Chronology

A Chronology of events in the history of the LDS Church in New York City

Beginning Date	Ending Date	Event
		Pratt examines Newark Tablet containing letters in the Hebrew language
		Elijah Fordham of New York carves oxen & ornamental mouldings for Nauvoo Temple Baptismal Font
		Mahonri M. Young attends art school in NYC
		Minerva K. Teichert attends art school in NYC
		Bonneville owns a radio station in New York City
		Church has a Visitor's Center in New York City
		Metropolitan Museum of Art had Joseph Smith papyri for many decades
		Kane, Benson & Little visit New York seeking donations to help exodus from Nauvoo
2/1/1828	2/28/1828	Martin Harris takes characters from plates to Charles Anthon
1/1/1830	1/1/1830	Martin Harris returns to present the Book of Mormon to Charles Anton, who refuses it.
1/1/1832	12/31/1832	Campbell's Delusions published in NYC
1/1/1832	12/31/1832	Joseph Smith & Bishop Whitney visit New York to purchase goods for store
9/22/1832	9/23/1832	Revelation that Bishop Whitney should go to New York City to preach gospel
1/1/1833	8/31/1833	Chandler recieves and examines 11 mummies from Egypt & discovers Bof Abraham papyrus
2/17/1834		Letter from Anthon to Howe regarding Martin Harris visit to Anthon in NYC
1/1/1835	12/31/1839	David Rogers publishes Hymnal for the Church
7/1/1836	7/31/1836	Joseph Smith visits New York City
1/1/1837	12/31/1837	PP Pratt presides over Eastern States Mission
7/15/1837	7/31/1837	Parley P. Pratt arrives in New York City to preside over Church
8/1/1837	12/31/1837	Meetings held in upper room on Goerck Street
9/1/1837	9/30/1837	PPPratt publishes "A Voice of Warning"
1/1/1838	12/31/1838	Two early anti-mormon books are published.
1/1/1839	12/31/1839	George A. Smith holds public meetings to get passage to England
5/6/1839	5/6/1839	John P. Greene called to preside over saints in NYC & region.
8/8/1839	8/8/1839	Wilford Woodruff leaves home for New York City en route to England
11/8/1839	11/8/1839	Wilford Woodruff arrives in New York City, preparing to go to England
11/8/1839	12/19/1839	Wilford Woodruff in New York City preparing to go to England
12/1/1839	12/31/1839	Brigham Young & George A. Smith get to New York City
12/19/1839	12/19/1839	Wilford Woodruff leaves New York for Liverpool England
2/1/1840	2/28/1840	Brigham Young and George A. Smith preach in New York City.
7/20/1840	7/20/1840	First group of LDS Emigrants arrive from England on the Brittannia
10/17/1840	10/17/1840	New York City members represented at a Conference in Philadelphia.
11/1/1840	11/30/1840	Orson Hyde presides over a conference in New York City.
4/3/1841		Letter from Anthon to Coit regarding visit of Martin Harris to Anthon in NYC
4/6/1841	4/6/1841	Mission Conference in Pennsylvania, NYC represented
5/20/1841	5/20/1841	Wilford Woodruff Returns to New York from England with some of the Twelve
8/1/1843	8/31/1843	Quorum of the Twelve hold their quorum meeting in New York City
1/1/1844	12/31/1844	Brannan publishes in The Prophet a seven-line transcript of BOM characters
1/1/1844	12/31/1845	William Smith publishes The Prophet, a newspaper
8/25/1844	8/25/1844	PPPratt publishes "A Dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil" in the New York Herald.
8/28/1844	8/28/1844	Wilford Woodruff leaves Nauvoo for Europe via New York City
12/8/1844	12/8/1844	Wilford Woodruff leaves New York for Liverpool to preside over European Mission
1/1/1845	12/31/1845	PPPratt publishes a newspaper, The New York Messenger
1/1/1845	12/31/1845	Parley P. Pratt writes to the Twelve in Nauvoo discouraged because only 50 attending meetings in New York City.
