40 years ago today - Jul 17, 1977
The Kirtland Temple is designated as a United States Historic Landmark in a public ceremony.
70 years ago today - Jul 17, 1947
[First Presidency to Lowry Nelson]
... The basic element of your ideas and concepts seems to be that all God's children stand in equal positions before Him in all things. ... Indeed, some of God's children were assigned to superior positions before the world was formed. We are aware that some Higher Critics do not accept this, but the Church does. Your position seems to lose sight of the revelations of the Lord touching the preexistence of our spirits, the rebellion in heaven, and the doctrines that our birth into this life and the advantages under which we may be born have a relationship in the life heretofore. From the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith even until now, it has been the doctrine of the Church, never questioned by any of the Church Leaders, that the Negroes are not entitled to the full blessings of the Gospel. Furthermore, your ideas, as we understand them, appear to contemplate the intermarriage of the Negro and White races, a concept which has heretofore been repugnant to most normal-minded people from the ancient patriarchs till now. God's rule for Israel, His Chosen People, has been endogamous. Modern Israel has been similarly directed. We are not unmindful of the fact that there is a growing tendency, particularly among some educators, as it manifests itself in this area, toward the breaking down of race barriers in the matter of intermarriage between the whites and blacks, but it does not have the sanction of the church and is contrary to Church doctrine.
[Source: First Presidency, Letter to Lowry Nelson, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
... The basic element of your ideas and concepts seems to be that all God's children stand in equal positions before Him in all things. ... Indeed, some of God's children were assigned to superior positions before the world was formed. We are aware that some Higher Critics do not accept this, but the Church does. Your position seems to lose sight of the revelations of the Lord touching the preexistence of our spirits, the rebellion in heaven, and the doctrines that our birth into this life and the advantages under which we may be born have a relationship in the life heretofore. From the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith even until now, it has been the doctrine of the Church, never questioned by any of the Church Leaders, that the Negroes are not entitled to the full blessings of the Gospel. Furthermore, your ideas, as we understand them, appear to contemplate the intermarriage of the Negro and White races, a concept which has heretofore been repugnant to most normal-minded people from the ancient patriarchs till now. God's rule for Israel, His Chosen People, has been endogamous. Modern Israel has been similarly directed. We are not unmindful of the fact that there is a growing tendency, particularly among some educators, as it manifests itself in this area, toward the breaking down of race barriers in the matter of intermarriage between the whites and blacks, but it does not have the sanction of the church and is contrary to Church doctrine.
[Source: First Presidency, Letter to Lowry Nelson, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1835-1951, Electronic Edition, 2015]
120 years ago today - Jul 17, 1897 • Saturday
[George Q. Cannon]
... I went to the White House, and after waiting some little time his private secretary, Mr. Porter, saw me and took me into the executive chamber where the President [U.S. President McKinley] was. He was conversing with a number of gentlemen, but came forward and welcomed me very kindly and explained to me that it would be impossible for him to come out to our Jubilee. He said he intended writing a letter explaining his failure to come and asked to whom it should be addressed. I suggested the governor of the State as the proper person. We then talked about appointments, and I reiterated what I had said on former occasions concerning the care which should be exercised in the selection of names. He stated that he intended to be careful. I then bid him good day and went to the hotel. ...
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
... I went to the White House, and after waiting some little time his private secretary, Mr. Porter, saw me and took me into the executive chamber where the President [U.S. President McKinley] was. He was conversing with a number of gentlemen, but came forward and welcomed me very kindly and explained to me that it would be impossible for him to come out to our Jubilee. He said he intended writing a letter explaining his failure to come and asked to whom it should be addressed. I suggested the governor of the State as the proper person. We then talked about appointments, and I reiterated what I had said on former occasions concerning the care which should be exercised in the selection of names. He stated that he intended to be careful. I then bid him good day and went to the hotel. ...
