Below is a two month section from the chronology. A few missing items from this time frame that I am aware of are the organization of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge, becoming an entered apprentice, introduction of the temple endowment and at least two polygamous marriages.
March 9, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Edward Hunter at West Nantmeal, Pennsylvania. |
March 11, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Edward Hunter. |
March 11, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith commanded the Nauvoo Legion (the local civilian militia) on parade through the streets of Nauvoo. Sources: History of the Church 4:549–50 |
March 15, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. An installment of Joseph Smith's translation of the book of Abraham, including facsimile 2, was published in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons. Sources: History of the Church 4:519–34 Book of Abraham |
March 17, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith, his wife, as the president. Sources: History of the Church 4:552–53, 567 |
March 20, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached a sermon on death and resurrection, baptized a large number of individuals in the river, confirmed many of them in the grove near the temple, and then performed additional baptisms in the font of the temple. Sources: History of the Church 4:553–58 |
March 24, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith attended the Relief Society meeting to complete its organization. Sources: History of the Church 4:567–68 |
March 27, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith witnessed the landing of Latter-day Saint immigrants from England on the steamboat Ariel, and performed ordinances for 107 individuals after speaking on baptism for the dead. Sources: History of the Church 4:568 |
April 1, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith published a lengthy editorial in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons entitled "Try the Spirits" about the gift of discernment. Sources: History of the Church 4:571–81 |
April 9, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached at the funeral of Brother Ephraim Marks in the morning. Sources: History of the Church 4:586–87 |
April 10, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. While preaching in a grove near the Nauvoo Temple site, Joseph Smith "reproved and rebuked" the Saints for wickedness and all forms of iniquity. Sources: History of the Church 4:587–88 |
April 15, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith published an editorial in the Church newspaper Times and Seasons concerning baptism for the dead. |
April 24, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith preached on the hill near the Nauvoo Temple concerning the building of the temple. Sources: History of the Church 4:601 |
April 28, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith met with the members of the Relief Society and lectured on the privileges and blessings of the priesthood. Sources: History of the Church 4:602–7 Journal of Discourses 5:175 |
May 4, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith met with Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards, Judge James Adams, Bishops Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, and William Law in the upper room of the Red Brick Store, where he gave them instructions on the priesthood and celestial marriage. |
May 7, 1842 | Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith commanded drills for the Nauvoo Legion throughout the day. Sources: History of the Church 5:3–5 |
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