[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to the Nauvoo high council, petitioning for a release from attending to temporal concerns. (1)
-- June 29, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Dayton, Ohio. William W. Phelps wrote a letter to the Prophet, admitting the wrongs he had committed against him and asking for his forgiveness. (1)
-- During June 1840
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. breaks Howard Coray's leg in a playful scuffle and promises him that he will find a suitable companion. (2)
-- 6 July 1840
[Patriarchal Blessings] Nauvoo, Illinois, Patriarchal Blessing to Arnold Stephens given by Joseph Smith Sr. stated "if faithful thou shalt see the sons of God come from the North Country, & thou shalt be crowned with them, and shall meet them in their armies as the Lord leads them by his Prophet, and when the highway is cast up . . . Thou shalt see the Revelator John, and shall stand upon the earth when he shall lead in his armies from the North" (3)
[Patriarchal Blessings] Patriarchal Blessing of Arnold Stephens by Joseph Smith, Sr. stated "if faithful thou shalt see the sons of God come from the North Country, & thou shalt be crowned with them, and shall meet them in their armies as the Lord leads them by his Prophet, and when the highway is cast up ... Thou shalt see the Revelator John, and stand upon the earth when he shall lead in his armies from the North (3)
-- July 11, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith gave instructions to the high council about how to conduct disciplinary councils. (1)
-- July 14, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote to the Saints at the Crooked Creek Branch in Illinois (later Ramus, Hancock County), approving the organization of a stake there. (1)
-- about July 19, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. While giving a discourse, Joseph Smith prophesied that the time would come when the nations of the whole earth, even this nation [the United States], will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces, and the United States Constitution (1)
-- 1840 July 20
The company of Saints who left Liverpool in June arrived in New York. (4)
-- July 22, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. After William W. Phelps requested forgiveness, Joseph Smith wrote a letter inviting him to return to the Church. (1)
-- 25 July 1840
[Lucy Mack Smith] Dr. John C. Bennett writes to Joseph expressing interest in Mormonism, the first of three letters written by 30 July. (2)
-- about July 26, 1840
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Oliver Granger, his agent at Kirtland, Ohio. (1)
-- During 1840 July
About the first of this month, the first English edition of the Latter-day Saints' Hymn Book was published. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/patb2.htm
4 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
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