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
125 years ago today - Jul 17, 1892
[Francis M. Lyman]
John W. Taylor. Pres[ident] Smith was the first speaker. He announced that some on[e] of the Twelve was blamable for engaging in business and going other things contrary to the counsels of the Presidency of the Church. "That course was dangerous," he said, "now as well as in the days of the Prophet Joseph when apostles fell." President Woodruff spoke also endorsing Pres[ident] Smith's sayings. He deprecated anything that produced division among the saints. At 2 P.M. after the sacrament was administered Pres[ident] Cannon occupied the time with a gospel discourse. The latter part of talk was upon the subject of the division of the people upon National party lines. Said this movement is in accordance with the mind of the, _____ but it should not produce bitterness In the hearts of brethren one against the other. Pres[ident] Cannon's words made good feelings where Pres[ident] Smith's made bad feelings. ... At bro[ther] Kings I had a good visit with Uncle Edward Partridge. He, like bro[ther] King is all broke up in his feelings over Pres[ident] Smith's talk. They feel that he is at once down on any prominent man who should endorse democracy and advocate it. They feel his attack upon a member of the Twelve was upon bro[ther] Moses Thatcher. I poured in oil upon their troubled feelings and pacified them the best I could. I believe I did them some good.
[Source: Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
John W. Taylor. Pres[ident] Smith was the first speaker. He announced that some on[e] of the Twelve was blamable for engaging in business and going other things contrary to the counsels of the Presidency of the Church. "That course was dangerous," he said, "now as well as in the days of the Prophet Joseph when apostles fell." President Woodruff spoke also endorsing Pres[ident] Smith's sayings. He deprecated anything that produced division among the saints. At 2 P.M. after the sacrament was administered Pres[ident] Cannon occupied the time with a gospel discourse. The latter part of talk was upon the subject of the division of the people upon National party lines. Said this movement is in accordance with the mind of the, _____ but it should not produce bitterness In the hearts of brethren one against the other. Pres[ident] Cannon's words made good feelings where Pres[ident] Smith's made bad feelings. ... At bro[ther] Kings I had a good visit with Uncle Edward Partridge. He, like bro[ther] King is all broke up in his feelings over Pres[ident] Smith's talk. They feel that he is at once down on any prominent man who should endorse democracy and advocate it. They feel his attack upon a member of the Twelve was upon bro[ther] Moses Thatcher. I poured in oil upon their troubled feelings and pacified them the best I could. I believe I did them some good.
[Source: Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
135 years ago today - Jul 17, 1882
The first LDS-operated hospital is Deseret Hospital, founded by the following women: Eliza R. Snow, Emmeline B. Wells, Zina D.H. Young, Jane S. Richards, Phebe Woodruff, Marinda N. Hyde, Bathsheba W. Smith, Isabella M. Horne, and Dr. Romania B. Pratt.
The desire to found a Latter-day Saint hospital corresponded with a growing call for Latter-day Saint women to receive medical training. Some women, such as Romania B. Pratt, attended established medical schools in the eastern United States with support from church leaders and the Relief Society. When Pratt returned to Utah in 1877, she opened an office in Salt Lake City, taught classes in "obstetrics and feminine diseases," and also advocated for the establishment of a local hospital. She argued, "In every growing community there seems to soon develop the need of a hospital devoted more especially to the interest of women and children, and this is now being felt among us."
Eliza R. Snow promoted the establishment of such a hospital as she visited local Relief Societies. At a conference in Spring City, Utah, she "spoke of having a hospital that could be controlled by those of our own faith that there could be a place where the young girls could be taught to administer herbs in faith and become good, efficient nurses and understand the human system." In 1880 a letter to the editor of the Woman's Exponent complained that no action had yet been taken to found a hospital despite frequent discussions. Latter-day Saint women, including leaders of the Relief Society, soon began making concrete plans along with church leaders to establish a hospital. Reflecting later on the work of establishing the hospital, Eliza R. Snow explained, "With the approval of the First Presidency, we commenced the Hospital as no women on earth except Latter-day Saints would have undertaken so gigantic an enterprise—i.e., with nothing. But we had faith in the support and liberality of our brethren and sisters."
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )];4.11 Report of Deseret Hospital Dedication, July 17, 1882, as quoted in Matthew J. Grow, Jill Derr, Carol Madsen, and Kate Holbrook, editors, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women's History, The Church Historian's Press, 2016, https://churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/]
The desire to found a Latter-day Saint hospital corresponded with a growing call for Latter-day Saint women to receive medical training. Some women, such as Romania B. Pratt, attended established medical schools in the eastern United States with support from church leaders and the Relief Society. When Pratt returned to Utah in 1877, she opened an office in Salt Lake City, taught classes in "obstetrics and feminine diseases," and also advocated for the establishment of a local hospital. She argued, "In every growing community there seems to soon develop the need of a hospital devoted more especially to the interest of women and children, and this is now being felt among us."
