yerba Buena ( now San Francisco), Cal. August. Sat. 1 .- The Mormon Battalion, now numbering 549 souls, including officers, privates and servants, arrived at Fort Leavenworth.
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