March 1, 1807 (Sunday) – Wilford Woodruff was born in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn. March 1829 – The revelation known as Section 5 of the Doctrine and Covenants was given at Harmony. March 4, 1840 (Wednesday) – Joseph Smith, jun., arrived in Commerce, Ill., from Washington, D. C., after a fruitless endeavor to obtain redress for the wrongs suffered by the Saints in Missouri. He had presented to Congress claims against Missouri from 491 individuals for about $1,381,000. President Martin Van Buren, in answer to Joseph’s appeal, said, “Your cause is just, but I can do nothing for you.” The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the Saints, reported adversely to the prayer of the petitioners. March 7, 1831 (Monday) – An important revelation concerning the salvation of man and the calamities of the last days was given through Joseph Smith, jun., at Kirtland. The Saints were also commanded to gather means wherewith to purchase a land of inheritance on which to build a New Jerusalem. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 45.) March 1843 – A “Young Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Relief Society” was organized at Nauvoo, with Wm. Cutler as president. Taken from Andrew Jenson’s: Church...
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