[Heber C. Kimball] Meets Brigham Young in Mendon. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Late May Restoration of Melchizedek Priesthood by Peter, James, and John. (2)
[U.S. Religious History] Emancipation of Roman Catholics (1829) (3)
-- about Tuesday, January 27, 1829
Palmyra, J Smith Sr. and Samuel leave Palmyra for Pennsylvania. (4)
-- about Saturday, January 31, 1829
Pennsylvania, J Smith Sr. and Samuel arrive at Joseph Knight's home. (4)
-- 1829 February
Martin Harris visits Dr. Charles Anthon, a professor at Columbia University, to verify the authenticity of the characters Joseph Smith Jr. was translating. (5)
-- February 1829
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Smith Sr. visits Joseph. Joseph Smith Jr. receives revelation about his father, now found in Doctrine and Covenants Section 4. (6)
-- Feb. 1829
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. and Samuel Smith visit Joseph and Emma at Harmony; Samuel may have acted as scribe during this visit. Joseph Jr. receives a revelation for his father, now D&C 4. (7)
Footnotes:
1 - On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Stanely B. Kimball editor. Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987. Chronology
2 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
3 - Milton Backman, Regional Studies, British Isles, Birth of Mormonism, p.27. Preliminaries to the Restoration: Chronology
4 - http://www.eldenwatson.net/BoM.htm
5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
6 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
7 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
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