Eliza R. Snow promoted the establishment of such a hospital as she visited local Relief Societies. At a conference in Spring City, Utah, she "spoke of having a hospital that could be controlled by those of our own faith that there could be a place where the young girls could be taught to administer herbs in faith and become good, efficient nurses and understand the human system." In 1880 a letter to the editor of the Woman's Exponent complained that no action had yet been taken to found a hospital despite frequent discussions. Latter-day Saint women, including leaders of the Relief Society, soon began making concrete plans along with church leaders to establish a hospital. Reflecting later on the work of establishing the hospital, Eliza R. Snow explained, "With the approval of the First Presidency, we commenced the Hospital as no women on earth except Latter-day Saints would have undertaken so gigantic an enterprise—i.e., with nothing. But we had faith in the support and liberality of our brethren and sisters."
[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )];4.11 Report of Deseret Hospital Dedication, July 17, 1882, as quoted in Matthew J. Grow, Jill Derr, Carol Madsen, and Kate Holbrook, editors, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women's History, The Church Historian's Press, 2016, https://churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/]
170 years ago today - Jul 17, 1847
William Clayton writes on the pioneer trail: " In the afternoon Elders [Heber] Kimball, [Willard] Richards, [Ezra T.] Benson and others went onto a mountain to clothe and pray for President Young who continues very sick. On returning they rolled down many large rocks from the top of the mountain to witness the velocity of their descent &c. Some would roll over half a mile and frequently broke to pieces."
175 years ago today - Jul 17, 1842
Brigham Young writes to Parley P. Pratt concerning his brother Orson Pratt: "Br Orson Pratt is in trubble in consequence of his wife, hir feelings are so rought up that he dos not know whether his wife is wrong, or whether Josephs testimony and others are wrong and due Ly and he decived for 12 years or not; he is all but crazy about matters, you may aske what the matter is concirning Sister P.-it is enoph, and doct, J.C. Bennett could tell all about himself & hir-enoph of that-we will not let Br. Orson goe away from us he is to good a man to have a woman destroy him." THE WASP EXTRA, a Nauvoo newspaper, accuses John C. Bennett of "adultery, fornication, embryo infanticide and buggery, . . ."
180 years ago today - Jul 17, 1837
Newspapers report that Sarah Kingsley Cleveland had been jailed for passing $390 in notes of the Kirtland Safety Anti-Banking Society, the first Mormon woman to be imprisoned.
[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]
[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]
65 years ago today - Jul 16, 1952
[J. Reuben Clark]
At Mr. Hoover's invitation, I lunched with him today in his suite at the Hotel Utah. We entirely agree on everything. From what he told me, this is one of the most corrupt conventions we ever had. Money was passed freely where money was not the source of bribery, it was a promise of position. The great institutions of the country, all except Crystler Corporation, were for Eisenhower, and they were for him because they want a continuation of the existing situation economically'a situation of war and talk of war ... He thinks if Eisenhower does not win, or even if he does, efforts should be made to form a Conservative Party, conservatives being in the majority in this country; that to that end that we should try to get the Southern Democrats to join in a move where such a party could be established ...
I urged Mr. Hoover to continue the efforts to somehow secure the organization of a Conservative party that would go across the Mason and Dixon Line and bring the conservatives together ...
[Source: The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
At Mr. Hoover's invitation, I lunched with him today in his suite at the Hotel Utah. We entirely agree on everything. From what he told me, this is one of the most corrupt conventions we ever had. Money was passed freely where money was not the source of bribery, it was a promise of position. The great institutions of the country, all except Crystler Corporation, were for Eisenhower, and they were for him because they want a continuation of the existing situation economically'a situation of war and talk of war ... He thinks if Eisenhower does not win, or even if he does, efforts should be made to form a Conservative Party, conservatives being in the majority in this country; that to that end that we should try to get the Southern Democrats to join in a move where such a party could be established ...
I urged Mr. Hoover to continue the efforts to somehow secure the organization of a Conservative party that would go across the Mason and Dixon Line and bring the conservatives together ...
[Source: The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
155 years ago today - Jul 16, 1862 • Wednesday
[George Q. Cannon]
Brigham and myself embarked this morning on the splendid steamer Scotia for Liverpool ... During the voyage Brigham and myself were the "observed of all observers" -- everybody on board soon knowing who were [we] were, the papers in New York having noticed our intended departure to Europe on the Scotia and some of the passengers having stopped at the same hotel with us and being acquainted with our persons. We were treated with great respect by all on board, many gentlemen taking pains to make themselves acquainted with us. I had many interesting conversations on board with various gentlemen.