1/1/1845	12/31/1865	Pratt publishes first 'Mormon' Almanacs
4/6/1845	4/6/1845	Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (April 6, 1845)
2/4/1846	2/4/1846	Brooklyn sails from New York for California
3/6/1846	3/6/1846	Wilford Woodruff arrives in New York from Liverpool, returning from European Mission
9/5/1846	9/5/1846	Lines John Taylor wrote in the album of Abby Jane Hart
6/21/1848	6/21/1848	Wilford Woodruff leaves Winter Quarters for mission to gather the eastern Saints
4/9/1850	4/9/1850	Wilford Woodruff leaves New York with company of Eastern Saints for west
1/1/1851	12/31/1851	Bernhisel selecting the Utah Library in New York City.
1/1/1854	12/31/1857	John Taylor presides over Eastern States Mission
2/17/1855	5/30/1857	John Taylor publishes The Mormon, a weekly newspaper
6/27/1855		John Taylor appointed to New York City to publish a newspaper there
12/10/1856	12/10/1856	John Taylor is publishing The Mormon in New York City
12/31/1857	12/31/1857	John Taylor and all Missionaries recalled because of Johnston's Army
1/1/1860
1/1/1868	12/31/1869	Pratt publishes 1st, 2nd & 3rd school readers in Deseret Alphabet
1/1/1869	12/31/1869	Orson Pratt Publishes edition of Book of Mormon in Deseret Alphabet
1/1/1873	12/31/1873	Orson Hyde writes letter to Editor of New York Sun
1/1/1877	9/30/1877	JFSmith & Orson Pratt return home from England via New York following death of BYoung
1/1/1880	12/31/1889	Richard W. Young attends law school at Columbia
1/1/1883	12/31/1883	On 1st trip to New York, Heber J. Grant meets a Mr. Pulsipher
7/23/1885	7/31/1885	Heber J. Grant sees Richard W. Young at head of parade for funeral of ex-Pres. U. S. Grant
1/1/1889	1/31/1893	New York City part of Northern States Mission
1/1/1890	1/1/1890	New York Conference was organized by 1890
1/1/1890	12/31/1899	Orestes U. Bean's play Corianton is performed in New York City
1/1/1891	12/31/1891	HJG attempts to obtain financing for Sugar Beet Industry
1/1/1893	1/31/1893	Job Pingree set apart to reopen work in New York City
1/1/1893	12/31/1893	HJGrant comes to NYCity to broker loans for the Church during panic of 1893
1/1/1894	12/31/1894	Regular meetings were being held at 50 Concord Street, Brooklyn
1/1/1897	12/31/1897	Pensylvania, Maryland & southern West Virginia transfered from Northern States Mission
5/6/1900	5/6/1900	Relief Society organized in Brooklyn.
12/31/1900	12/31/1900	Conferences in Eastern States Mission included New York City and Brooklyn
1/1/02	4/30/05	New York Herald story about reliable information about Mormons
4/1/02	4/1/02	John Henry Smith visits New York
9/17/02	9/17/02	Ben E. Rich refers to some crime in NYC that reflected badly on the Church
5/20/03		Mayor Low of New York withdraws permits to preach in the streets
4/1/04	4/1/04	McQuarrie speaks in conference
1/1/05	12/31/05	Brooklyn Branch organized with a Missionary as Branch President.
4/1/05	4/1/05	John G. McQuarrie speaks in conference
1/1/06	12/31/06	Translation of BOM into Turkish under direction of Elder F. F. Hintze
1/1/07	10/31/07	McQuarrie speaks of a company in NYC that wants to develop Nauvoo area
10/1/08	10/31/08	McQuarrie speaks in conference - reference to 1902 incident
11/1/08	11/30/08	MIA organized in Brooklyn
1/1/09	12/31/09	Jointly with the Northern States Mission, Eastern States Mission President Ben E. Rich publishes tract of "O My Father," called the "Loveliest Missionary Tract Ever Published."
1/1/09	12/31/32	James S. Knecht serves as Branch President of the Brooklyn Branch.
