LDS History, August 18, 1833

-- August 18, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to the brethren in Missouri concerning the violence there. (1)

-- September 4, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Vienna Jacques, thanking her for her monetary offerings. (1)

-- 1833 September 11
It was decided to publish a paper in Kirtland, entitled "The Latter-day Saints' Messenger and Advocate." Bishop Edward Partridge was acknowledged head of the Church in Zion. (2)

-- September 11, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith and other council members consented to establish a press in Kirtland to publish the Latter-day Saints Messenger and Advocate and the Evening and Morning Star until they could be published in Missouri again. (1)

-- 11 Sept. 1833
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Kirtland conference agrees to print the Latter Day Saint Messenger and Advocate there and also to transfer the Star to Kirtland with Oliver Cowdery as editor. (3)

-- September 26, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Silas Smith at Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York. (1)

-- 26 Sept. 1833
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. writes a lengthy doctrinal letter to his uncle, Silas Smith, on the need for continuous revelation. (3)

-- September 28, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith and the Kirtland High Council decided by unanimous vote that it was the will of the Lord for all who were able and willing, to build up and strengthen the stake in Kirtland. (1)

-- 1833 October
As a result of the hostility in Jackson County, Missouri, Mormons who had settled there move to Clay County. (4)

-- 1 Oct. 1833
[Lucy Mack Smith] Oliver Cowdery and Newel Whitney go to New York to buy a printing press. (3)

-- October 5, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith started on a journey to the eastern United States and Canada. (1)

-- October 5-November 4, 1833
[Joseph Smith] Joseph serves a mission to Canada. (5)

-- 1833 October 5
[Joseph Smith] Departed Kirtland on journey to Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada, to proselytize. (6)


Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
3 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
5 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
6 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839

Clair Barrus