180 years ago today - 1832 27 Nov.

The first entry in Joseph Smith's daily diary (first person, in his own hand) reads: "Oh may God grant that I may be directed in all my thaughts [sic]. Oh bless try servent. Amen."

[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]

4 comments:

  1. Typo error by CB: "thy"

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  2. The typo was in the source I obtained this from.

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  3. These 3 sources (2 of them original) all have "thy":

    1. Faulring, 10.
    2. JSP, J1:9.
    3. DMQ, MH:OP, 619.

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  4. I don't recall where I obtained this -- perhaps the signature cdrom.

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