[Joseph Smith] Returned to Kirtland, Ohio, from journey to Independence. (1)
-- June 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph reaches Kirtland; he spends most of the summer at Hiram translating the Bible, completing the New Testament in July. (2)
-- 1832 June
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. arrives back from trip to Mo. (3)
-- 1832 1 June
The Evening and the Morning Star began publication at Independence, Missouri. (4)
-- June 6, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Greenville, Indiana. Joseph Smith wrote his wife, Emma Smith, a letter while at the Porter tavern, telling her of his regular meditation and prayers in a nearby grove. (5)
-- July 1832 - July 1833
Translation of Genesis 24:41 - Malachi 4:6 (6)
-- Summer 1832
[Heber C. Kimball] Called on first mission to New York state. (7)
-- 5 July 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Sidney Rigdon claims that the "keys of the kingdom" have departed unless the Saints build him a house. Joseph explains that he holds the keys irrevocably, and a court delivers Sidney to the buffetings of Satan. Lucy places this event about three months too early. (2)
-- about July 20, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith completed his work on the inspired translation of the New Testament. (5)
-- 20 July 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Frederick G. Williams works as Joseph's scribe until January 1836. (2)
-- July 31, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to William W. Phelps concerning the brethren in the settlement of Zion in Jackson County, Missouri. (5)
-- 1 Aug. 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Jesse Gause and Zebedee Coltrin take a mission for the East. Coltrin, ill, returns on 19 August. Gause disappears; his name is replaced in church records by Frederick G. Williams. (2)
-- about August 19, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram. Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 99, a revelation calling John Murdock to proclaim the gospel in the eastern countries. (5)
-- August 29, 1832
[Revelations] Hiram, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 99. John Murdock mission call.
Not printed in the Book of Commandments.
Kirtland Revelation Book, 19-20, heading: Hiram Portage County Ohio August 24th 1832.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 78 heading: Revelation given August, 1832. (8)
-- 1832 Sept 12
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph and Emma and Julia move to Newel K. Whitney store in Kirtland. (3)
-- 1832 September 22-23
[Joseph Smith] Revelation on priesthood and proselytizing, Kirtland. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
4 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - http://www.xmission.com/~research/central/resscri1.htm
7 - 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
8 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
Clair Barrus
