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For more events in Church History,
1841 - Joseph Smith performed the wedding of Philo Dibble and Hannah Ann Dubois Smith at his home, and his wife, Emma Smith, prepared a wedding supper for a large party of friends assembled. (Early Scenes in Church History, p. 92). Also, Daniel Browett was set apart by Elders Brigham Young, Willard Richards, and John Taylor, to lead a company of Saints from England, onboard the ship Echo, to Nauvoo, via New Orleans. (History of the Church, 4:297)
1843 - The Prophet Joseph attended the city council meeting as the newly elected mayor of the City of Nauvoo. He encouraged the new city council on "relieving the city from all unnecessary expenses and burdens, and not attempt to improve the city, but enact such ordinances as would promote peace and good order; and the people would improve the city; capitalists would come in from all quarters and build mills, factories, and machinery of all kinds; new buildings would arise on every hand, and Nauvoo would become a great city" (History of the Church, 5:270). The Prophet also recorded that his mother, Lucy Mack Smith, moved into his home on this date.
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