Brigham Young's office journal records: "L[orenzo] Snow called in and enquired in the course of conversation if he thought the emigration would meet with any hindrances from the US. The President said he did not, and expected the U[nited] States would burst up in five years. Conversation changed to the subject of polygamy and the Pres[ident] remarked the very women that object to a plurality wives would not object to a plurality of husbands. Pres[ident] Buchanan has five mistresses . . . and they have illegitimate children by them." (1)
-- 150 years ago - Apr 16, 1860
During a two day conference, Church members and their Leaders in the British Isles vote to publish the Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star. This was published monthly all the way up to 1970 - 130 Years! (2)
-- 170 years ago - Apr 16, 1840
[Mark Hofmann] Letter of David and Peter Whitmer to Bethell Todd (dated 12 August 1828) sold to LDS church for $1,500 by Hofmann. (3)
-- 25 years ago - Apr 16, 1985
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, United Kingdom, "On This Day," https://www.lds.org.uk/show_oda.php
3 - Whittaker, David J., The Hofmann Maze, A Book Review Essay with a Chronology and Bibliography of the Hofmann Case, BYU Studies Vol. 29, No. 1, pg.80,
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