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
Brigham and myself embarked this morning on the splendid steamer Scotia for Liverpool ... During the voyage Brigham and myself were the "observed of all observers" -- everybody on board soon knowing who were [we] were, the papers in New York having noticed our intended departure to Europe on the Scotia and some of the passengers having stopped at the same hotel with us and being acquainted with our persons. We were treated with great respect by all on board, many gentlemen taking pains to make themselves acquainted with us. I had many interesting conversations on board with various gentlemen.
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
160 years ago today - Jul 16, 1857
Part of the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas receives orders to march to Utah territory, assist in removing Brigham Young from office as territorial governor, and to replace him with Alfred Cumming. The ensuing conflict is known as the "Utah War." Thomas B. Marsh, one of the original 12 Apostles, is rebaptized in Salt Lake City and accepted back into the Church after his apostasy "over milk strippings" two decades ago. More important to his apostacy was the violence in relalation by Mormons against Missourians.
170 years ago today - Jul 16, 1847
[Members of the Mormon Battalion were discharged at Los Angeles, Calif.] During the remainder of their enlistment, some members of the battalion were assigned to garrison duty at either San Diego, San Luis Rey, or Ciudad de los Angeles. Other soldiers were assigned to accompany General Kearny back to Fort Leavenworth. All soldiers, whether en route to the Salt Lake Valley via Pueblo or still in Los Angeles, were mustered out of the United States Army on 16 July 1847. Eighty-one men chose to reenlist and serve an additional eight months of military duty under Captain Daniel C. Davis in Company A of the Mormon Volunteers. The majority of the soldiers migrated to the Salt Lake Valley and were reunited with their pioneering families.
[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Battalion, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]
[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Battalion, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]
175 years ago today - Jul 16, 1842
PHRENOLOGICAL CHART OF ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG
By A. Crane, M.D., Professor of Phrenology
PROPENSITIES
Amativeness. - 7, F. Very partial to the opposite sex; generally reciprocated by them. Philoprogenitiveness. - 10, L. Strong parental affection, great solicitude for their happiness. Inhabidiveness. - 9, L. Love of homestead very strong; extremely fond of early reminiscences of birthplace, and etc. Adhesiveness. - 10, L. Unalterable affection when once fixed; enduring all things for their sakes. Combativeness. - 7, F. Great powers of exertion, and sustaining under opposition and difficulties. Destructiveness. - 5, M. Ability to control the passions, and is not disposed to extreme measures. Secretiveness. - 7, F. Proper reserve; prudent expression of feeling, without bluntness or deceitfulness. Acquisitiveness. - 5, M. Freeness to spend money; love of it chiefly for its uses and what it will buy. Alimentativeness. - 6, F. A good appetite, but not excessive; partiality for a variety of rich, hearty dishes. Vitativeness. - 6, M or S. Indifference to life; views the approach of death
without fear.
FEELINGS
Cautiousness. - 7, F. Provision against prospective dangers and ills, without hesitation or irresolution. Approbativeness,-- 8, F or M. Decent regard for popularity, fame, praise, and a good name. Self-esteem. - 7, F. Self confidence and complacency, without much pride or conceit. Concentrativeness,-- 8, F. Can dwell on a subject without fatigue, and control the imagination.
SENTIMENTS
Benevolence. - 11, V. L. An overflowing of kind, humane, and tender feelings. Veneration. - 10, L. Worship of the supreme being; reverence. Firmness. - 10, L. Stability and decision of character and purpose. Conscientiousness. - 10, L. High regard for duty, integrity, moral principle, justice, obligation, truth, and etc. Hope. - 8, F. Reasonable hopes, a fine flow of spirits; anticipation of what is to be realized. Marvelousness. - 7, F. Openness to conviction, without blind credulity; tolerably good degree of faith. Imitation. - 7, F. A disposition and respectable ability to imitate, but not to mimic, or to act out. Prepossession. - 11, V. L. Strong adherence to preconceived opinions; very strong prejudices, and etc. ldeality. - 8, F. Refinement without a sickly delicacy; some love of poetry, without poetic talent.
