March 15, 1839
From Liberty Jail, Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Presendia Huntington Buell, who had tried to visit the prisoners but was refused entrance.
Writings
March 21, 1839
Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma, living in Quincy, Illinois.
March 22, 1839
Joseph Smith sent a letter to landowner Isaac Galland informing him of the Church's desire to purchase land in the Commerce, Illinois, vicinity, thus saving the Church from fragmentation.
April 4, 1839
Joseph Smith wrote a letter from Liberty Jail to his wife. "My dear Emma," he wrote, "I think of you and the children continually, if I could tell you my tale, I think you would say it was altogether enough for once, to grattify the malice of hell that I have suffered."
June 11, 1839
Joseph Smith began dictating his personal history to James Mulholland.
October 27, 1839
The high council voted that Joseph Smith's wife, Emma, select and publish an updated hymnbook for the Saints.
November 1839
While Joseph Smith traveled, the first issue of the Church newspaper Times and Seasons was published; it included one of Joseph's journal entries.
November 9, 1839
Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma, telling her of Sidney Rigdon's illness.
December 5, 1839
Joseph Smith sent a letter to his brother Hyrum in Nauvoo, Illinois, reporting his visit with U.S. President Martin Van Buren.
January 20, 1840
Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife, Emma, expressing his anxiety to see his family again and his hope of their petition going before Congress in a few days.
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