[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Under Joseph Smiths direction, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met in council to prepare an epistle to the Saints in Europe. (1)
-- Nov 16, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to John M. Bernhisel in New York City. (1)
-- Nov 21, 1841
On this day, Apostles Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Heber C. Kimball perform Baptisms for the Dead in the Nauvoo Temple. It was the first time that this ordinance was performed in a temple, in this dispensation. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. The first baptisms for the dead in the Nauvoo Temple were performed in the temple font in compliance with Joseph Smiths instructions regarding the ordinance. (1)
[Joseph Smith] The first baptisms for the dead in the Nauvoo Temple are performed in a wooden font built and dedicated before the rest of the temple is completed. (3)
[Wilford Woodruff] Witnesses the first baptisms for the dead that were performed in the baptistry of the Nauvoo Temple. (4)
-- Nov 26, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith presented and passed a bill at the Nauvoo City Council meeting for an Ordinance in relation to Hawkers, Peddlers, Public Shows, and Exhibitions, in order to prevent any immoral or obscene exhibition. (1)
-- Nov 28, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. At a meeting with the Twelve Apostles, Joseph Smith told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book. (1)
-- Dec 5, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith began to proof a new edition of the Book of Mormon prior to its being stereotyped. (1)
-- Dec 7, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Esquires Browning and Bushnell. (1)
-- Dec 13, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith appointed Willard Richards as the recorder for the Nauvoo Temple and as his personal scribe. (1)
-- Dec 14, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith began unpacking and sorting the dry goods for his Red Brick Store on the corner of Granger and Water Streets. (1)
-- Dec 18, 1841
[Joseph Smith] Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith sent a statement to James Gordon Bennett of the New York Weekly Herald, expressing gratitude for an unbiased publication concerning the Saints. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, https://www.lds.org.uk/news_details.php?id=1000
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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