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History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]

1 September 1834 • Monday Page 553 September 1834 Page 557 4 September 1834 • Thursday Page 553 8 September 1834 • Monday Page 553 10 September 1834 • Wednesday Page 555 24 September 1834 • Wednesday Page 556 October 1834 Page 557 November 1834 Page 558 10 November 1834 • Monday Page 558 25 November 1834 • Tuesday Page 558 28 November 1834 • Friday Page 559 29 November 1834 • Saturday Page 561 30 November 1834 • Sunday Page 562 1–5 December 1834 • Monday–Thursday Page 562 11 December 1834 • Thursday Page 563 18 December 1834 • Thursday Page 563 20 December 1834 • Saturday Page 563 January 1835 Page 563 February 1835 Page 563 Addenda, Note A • February 1835 Page 1 [addenda] 14–15 February 1835 • Saturday–Sunday Page 564 Addenda, Note B • 14–15 February 1835 Page 1 [addenda] 21 February 1835 • Saturday Page 568 Addenda, Note C • 21 February 1835 Page 1 [addenda] 27 February 1835 • Friday Page 575 28 February–1 March 1835 • Saturday–Sunday Page 577 March 1835 Page 581 7–8 March 1835 • Saturday–Sunday Page 578 12 March 1835 • Thursday Page 581 28 March 1835 • Saturday Page 581 29 March 1835 • Sunday Page 588 3–4 April 1835 • Friday–Saturday Page 588 26 April 1835 • Sunday Page 588 Addenda, Note D • 26 April 1835 Page 1 [addenda] 28 April 1835 • Tuesday Page 588 May 1835 Page 592 2 May 1835 • Saturday Page 589 4–11 May 1835 • Monday–Monday Page 591 22–25 May 1835 • Friday–Monday Page 592 June 1835 Page 593 5 June 1835 • Friday Page 593 6–7 June 1835 • Saturday–Sunday Page 593 18 June 1835 • Thursday Page 595 19–20 June 1835 • Friday–Saturday Page 595 21–25 June 1835 • Sunday–Thursday Page 595 29 June 1835 • Monday Page 595 July 1835 Page 597 3 July 1835 • Friday Page 595 5 July 1835 • Sunday Page 596 6 July 1835 • Monday Page 596 9–14 July 1835 • Thursday–Tuesday Page 596 17–19 July 1835 • Friday–Sunday Page 597 2 August 1835 • Sunday Page 597 4 August 1835 • Tuesday Page 597 7 August 1835 • Friday Page 599 8 August 1835 • Saturday Page 600 10 August 1835 • Monday 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October 1835 • Saturday Page 626 4 October 1835 • Sunday Page 627 5 October 1835 • Monday Page 627 6 October 1835 • Tuesday Page 627 7 October 1835 • Wednesday Page 627 8 October 1835 • Thursday Page 628 9 October 1835 • Friday Page 628 10–11 October 1835 • Saturday–Sunday Page 628 12 October 1835 • Monday Page 629 13 October 1835 • Tuesday Page 629 14 October 1835 • Wednesday Page 629 15 October 1835 • Thursday Page 629 16 October 1835 • Friday Page 629 17 October 1835 • Saturday Page 629 18 October 1835 • Sunday Page 629 19 October 1835 • Monday Page 629 20 October 1835 • Tuesday Page 629 21 October 1835 • Wednesday Page 629 22 October 1835 • Thursday Page 629 23 October 1835 • Friday Page 629 24 October 1835 • Saturday Page 629 25 October 1835 • Sunday Page 629 26 October 1835 • Monday Page 630 27 October 1835 • Tuesday Page 630 28 October 1835 • Wednesday Page 630 29 October 1835 • Thursday Page 630 30 October 1835 • Friday Page 632 31 October 1835 • Saturday Page 632 1 November 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1835 • Saturday Page 672 27 December 1835 • Sunday Page 673 28 December 1835 • Monday Page 673 29 December 1835 • Tuesday Page 673 30 December 1835 • Wednesday Page 674 31 December 1835 • Thursday Page 674 1 January 1836 • Friday Page 676 Addenda, Note I • 1 January 1836 Page 3 [addenda] 2 January 1836 • Saturday Page 678 3 January 1836 • Sunday Page 678 4 January 1836 • Monday Page 678 5 January 1836 • Tuesday Page 679 6 January 1836 • Wednesday Page 679 7 January 1836 • Thursday Page 684 8 January 1836 • Friday Page 684 9 January 1836 • Saturday Page 684 10 January 1836 • Sunday Page 685 11 January 1836 • Monday Page 685 12 January 1836 • Tuesday Page 685 13 January 1836 • Wednesday Page 685 14 January 1836 • Thursday Page 687 15 January 1836 • Friday Page 688 16 January 1836 • Saturday Page 689 17 January 1836 • Sunday Page 692 18 January 1836 • Monday Page 693 19 January 1836 • Tuesday Page 693 20 January 1836 • Wednesday Page 693 21 January 1836 • Thursday