LDS Tithing History, January 22, 1866

LDS Tithing Chronology

-- January 22, 1866
[Brigham Young Letter] Brigham Young Jr. (Liverpool England) -- ... P.S. I wish you to take pains to collect all the Tithing that you can and to keep the importance of this subject before the people. We are doing all that we can here to bring out the poor, and we wish corresponding efforts to be made by the Saints in Europe in paying Tithing &c. (1)

-- Apr 8, 1867
[Sermon] Daniel H. Wells: Schools And School Teachers - Tithing, Etc., JD 12:1 - 3 (2)

-- Apr 9, 1871
[Sermon] Brigham Young: Gathering the Saints - The Providences of the Lord - Uselessness of Non - Producers - Arbitration Better Than Courts - Feed not Fight the Indians - Paying Tithing, JD 14:78 - 91 (2)

-- Jul 28, 1871
First Presidency's written appointment of Elijah F. Sheets "to act as a Traveling Bishop." Sheets counsels local members and ward bishops and ordains local officers until his release as traveling bishop in 1878. Better-known A. Milton Musser is often described as traveling bishop from 1858 to 1876. However, Musser's service actually begins in 1860 as traveling "agent" of General Tithing Office. (3)

-- Apr 28, 1872
[Sermon] Brigham Young: His Imprisonment - Emigrating the Poor - The Use of Riches - Tithing, JD 15:16 - 21 (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Letters of Brigham Young--Excerpts, 1856-1866
2 - Journal of Discourses, http://jod.mrm.org
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

Mormon Tithing Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/