Today in Mormon History - Apr 17

Today in Mormon History ...

[Anointed Quorum] Thursday evening, prayer circle of Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards, John Taylor, George A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman, Orson Pratt, Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, John Smith, Joseph Young, and William Clayton at Willard Richards's office at 8 p.m. (WC-S). (1)
-- 165 years ago - Apr 17, 1845

"This day the Twelve blessed and drank a bottle of wine at Penworthan, made by Mother Moon forty years before." (2)
-- 170 years ago - Apr 17, 1840

[Mark Hofmann] Hofmann shows Jeff Simmonds the 1688 Bible and they separate the stuck pages, discovering the "Anthon Transcript." (3)
-- 30 years ago - Apr 17, 1980


1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
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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