Page 694 22 January 1836 • Friday Page 697 Addenda, Note H • 22 January 1836 Page 3 [addenda] 23 January 1836 • Saturday Page 698 24 January 1836 • Sunday Page 698 25 January 1836 • Monday Page 698 26 January 1836 • Tuesday Page 698 27 January 1836 • Wednesday Page 698 28 January 1836 • Thursday Page 699 29 January 1836 • Friday Page 700 30 January 1836 • Saturday Page 700 31 January 1836 • Sunday Page 701 1 February 1836 • Monday Page 701 2 February 1836 • Tuesday Page 701 3 February 1836 • Wednesday Page 701 4 February 1836 • Thursday Page 701 5 February 1836 • Friday Page 701 6 February 1836 • Saturday Page 702 7 February 1836 • Sunday Page 702 8 February 1836 • Monday Page 703 9 February 1836 • Tuesday Page 703 10 February 1836 • Wednesday Page 703 11 February 1836 • Thursday Page 703 12 February 1836 • Friday Page 703 13 February 1836 • Saturday Page 704 14 February 1836 • Sunday Page 704 15 February 1836 • Monday Page 705 16 February 1836 • Tuesday Page 705 17 February 1836 • Wednesday Page 705 18 February 1836 • Thursday Page 705 19 February 1836 • Friday Page 705 20 February 1836 • Saturday Page 706 21 February 1836 • Sunday Page 706 22 February 1836 • Monday Page 706 Addenda, Note L • 22 February 1836 Page 4 [addenda] 23 February 1836 • Tuesday Page 707 24 February 1836 • Wednesday Page 707 25 February 1836 • Thursday Page 707 26 February 1836 • Friday Page 707 27 February 1836 • Saturday Page 707 28 February 1836 • Sunday Page 707 29 February 1836 • Monday Page 708 1 March 1836 • Tuesday Page 708 2 March 1836 • Wednesday Page 708 3 March 1836 • Thursday Page 708 4 March 1836 • Friday Page 710 5 March 1836 • Saturday Page 710 6 March 1836 • Sunday Page 710 7 March 1836 • Monday Page 711 8 March 1836 • Tuesday Page 711 9 March 1836 • Wednesday Page 711 10 March 1836 • Thursday Page 711 11 March 1836 • Friday Page 711 12 March 1836 • Saturday Page 711 13 March 1836 • Sunday Page 712 14 March 1836 • Monday Page 712 15 March 1836 • Tuesday Page 712 16 March 1836 • Wednesday Page 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16 June 1836 • Thursday Page 734 28 June 1836 • Tuesday Page 739 29 June 1836 • Wednesday Page 735 Addenda, Note M • 29 June 1836 Page 4 [addenda] 1 July 1836 • Friday Page 740 2 July 1836 • Saturday Page 742 25 July 1836 • Monday Page 743 25 July–6 August 1836 • Monday–Saturday Page 748 Addenda, Note O • 25 July–6 August 1836 Page 4 [addenda] 28 July 1836 • Thursday Page 748 August–September 1836 Page 750 October–November 1836 Page 750 Addenda, Note N • October–November 1836 Page 4 [addenda] Addenda, Note P • October–November 1836 Page 5 [addenda] 1 December 1836 • Thursday Page 751 December 1836 Page 751 22 December 1836 • Thursday Page 754 31 December 1836 • Saturday Page 751 January 1837 Page 755 2 January 1837 • Monday Page 751 1 February 1837 • Wednesday Page 755 3 March 1837 • Friday Page 755 3–6 April 1837 • Monday–Thursday Page 755 7 April 1837 • Friday Page 758 24 April 1837 • Monday Page 758 May 1837 Page 760 22 May 1837 • Monday Page 758 28 May 1837 • Sunday Page 759 29 May 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September–December 1837 Page 779 Addenda, Note T • September–December 1837 Page 6 [addenda] 3–4 September 1837 • Sunday–Monday Page 770 4 September 1837 • Monday Page 772 9 September 1837 • Saturday Page 772 10 September 1837 • Sunday Page 772 17–18 September 1837 • Sunday–Monday Page 773 Addenda, Note Y • 17–18 September 1837 Page 7 [addenda] 27 September 1837 • Wednesday Page 774 1–12 October 1837 • Sunday–Thursday Page 774 13 October 1837 • Friday Page 774 15 October 1837 • Sunday Page 774 18 October 1837 • Wednesday Page 774 22 October 1837 • Sunday Page 774 23 October 1837 • Monday Page 774 29 October–2 November 1837 • Sunday–Thursday Page 775 November 1837 Page 778 5 November 1837 • Sunday Page 775 6 November 1837 • Monday Page 775 7 November 1837 • Tuesday Page 775 10 November 1837 • Friday Page 777 20 November 1837 • Monday Page 778 27–30 November 1837 • Monday–Thursday Page 779 December 1837 Page 779 6–7 December 1837 • Wednesday–Thursday Page 779 January 1838 Page 780 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Source Note

