[Joseph Smith] Emma gives birth to a stillborn son. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Emma gives birth to a stillborn son, her eighth biological child and seventh son. He is not named. (2)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Stillborn son of Joseph and Emma. (3)
-- Feb 15, 1842
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. After the Church purchased the newspaper Times and Seasons in January, its first issue with Joseph Smith as the editor was published. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph becomes the editor of the Nauvoo paper, The Times and Seasons. (1)
-- Feb 18, 1842
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. In a city council meeting, Joseph Smith expressed his confidence in the Nauvoo Charter, a document outlining the principles of living for the Saints in Nauvoo. (4)
-- Feb 23, 1842
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith visited the printing office and gave instructions regarding the book of Abraham to be printed in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons. (4)
-- Feb 24, 1842
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a note of authorization for Ebenezer B. Robinson. (4)
-- During 1842, February-October
[Joseph Smith] (age 36)Serves as editor of the Times and Seasons, the Church periodical in Nauvoo. (5)
-- During Feb. 1842
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph becomes editor of the Times and Seasons, with John Taylor as assistant editor. (2)
-- Mar 1, 1842
Publication of Book of Abraham commenced in Times and Seasons. (6)
Wentworth Letter published in Times and Seasons. [See Appendix 12.] (6)
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smiths letter to Chicago newsman John Wentworth was published in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons, telling of the rise of the Church, giving an account of the First Vision, and including statements of belief that would become the 13 Articles of Faith. (4)
Footnotes:
1 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Proctor, Scott Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
6 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
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