Today in Mormon History - Dec 24

Nauvoo, Illinois. In the evening, Joseph Smith consulted -"with President [Brigham] Young and Bishop [Newel] Whitney about establishing an agency in England for the cheap and expeditious conveyance of the Saints to Nauvoo.-", (1)
-- 170 years ago today - Dec 24, 1841

[Apostle Franklin D. Richards Diary] Apostle Moses Thatcher his wife & children arrived home from Boston I spoke with him at the depot. (2)
-- 120 years ago today - Dec 24, 1891

Virginia Sorensen died on 24 December 1991. (3)
-- 20 years ago today - Dec 24, 1991

1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith, http://byustudies.byu.edu
2 - Diary Excerpts of Franklin D. Richards, 1887-1897, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Utah History Encyclopedia: Virginia Sorensen, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/s/SORENSEN%2CVIRGINIA.html