JS, History, 1838–1856, vol. B-1, created 1 Oct. 1843–24 Feb. 1845; handwriting of and ; 297 pages, plus 10 pages of addenda; CHL. This is the second volume of a six-volume manuscript history of the church. This second volume covers the period from 1 Sept. 1834 to 2 Nov. 1838; the subsequent four volumes, labeled C-1 through F-1, continue through 8 Aug. 1844.

Historical Introduction

This document, volume B-1, is the second of the six volumes of the “Manuscript History of the Church.” The collection was compiled over the span of seventeen years, 1838 to 1856. The narrative in volume B-1 begins with the entry for 1 September 1834, just after the conclusion of the Camp of Israel (later called Zion’s Camp), and continues to 2 November 1838, when JS was interned as a prisoner of war at , Missouri. For a fuller discussion of the entire six-volume work, see the general introduction to the history.
, serving as JS’s “private secretary and historian,” completed the account of JS’s history contained in volume A-1 in August 1843. It covered the period from JS’s birth in 1805 through the aftermath of the Camp of Israel in August 1834. When work resumed on the history on 1 October 1843, Richards started a new volume, eventually designated B-1.
At the time of JS’s death in June 1844, the account had been advanced to 5 August 1838, on page 812 of volume B-1. ’s poor health led to the curtailment of work on B-1 for several months, until 11 December 1844. On that date, Richards and , assisted by , resumed gathering the records and reports needed to draft the history. Richards then composed and drafted roughed-out notes while Thomas Bullock compiled the text of the history and inscribed it in B-1. They completed their work on the volume on or about 24 February 1845. Richards, , and Jonathan Grimshaw later added ten pages of “Addenda,” which provided notes, extensive revisions, or additional text to be inserted in the original manuscript where indicated.
Though JS did not dictate or revise any of the text recorded in B-1, and chose to maintain the first-person, chronological narrative format established in A-1 as if JS were the author. They drew from a variety of primary and secondary sources including JS’s diaries and letters, minutes of meetings, the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, church and other periodicals, reports of JS’s discourses, and the reminiscences and recollections of church members. As was the case with A-1, after JS’s death, , , , and others modified and corrected the manuscript as they reviewed material before its eventual publication.
Beginning in March 1842 the church’s Nauvoo periodical, the Times and Seasons, began publishing the narrative as the “History of Joseph Smith.” It was also published in England in the church periodical the Millennial Star beginning in June 1842. Once a press was established in Utah and the Deseret News began publication, the “History of Joseph Smith” once more appeared in print in serialized form. Beginning with the November 1851 issue, the narrative picked up where the Times and Seasons had left off over five years earlier.
The narrative recorded in B-1 continued the story of JS’s life as the prophet and president of the church he labored to establish. The account encompasses significant developments in the church’s two centers at that time—, Ohio, and northwest —during a four-year-span. Critical events included the organization of the Quorums of the Twelve Apostles and the Seventy, the dedication of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio, the establishment of the Kirtland Safety Society, dissension and apostasy in Kirtland and Missouri, the first mission to England, JS’s flight from Kirtland to Missouri in the winter of 1838, the Saints’ exodus from Kirtland later that year, the disciplining of the Missouri presidency, and the outbreak of the Missouri War and arrest of JS. Thus, B-1 provides substantial detail regarding a significant period of church expansion and transition as well as travail.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Letter and Revelation to Harvey Whitlock, 16 November 1835 *Letter from Harvey Whitlock, 28 September 1835 *Revelation, 16 November 1835 *Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109] *Revelation, 11 November 1831–B [D&C 107 (partial)]