10/4/09		Americana magazine publishes Comprehensive History of the Church in serial
01/1/10	10/31/13	Davidian family in New York City
10/1/11	10/31/11	John W. Young telegram read at conference
1/1/12	12/31/12	Conference of Eastern States Mission Conference Presidents attended by Heber J. Grant
10/1/12	10/1/12	Rich praises two Eastern States Mission Elders in conference
1/1/14	12/31/14	Sunday School organized in the Brooklyn Branch
10/1/14	10/31/14	Orson F. Whitney speaks of a friend in NYC
1/29/16		First Presidency commends the book "The Case Against Mormonism"
7/5/16	7/5/16	Property purchased for Mission Home and for Chapel in Brooklyn.
1/1/17	12/31/17	Mission Home Built
1/1/18	12/31/18	Brooklyn Chapel Built.
2/1/19	2/28/19	Primary organized in Brooklyn
2/16/19	2/16/19	Brooklyn Chapel dedicated by Reed Smoot
9/1/19	9/1/19	Stephen L. Richards visits NYC in Sept 1919
1/1/21	12/31/21	Fred W. Shibley, representing NY Banks, visits Heber J. Grant regarding Sugar Co.
1/1/21	4/1/22	HJGrant speaks in conference about obtaining financing for Sugar Beet Industry
1/1/22	12/31/27	B. H. Roberts wrote pamphlets directed at Jews.
3/1/22	3/31/22	McCune describes hearing a radio for the first time in the home of a NYC member
2/11/24	2/11/24	John W. Young dies in New York City
11/14/25	11/14/25	1st Missionaries sail for South America
11/12/28	11/15/28	After the S. S. Vestra sinks November 12th, ESM in Brooklyn received surviving missionary passenger, Elder David Henry Huish.
1/1/31	12/31/31	Bay Ridge Brooklyn Branch organized.
1/1/32	11/27/32	New York District Organized
8/24/32	8/24/32	Robert D. Hales born in NYC
11/17/32	11/17/32	New York District MIA performs ÒChurch of the AirÓ on CBS radio network.
12/9/34	12/9/34	New York, New York Stake Organized
12/9/34	12/9/34	Brooklyn Ward Organized.
1/1/46	12/31/46	Centennial of the Sailing of the Brooklyn observed.
1/1/48	12/31/48	Brooklyn Ward becomes Brooklyn Branch
1/1/50	12/31/50	Bay Ridge Branch dissolved and merged with Brooklyn Branch.
1/1/52	12/31/52	New York Stake Welfare Farm purchased.
2/23/57	2/23/57	Spencer W. Kimball speakes in Stake Conference.
11/5/58	11/5/58	Tabernacle Choir performs at Carnegie Hall
1/1/59	12/31/59	New York City Jewish Mission disbanded
1/1/61	12/31/61	Missionaries re-enter Brooklyn.
1/1/62	12/31/62	Brooklyn Chapel and Mission Home on Gates Ave. sold.
4/22/64	10/17/65	"Man's Search for Happiness" premiers at World's Fair
6/1/64	6/30/64	Building at 1218 Glenwood Road purchased.
1/1/65	12/31/65	Brooklyn Spanish Branch formed.
1/1/65	12/31/65	Brooklyn Spanish Branch merged into Spanish American Branch in Manhattan.
1/31/65	1/31/65	Staten Island members moved from Short Hills Ward to Brooklyn Branch
8/20/67	8/20/67	Brooklyn Chapel dedicated by Elder ElRay L. Christiansen
1/1/72	12/31/72	Spanish Group formed in Brooklyn
10/1/72	10/31/72	Brooklyn Branch becomes Brooklyn Ward. Staten Island becomes an independent Branch.
1/1/75	12/31/75	New York Stake Center dedicated by Pres. Kimball
4/30/78	4/30/78	Yorktown, New York Stake formed, leaving New York Stake entirely in New York City.
4/30/78	4/30/78	Brooklyn Spanish Branch Created.
4/1/79	4/30/79	Pres. Kimball tells NYC to teach gospel in Spanish, Chinese, Polish, Greek and Russian.
6/1/79	6/30/79	Chinese and Korean Branches formed.
6/17/84	6/17/84	Brooklyn 2nd Ward created from Brooklyn Spanish Branch
11/17/85	11/17/85	New York, New York East Stake Organized
5/19/91	5/19/91	New York, New York East Stake disbanded