Today in Mormon History - Jul 19

Today in Mormon History ...

Benson, Ezra Taft: Baptized 19 July 1840 in Quincy, Illinois. (1)
-- 170 years ago - Jul 19, 1840

The remainder of this month, I was continually engaged in translating an alphabet to the Book of Abraham. and arrangeing a grammar of the Egyptian language as practiced by the ancients. (2)
-- 175 years ago - Jul 19, 1835

Apostle Heber J. Grant reports after a trip to Arizona that he "Found the South American Expedition from the Brigham Young Academy, Ben J. Cluff in charge, at Thatcher. Said that in the expedition were some young men of inexperience, who were not fitted for exploration into South America, and he felt that, unless the matter were investigated and some changes made and men of experience appointed to join the party, the expedition would end disastrously." Cluff, President of Brigham Young Academy (later BYU) left the main body of the "Expedition" at Thatcher, Arizona while he took a plural wife in Mexico. The Expedition's stated purpose was to gather evidence of the Book of Mormon in South America. (3)
-- 110 years ago - Jul 19, 1900


1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Kenny, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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