On 10/11 in New Mormon History...

[New Mormon History]

Historic events in New Mormon History on 10/11

1862: Brigham Young writes his son Brigham Jr.: "It is now going on two years and a half since I have used a particle of tobacco..."
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1866: during Dr. J. King Robinson's lawsuit against Salt Lake City, a mob of twenty to thirty men destroy his "bowling-saloon" in the city. Police chief Andrew Burt and two policemen are identified as members of the mob, and Robinson tells Mayor Daniel H. Wells on 20 Oct. that he will sue the city for damages. He is ejected from the mayor's office.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1882: The First Presidency and apostles vote privately that John T. Caine be a candidate for Utah's delegate to Congress. Three hours later the Council of Fifty convenes, discusses who should be the delegate, and also nominates Caine. This is the clearest example of the hierarhcy directing the meetings of the Fifty to arrive at pre-determined decisions.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1886: John W. Woolley marries his first plural wife just before President Taylor leaves his home. She is mother of the future Seventy's president B. H. Roberts.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn

1972: A First Presidency letter authorizes young men to be ordained to the office of elder at age eighteen, no longer limiting the elder's office to the age for missionaries.
Source: See The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn



To see the whole database in chronological order, Click here. Note that I'm not done entering all the information. While most of these facts come from Quinn's book, I'm seeking the primary sources for each, but this will take a long time.