[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. is bedfast with an unspecified illness. (1)
-- 1837 13 June
Heber C. Kimball and others left Ohio for England, the first missionary effort to extend beyond North America. (2)
-- June 13, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Due to sickness, Joseph Smith was unable to raise his head from his pillow to bid farewell to a group of missionaries. (3)
-- June 14, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. After Joseph Smith had been extremely sick and weak for a few days, Dr. Levi Richards attended to him, and the Prophet regained his strength immediately. (3)
-- During 1837 June
In this month Heber C. Kimball, O. Hyde and W. Richards were set apart for a mission to England. This was the first foreign mission of the Church. (4)
[Joseph Smith] [Joseph Smith] Sends first missionaries to British Isles. (5)
-- 1837 July 1
The mission for England sailed from New York on the ship Garrick. (4)
-- by 7 July 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. resigns from the Kirtland Safety Society, leaving its management to Warren Parrish and Frederick G. Williams. (1)
-- 1837, July 19
Heber C. Kimball and six others arrived in Liverpool, England, on first overseas mission. (6)
-- 1837 July 20
The English mission landed in Liverpool, England. (4)
-- July 23, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 112, a revelation to Thomas B. Marsh about his duties as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (3)
-- 1837 July 23
[Joseph Smith] Revelation on duties of Twelve Apostles and their president, Thomas B. Marsh, Kirtland. (7)
-- July 27, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. On their journey to visit the Saints in Canada, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Thomas B. Marsh were detained all day in Painesville, Ohio, because of malicious lawsuits. (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
2 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
5 - http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
6 - http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
7 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
Clair Barrus