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<​August​> by the committee from , and as are named in the document presented this meeting purporting to be the preamble and resolutions of the Citizens of — Resolved third that whereas the document referred to has no date or signature, that our Committee judge of the fact and act accordingly— Resolved fourth that our committee report their proceedings to this meeting as soon as possible— — Secretary— — Chairman.
<​Camp​> Elder Dominicus Carter’s little daughter Sarah died in the Camp.
12 August 1838 • Sunday
<​12​> Sunday 12— I continued with the brethren at the [HC 3:62] , offering such Council as their Situation required.
<​Camp​> The Camp held a public meeting as was common with them on the Sabbath. Another Camp consisting of Saints from was in the vicinity, led my Elder who preached to the camp in the afternoon.
13 August 1838 • Monday
<​13 Returned to ​> Monday 13 I returned with my Council to — We were chased by some evil designing men ten or twelve miles but we eluded their grasp. When within about eight miles of home we met some brethren who had come to inform us that a Writ had been issued by for my arrest, and that of , for attempting to defend our rights against the Mob.
<​Camp.​> The Camp continued to work on the Road and embankment but, as a body they were not united, and did not improve their time and labor as they ought; some were faithful. In the evening, they were called together and received precept upon precept— that they might have no excuse, and were instructed in all meekness, forbearance and love but in great faithfulness by Elders and .
14–15 August 1838 • Tuesday–Wednesday
<​14​> 14.th & 15.th. I spent principally at home, engaged in Domestic affairs.
16 August 1838 • Thursday
<​16. Writ to arrest Joseph​> Thursday 16 I spent principally at home— The Sheriff of accompanied by , called and notified me that he had a writ for to take me to on trial for visiting that County on the seventh instant— It had been currently reported that I would not be apprehended by legal process, and that I would not submit to the laws of the Land, but I told the Sheriff that I calculate always to submit to the laws of our , but I wished to be tried in my own as the citizens of were highly— exasperated at me, and that the laws of the Country gave me this privilege. Upon hearing this, the Sheriff declined serving the Writ, and said he would go to and see on the subject. I told him I would remain at home until his return— The Sheriff returned from and found me at home (where I had remained during his absence) and informed me very gravely that I was out of his jurisdiction and that he could not act in , and retired.
<​Camp​> Some of the laborers <​brethren​> passed on from the Camp, to work on another job near .— Elder Nathan K. Knight and family were cut off from the Camp by the Assistant Council— Elder was appointed Councillor pro tem in the absence of Elder Stringham.
17 August 1838 • Friday
<​17.​> Friday 17th. Elder [Nathan] Knight appealed to and was heard by the Council, who confirmed the decision of the Assistant Council.
18 August 1838 • Saturday
<​18​> Saturday 18th. Elder and family were cut off from the Camp, and brother Miller and family left by advice and consent of the Council— Sister Higler’s child died in the Camp—
19 August 1838 • Sunday
<​19​> Sunday 19th. Elder preached <​to the camp​> in the morning and the Sacrament was administered in the PM. by Elders and .
20 August 1838 • Monday
<​20​> Monday 20 th. Elders <​Nathan K.​> Knights [Knight] and <​having previously been cut off.​> left the Camp with their families— In the evening one of the Children of the Camp was seized by an evil Spirit, which drew the child’s face quite out of shape and produced great suffering. The Elders rebuked the Spirit and it departed. This evening Elder Willey was taken sick, he had laid his hands on his Child and rebuked an Evil Spirit which left the child and entered into him. The Elders gathered [p. 815]
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Footnotes

  1. [490]

    Kirtland Camp, Journal, 11 Aug. 1838; Tyler, “Daily Journal,” 11 Aug. 1838.

    Kirtland Camp. Journal, Mar.–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 4952.

    Tyler, Samuel D. Journal, July–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 1761.

  2. [491]

    See 12 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  3. [492]

    JS, Journal, 12 Aug. 1838.

  4. [493]

    Kirtland Camp, Journal, 12 Aug. 1838; Tyler, “Daily Journal,” 12 Aug. 1838.

    Kirtland Camp. Journal, Mar.–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 4952.

    Tyler, Samuel D. Journal, July–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 1761.

  5. [494]

    See 13 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  6. [495]

    JS, Journal, 13 Aug. 1838.

  7. [496]

    Kirtland Camp, Journal, 13 Aug. 1838; Tyler, “Daily Journal,” 13 Aug. 1838.

    Kirtland Camp. Journal, Mar.–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 4952.

    Tyler, Samuel D. Journal, July–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 1761.

  8. [497]

    See 14–15 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  9. [498]

    JS, Journal, 14–15 Aug. 1838.

  10. [499]

    See 16 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  11. [500]

    JS, Journal, 16–18 Aug. 1838.

  12. [501]

    Kirtland Camp, Journal, 16–20 Aug. 1838; Tyler, “Daily Journal,” 16–20 Aug. 1838.

    Kirtland Camp. Journal, Mar.–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 4952.

    Tyler, Samuel D. Journal, July–Oct. 1838. CHL. MS 1761.

  13. [502]

    See 17 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  14. [503]

    See 18 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  15. [504]

    See 19 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

  16. [505]

    See 20 Aug. 1838 entry in History Draft.

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