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On this date his family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Bates sailed as cabin boy on the "Fanny" to London from New York City.
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Joseph Bates got married to Prudence Nye on this date.
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On this date Joseph Bates retired from his career of sea captain.
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The famous event of stars falling from the sky took place on this date.
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Joseph Bates now put all his effort into preaching full time. The Second Coming conference also took place at this time.
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Around this time many believers faced hardship after the failed predictions of Christ's second coming.
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After reading a tract from T. M. Preble, Bates was convinced that the seventh-day Sabbath was God's holy day.
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Bates moved to Battle Creek, Michigan around this time.
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Joseph Bates wrote many books about the Sabbath and eventually a group of believers formed the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
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Ellen White had her health reform vision around this time. Some people say that she copied another author, but she stated she didn't. And perhaps God providentially made her book in harmony with this other scientific physician on purpose to show that she was a prophet of God from her health knowledge.
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On this date the first Seventh-Day Adventist Campmeeting took place in Wright, Michigan.
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On this date, Joseph Bate's wife, Prudence, died.
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Joseph Bates died on March 19, 1872 at the age of 79.