175 years ago today - 1838 4 Aug.

[Joseph Smith] Stake president John Smith writes that "the Danites met the third time in Adam on diahman [Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri] since the 22 Jul." His first counselor Lyman Wight is a Danite colonel.

[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]

1 comment:

  1. p.628. The Danites were Joseph Smith's goon and thug militia/guerrillas - the LDS version of Murder, Incorporated.

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