Joseph Smith performs the illegal marriage of Newel Whitney and Lydia Goldthwaite who was still legally married to another man. He states, "I have done it by the authority of the holy Priesthood and the Gentile law has no power to call me to an account for it." This is his most clear statement to date of theocratic ethics. (1)
-- 175 years ago - Nov 24, 1835
William Bowker Preston, later the fourth Presiding Bishop of the Church, is born in Halifax, Virginia. (2)
-- 180 years ago - Nov 24, 1830
[Apostle John Henry Smith] San Antonio
Three meetings were held to day. At the first it was decided to ask Congress to hold the Panama Exposition in the Trans Mississippi section. New Orleans and San Francisco both want.
I ate my Thanksgiving with a Mr. Sweeton of Kansas City, Mo. at the Saint Anthony Hotel.
[Went to mission conference in Kelsey, Texas, and to Independence, Missouri.] (3)
-- 100 years ago - Thursday, Nov 24, 1910
1 - McQue, Bob; Religious Faith: Enlightening or Blinding?: Timeline of Key Events in Mormon History
2 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
3 - 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
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