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Brigham Young, as Utah governor, issues "free Pardon for Jerome Owens who had been condemned to die for murder ín the first degree by J...

Brigham Young (aged 51) marriage to Mary Oldfield (1793-1875) (aged 59) widow of Eli Kelsey [Wikipedia, List of Brigham Young's Wives...

[Brigham Young] I met in council with the Twelve & High council. The subject of tithing, taxation, Police &c was brought up. Pres...

Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and head of the LDS Public Affairs Committee, delivers speech at Br...

[Frank Evans] ... President [George Albert] Smith asked me to reduce the monthly allowance received by him from $500 to $400 so as to mak...

"Can a man (white) be permitted to receive the priesthood, who has a wife who is either black or is tainted with negro blood?" ...

The First Presidency informs the apostles that "our success in the Church suits was in a great measure due to the fact that we have a p...

[Wilford Woodruff] Resigns after fifteen years as president of Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society [Kenney, Scott (editor),...

Orson Pratt/Ezra T. Benson Company begins crossing plains [Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pi...

Parley P. Pratt correlates exclusion of African Americans from the priesthood with the Book of Abraham [Homer, Michael W., Joseph's T...

Joseph, Emma, and Alvah Hale arrive in Harmony (PA). Joseph and Emma live briefly with Isaac Hale, who forbids Joseph from keeping the plate...

International Mission of the Church organized. [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harol...

The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve decide to end the performance of baptisms for health and renewal of covenants. The official an...

For the first time, European Church Members are urged not to immigrate to the United States, via a letter to the Saints in the the Netherlan...

The First Presidency met with Bishop John R. Winder at their office this morning and spent considerable time in the investigation of the fin...

[Allen Foster] We had a vary interesting report from Br C L Christiansen about the spirit that is working among the Lamanites of Late. He...

Joseph sends a delegation to Springfield. They call on Gov. Ford to present an affidavit from Joseph. Ford, who interprets the law much more...

The American Red Cross announced that through the combined efforts of many organizations, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

By the fall of 1962 members of the Birch Society's national council and editorial advisory committee had been speakers at BYU's ...

[Rudger Clawson] [St. George Stake] Priesthood meeting. Pres. Snow presided. ... I dwelt upon the principle of union, the evil of self-a...