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Co., Mo., and, after a narrow escape from being shot by the militia, were handed to the civil authorities, placed in close confinement in Liberty jail, and released. December. The Saints withdrew into Illinois.

1839. Feb. 14 and March 26. Mr. Brigham Young and others fled from Far West to Illinois, and attempted to relay the foundations of the Temple at the New Jerusalem, twelve miles west of Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri. April 6. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., and his fellow-prisoners were removed for trial from Richmond to Gallatin, Davies Co. April 9. The trial of the prisoners commenced before Judge King. April 15. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., and his companions left Davies for Boone Co., and on the way escaped from their jailor-guards. April 18-22. The Saints evacuated Far West, and arrived with Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., at Quincy, Illinois. April 26. Mr. Brigham Young privily laid the foundation of a Temple at Independence (M. Remy). A Conference was held at the Temple Lot, in Far West, in fulfillment of a revelation given July 8th, 1838. (Appendix to "Compendium of Faith and Doctrines," etc.) May 9. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., visited Commerce, Hancock Co., Illinois, at the invitation of Dr. Isaac Galland, of whom he obtained, gratis, a large tract of land to induce the Mormons to immigrate, and upon the receipt of revelation called his people around him, and sold them the town lots (J.H.). June 11. The first house was built by the Saints at Commerce, a new "State of Zion," afterward called Nauvoo—the beautiful site—which presently contained 15,000 souls. June 27. Orson Hyde, the Apostle, returned to the Church. July 4. P.P. Pratt and Morris Phelps escaped from the jail in Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Aug. 29. Elders P.P. Pratt and O. Pratt set out on their first mission to England, followed on Sept. 18 by Elders Brigham Young and H. C. Kimball, and on Sept. 20, 21, by Elders G.A. Smith, R. Hedlock, and T. Turley: O. Hyde, though previously appointed by revelation, did not accompany them (J.H.). The result was a body of 769 converts. Oct. 29. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., S. Rigdon, E. Higbee, and O.P. Rockwell, the chief of the Danites, set out from Nauvoo as delegates from the Church to the general government, and arrived on. the 28th of November at Washington, D.C., seeking to obtain redress from Congress for their losses in Missouri.

1840. March 4. Mr. Joseph Smith, jun., returned from Washington to Nauvoo. March 9. Elders Young, Kimball, P.P. Pratt, O. Pratt, Smith, and Hedlock sailed from New York for England. April 6. The English mission from New York landed at Liverpool. April 15. Elder O. Hyde set out from Nauvoo on a mission to Jerusalem. April 21. Commerce was finally named Nauvoo. May 27. The first number of the "Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star" was published at Manchester. June 6. The first company of emigrating Saints sailed from Liverpool, and reached New York in July 20. About the 1st of June appeared the first English edition of the "Latter-Day Saints' Hymn Book." Aug. 7. The first regular company of 200 emigrants, conducted by Elders Theodore Turley, a returning missionary, and William Clayton, an early English convert, sailed from Liverpool to New York. Sept. 14. Mr. Joseph Smith, sen., died at Nauvoo. Oct. 3. The Mormons began to build their Temple, and petitioned the Legislature of Illinois for the incorporation of Nauvoo. Dec. 16. The municipal charter of the city of Nauvoo became law.

1841. January. The first English edition of the "Book of Mormon" was published. Feb. 4. The Nauvoo Corporation Act, passed in the preceding winter, began to be in force. The Nauvoo Legion was organized by Mr. Joseph Smith, who made himself its lieutenant general. April 6. The corner-stone of the House of the Lord in Nauvoo was laid. A second mission, composed of Elders B. Young, H.C. Kimball, O. Pratt,