Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith went with his family and 100 others on a pleasure excursion on the steamship Maid of Iowa. (1)
-- Jul 16, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached in a grove near the Nauvoo Temple concerning traitorous thoughts harbored by some in Nauvoo who professed to be Saints. (1)
-- Jul 17, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith spent much of the day at home with his brother Hyrum Smith conversing about the priesthood. (1)
-- Jul 18, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith spent the day preparing hay on his farm. (1)
-- Jul 22, 1843
[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum Smith takes Martha Jane and Howard Coray in a buggy out on the prairie, teaches them the principle of celestial marriage, then seals them at their request. (2)
-- Jul 24, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith conversed with Mr. Joseph P. Hoge, the Democratic candidate for the United States Congress. (1)
-- Jul 30, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith felt very ill, so he called for his brother Hyrum Smith, William Law, and Willard Richards to lay on hands to bless him. (1)
-- During 1843, July to November
[Wilford Woodruff] Serves a mission in the eastern United States, seeking funds to help complete the construction of the Nauvoo Temple. (3)
-- Aug 6, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached to the Saints about politics and the current elections. (1)
-- Aug 11, 1843
[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum Smith is sealed to Mercy Fielding Thompson (his sister-in-law and first plural wife) and Catherine Phillips. (2)
-- Aug 12, 1843
[Lucy Mack Smith] The high council and Nauvoo Stake presidency hear and accept the revelation on plural marriage. (2)
-- Aug 13, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith spoke at the funeral of Judge Elias Higbee. (1)
-- Aug 14, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith attended the funeral of Lydia Walker, who had died at his house the previous day. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
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