PERCEPTIVES
Admonition. - 5, S or V. S. Indifference about the affairs of others, and not disposed to give advice, etc. Constructiveness. - 8, F. Respectable ingenuity, without uncommon skill, tact or facility in making, etc. Tune. - 9, F or M. Love of music, without quickness to catch or learn tunes by the ear. Time. - 8, F or M. Indistinct notions of the lapse of time, of ages, dates of events, etc. Locality. - 11, V. L. or L. Great memory of places and positions. Eventuality. - 9, L. Retentive memory of events and particulars. Individuality. - 8, F. With very large 39 and 40, great observation, with deep thought, etc. Form. - 8, F. Cognizance and distinct recollection of shapes, countenances, and etc. Size. - 11, V. L., L. or F. Ability to judge of proportionate size, and etc. Weight. - 11, v. L., or L., or F. Knowledge of gravitation, momentum, etc. Color. - 8, F. or M. Moderate skill in judging of colors, comparing and arranging them. Language. - 7, F. Freedom of expression, without
fluency or verbosity; no great loquacity. Order. - 8, L. Love of arrangement; everything in its particular place. Number.- 8, F. Respectable aptness in arithmetical calculations, without extraordinary talent.
REFLECTIVES
Mirthfulness. - 6, F. Pleasantry and humor, without facetiousness; fair perception of the ludicrous. Causality. - 11, V. L. Great power of thought, depth and originality of reason. Comparison. - 9, L. A discrimination; power of illustration; ability to perceive and apply analogies, and etc.
[Source: Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).]
By A. Crane, M.D., Professor of Phrenology
PROPENSITIES
Amativeness. - 7, F. Very partial to the opposite sex; generally reciprocated by them. Philoprogenitiveness. - 10, L. Strong parental affection, great solicitude for their happiness. Inhabidiveness. - 9, L. Love of homestead very strong; extremely fond of early reminiscences of birthplace, and etc. Adhesiveness. - 10, L. Unalterable affection when once fixed; enduring all things for their sakes. Combativeness. - 7, F. Great powers of exertion, and sustaining under opposition and difficulties. Destructiveness. - 5, M. Ability to control the passions, and is not disposed to extreme measures. Secretiveness. - 7, F. Proper reserve; prudent expression of feeling, without bluntness or deceitfulness. Acquisitiveness. - 5, M. Freeness to spend money; love of it chiefly for its uses and what it will buy. Alimentativeness. - 6, F. A good appetite, but not excessive; partiality for a variety of rich, hearty dishes. Vitativeness. - 6, M or S. Indifference to life; views the approach of death
without fear.
FEELINGS
Cautiousness. - 7, F. Provision against prospective dangers and ills, without hesitation or irresolution. Approbativeness,-- 8, F or M. Decent regard for popularity, fame, praise, and a good name. Self-esteem. - 7, F. Self confidence and complacency, without much pride or conceit. Concentrativeness,-- 8, F. Can dwell on a subject without fatigue, and control the imagination.
SENTIMENTS
Benevolence. - 11, V. L. An overflowing of kind, humane, and tender feelings. Veneration. - 10, L. Worship of the supreme being; reverence. Firmness. - 10, L. Stability and decision of character and purpose. Conscientiousness. - 10, L. High regard for duty, integrity, moral principle, justice, obligation, truth, and etc. Hope. - 8, F. Reasonable hopes, a fine flow of spirits; anticipation of what is to be realized. Marvelousness. - 7, F. Openness to conviction, without blind credulity; tolerably good degree of faith. Imitation. - 7, F. A disposition and respectable ability to imitate, but not to mimic, or to act out. Prepossession. - 11, V. L. Strong adherence to preconceived opinions; very strong prejudices, and etc. ldeality. - 8, F. Refinement without a sickly delicacy; some love of poetry, without poetic talent.
PERCEPTIVES
Admonition. - 5, S or V. S. Indifference about the affairs of others, and not disposed to give advice, etc. Constructiveness. - 8, F. Respectable ingenuity, without uncommon skill, tact or facility in making, etc. Tune. - 9, F or M. Love of music, without quickness to catch or learn tunes by the ear. Time. - 8, F or M. Indistinct notions of the lapse of time, of ages, dates of events, etc. Locality. - 11, V. L. or L. Great memory of places and positions. Eventuality. - 9, L. Retentive memory of events and particulars. Individuality. - 8, F. With very large 39 and 40, great observation, with deep thought, etc. Form. - 8, F. Cognizance and distinct recollection of shapes, countenances, and etc. Size. - 11, V. L., L. or F. Ability to judge of proportionate size, and etc. Weight. - 11, v. L., or L., or F. Knowledge of gravitation, momentum, etc. Color. - 8, F. or M. Moderate skill in judging of colors, comparing and arranging them. Language. - 7, F. Freedom of expression, without
fluency or verbosity; no great loquacity. Order. - 8, L. Love of arrangement; everything in its particular place. Number.- 8, F. Respectable aptness in arithmetical calculations, without extraordinary talent.
