[Oliver] pretends to have a divine mission and to have seen and conversed with Angels, and assisted in translating the plates. He proclaims destruction upon world within a few years,--holds forth that the ordinances of the gospel, have not been regularly administered since the days of the Apostliles, till the said Smith and himself commenced the work-- ... In the neighboring township of Kirtland, we understand that twenty or thirty have been immersed into the new order of things; ... We understand that he [Oliver Cowdery] is bound for the regions beyond the Mississippi, where he contemplates founding a "City of Refuge" for his followers, and converting the Indians, under his prophetic authority.
-- (1)
-- 180 years ago - Nov 16, 1830
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Salt Lake City
I was at the office with the members of the First Presidency, F. M. Lyman, Reed Smoot, C. W. Penrose and David O. McKay. We talked over the Polygamy situation.
[Went to San Antonio, Texas, for the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress meetings, November 17-24.] (2)
-- 100 years ago - Wednesday, Nov 16, 1910
[Apostle Marriner W. Merrill] Sunday. I went to Coveville, attended meeting at 1 p. m. Took my son Hazen with me. He spoke 40 minutes and I spoke 36. (3)
-- 120 years ago - Nov 16, 1890
1 - Kenny, Scott, Saints Without Halos, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - 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
3 - Notes from the Miscellaneous Record Book, 1886-1906: Selected diary notes from the journal books of Marriner Wood Merrill
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