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Reorganization of First Presidency after death of Lorenzo Snow -- Joseph F. Smith John R. Winder (never ordained an apostle) Anthon H. Lund ...

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles sustains Joseph F. Smith as church president with his counselors, and Presiding Patriarch "sets apart...

The Transcontinental Telegraph is completed to Salt Lake City.

Martin Company burns baggage at Deer Creek. [Handcart Timeline, Will Bagley]

Attended Court to day. The trial of Howard Egan for the murder of James Monroe came up. Seth M. Blair was prosecuting attorney on the part o...

"10,000 concerned citizens" attend the "Rally for Decency" supported by the LDS church in its anti-pornography drive. By...

[Drew Pearson, Washington Post] "David O. McKay, president of the Church and now 93 years old, once championed the principle of free di...

Temple council of First Presidency, Quorum of Twelve Apostles and Patriarch to church decides to allow beer commercials on church-owned KSL ...

[George F. Gibbs to Robert D. Young] President [Joseph F.] Smith requests you to not send more than one family represented by the enclose...

[John Henry Smith] President Joseph F. Smith and me had a talk over his Councillors. He will choose John R. Winder and Anthon H. Lund. ...

[Wilford Woodruff] In Company with President Kimball I visited President B Young. We found him feeble but much recoverd. The sickness had...

Boyd K. Packer, the Twelve's acting-president, tells a BYU devotional assembly that bishops should exercise strict control over LDS fune...

A Church News article that current non-U.S. LDS chapels "range in architectural style from modern tile and stucco structures in Managua...

Met in Temple Bro[ther] M. Thatcher came, presidency had sent to door keeper Bro[ther] Salmon not admit him hence he was bard out. He said t...

Without the Quincy Lodge's recomendation, Grand Master Jonas issues a dispensation authorizing the organization of a lodge in Nauvoo (pe...

Joseph Smith purchased a safe -- probably intended for bank use. [Dale W. Adams; BYU Studies Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 468-470, referenced in ...

[J. Golden Kimball speaking:] On Thursday /Oct 7/ morning was present at the council meeting at 11 A.M. As stated in the former minutes, the...

Worked most of the day at the Office taking an inventory of the personal property of the late Pres[iden]t. Lorenzo Snow. We find about $10,0...

The following are words spoken by Apostle Moses Thatcher at Lewiston, Cache Co., Utah, 1886. "It is my belief that every city, county, ...

In regard to finding the plates, he [David Whitmer] was told by Smith that they were in a stone casket, and the place where it was deposited...