Today in Mormon History - Aug 02

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-- 180 years ago today - Aug 2, 1842 --

Illinois governor Thomas Carlin, signs an order for Joseph Smith's arrest and delivery to Missouri officials to answer charges in the case of the attempted assassination of Missouri Governor Boggs.
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-- 175 years ago today - Aug 2, 1847 (Monday) --

The survey of a city was commenced in G.S.L. Valley. (1)
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-- 175 years ago today - Aug 2, 1847 --
[Wilford Woodruff]
On forming our temple block of 40 acres it was so large we held a council to see if it was not wisdom to reduce it one half the size. Several expressed their opinion upon the subject. G. A. Smith believed if we done it we should be sorry afterwards. Would rather enlarge than diminish it. Br Kimball th[ought if?] we let it be as it was & set it out to shrubery we should not be sorry. Br A said G A Smith had spoke his mind & all our minds seemed to run in about the same channel. The President Said we Could eisier diminish than enlarge it afterward & finally decided to let it remain as it was.

We also walked upon a peace of table land above east of the camp & took a view of the city ground which presented a grand Prospect to our view. In the evening I went to the warm sulpher springs & bathed with Dr Richards G. A. Smith & others. (2)
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-- 165 years ago today - Aug 2, 1857 --

Brigham Young publicly discusses the possible secession of the Mormon theocracy from the United States and the establishment of an independent kingdom. Heber C. Kimball issues a curse upon President Buchanan and predicts his untimely death (JD 5:129). (3)
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[Wilford Woodruff]
I attended the prayer Circle. Many remarks were made upon the subject of sending the US troops to this Territory. President Young said that our enemies will perish in their own Corruptions. ...

The US are fools to Come upon this people ... If the United States send out troops to fight us this season we shall whip them out. Then they will send out reinforcements. Then we shall have the Lamanites with us & the more the United states send out the wors off they will be for they will perish with Famine. (2)
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-- 130 years ago today - Aug 2, 1892 --

First polygamous marriage performed in the LDS Canadian settlement by its president Charles O. Card, who performs this marriage by instruction of the First Presidency. To the end of 1905 only fifteen more post-Manifesto plural marriages occur in Canada (by Card and his successor as polygamy officiator), compared with hundreds performed in Mexico and the United States. (4)
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-- 55 years ago today - Aug 2, 1967 --

C. Wade Bell wins the gold medal (800 meter run) at the Pan American Games, also Michael M. Young (gold, wrestling) and Keith Russell (silver, diving). Other LDS medalists are H. Blaine Lindgren (gold, track, 1963), Henry Marsh (2 gold, steeplechase, 1979), Danny Vranes (gold, basketball, 1979), Demetrio Cabanillas of Mexico (bronze, steeplechase, 1979), Mark Fuller (silver, Greco-Roman wrestling, 1983), Greg Robbins (silver, wrestling, 1987), Denise Parker (gold, archery, 1987, 1991, 1995), Janet Blomstedt (gold, heptathalon, 1995). (4)
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1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - Wikipedia, Utah War, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Timeline_of_events
4 - The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]