REFLECTIVES
Mirthfulness. - 6, F. Pleasantry and humor, without facetiousness; fair perception of the ludicrous. Causality. - 11, V. L. Great power of thought, depth and originality of reason. Comparison. - 9, L. A discrimination; power of illustration; ability to perceive and apply analogies, and etc.
[Source: Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).]
180 years ago today - Jul 16, 1837
Orson Hyde preaches on board the Garrick. Heber C. Kimball secretly heals a sick child.
[Source: Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]
[Source: Conkling, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology]
30 years ago today - Jul 15, 1987
The Genealogical Library celebrated the conversion of the last card from its card catalog to computer.
[Source: Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
[Source: Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html]
110 years ago today - Jul 15, 1907
[George F. Richards]
At 6 P.M. attended Pres[ident]. [Francis M.] Lyman's [Prayer] Circle at the temple and was honorably released from same as a member. This course taken because a mission has been given me to preside over what was known as the John Taylor Circle and we meet on Wednesdays at 6 P.M. When I became a member of President Lyman's Circle, I was not a member of any other.
[Source: George F. Richards Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
At 6 P.M. attended Pres[ident]. [Francis M.] Lyman's [Prayer] Circle at the temple and was honorably released from same as a member. This course taken because a mission has been given me to preside over what was known as the John Taylor Circle and we meet on Wednesdays at 6 P.M. When I became a member of President Lyman's Circle, I was not a member of any other.
[Source: George F. Richards Diary, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
120 years ago today - Tuesday, Jul 15, 1897
[John Henry Smith]
Salt Lake City
The statue to Brigham Young and the Pioneers was completed today. Many of the Delegates to the Trans-Mississippi Congress are in the City.
[Source: Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith]
Salt Lake City
The statue to Brigham Young and the Pioneers was completed today. Many of the Delegates to the Trans-Mississippi Congress are in the City.
[Source: Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith]
125 years ago today - Jul 15, 1892
Mormon outlaw Robert LeRoy Parker is arrested on a horse-theft complaint. The arresting officer, Bob Calverly, reports: "I told him I had a warrant for him and he said: 'Well get to shooting,' and with that we pulled our guns. I put the barrel of my revolver almost to his stomach, but it missed three times, but owing to the fact that there was another man between us, he failed to hit me. The fourth time I snapped the gun it went off and the bullet hit him in the upper part of the forehead and felled him. I then had him and he made no further resistance." Parker, better known as "Butch Cassidy" is acquitted.
130 years ago today - Jul 15, 1887 • Friday
[George Q. Cannon]
President Taylor is brighter this morning and more natural, though quite weak. I signed the recommends to the Temple and dictated to Bro. Nuttall answers to letters. I feel that our position here, in consequence of the excitement over President Taylor's illness and the talk there is about us, is insecure, and I felt prompted to request our host to secure suitable guards, for which we would pay. ... My object is to have the approaches to this place watched, so that we may have timely notice in case an attempt is made to descend upon us by the deputies. ...
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
President Taylor is brighter this morning and more natural, though quite weak. I signed the recommends to the Temple and dictated to Bro. Nuttall answers to letters. I feel that our position here, in consequence of the excitement over President Taylor's illness and the talk there is about us, is insecure, and I felt prompted to request our host to secure suitable guards, for which we would pay. ... My object is to have the approaches to this place watched, so that we may have timely notice in case an attempt is made to descend upon us by the deputies. ...
[Source: The Journal of George Q. Cannon, Church Historian's Press, https://churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon]
160 years ago today - Jul 15, 1857
[Wilford Woodruff]
15 I spent this day writing in the office. I sent sister Eliza R Snow A poem the production of my pen directed to herself As a Poetess in Zion.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
15 I spent this day writing in the office. I sent sister Eliza R Snow A poem the production of my pen directed to herself As a Poetess in Zion.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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