170 years ago today - 1842 2 Oct.

Missouri's governor Thomas Reynolds offers a $300 bounty for returning Joseph Smith to Missouri. Illinois's governor adds a $200 bounty.

[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]

No comments:

Post a Comment