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1842.	May 6. Governor L. W. Boggs of Missouri shot at by Orrin Porter Rockwell (now at Salt Lake City), with the connivance and under the instructions of Joseph Smith.
1843.	J. Smith, mayor of Nauvoo, vice J. C. Bennet cut off for imitating Smith in his spiritual-wife doctrine. July 12. Smith pretends to have a second revelation. on polygamy, in order to conciliate his first wife, who was angry with his "ladies."
1844.	February 7. J. Smith, as candidate for the Presidency of U. S., issues his address. May 6. Smith and party destroy the material of "The Expositor:" suit issued against him in consequence. June 24. The arms are demanded from the citizens of Nauvoo by the Governor of Illinois. June 27. Joseph Smith, Jr., and his brother Hiram are shot in jail at Carthage, Illinois, by a gang of Missourians. August 15. The Twelve Apostles, with Brigham. Young at their head, assume the presidency of the Church; and address, as such, an epistle to the "Saints in all the world." October 7. Brigham Young's authority is fully recognized by the majority of the Mormon people. Rigdon and all the contumacious members cut off, cursed, "and delivered to the devil to be buffeted in the flesh for a thousand years!" by Brigham.
1845.	January. Nauvoo charter is repealed by the State Legislature