-- 180 years ago today - Oct 10, 1831
[Brigham Young] --10-- Met with the Twelve for the purpose of holding a council, but spent most of the day in visiting the sick. (2)
-- 170 years ago today - Oct 10, 1841
Meeting of Twelve discuss previous "controversy" between President Joseph F. Smith and his second counselor Charles W. Penrose over whether it is necessary to confer priesthood before ordaining to office. This does not become churchwide policy again for almost six years. (3)
-- 60 years ago today - Oct 10, 1951
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
2 - Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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