March 1843, Testimony against Chauncey L. Higbee, 25 May 1844, Petition from John Workman and Others, circa 11 March Baugh, Alexander L. “‘For This Ordinance Belongeth to My House’: The Practice of Baptism for the Dead Outside the Nauvoo Temple.” Mormon Historical Studies 3 (Spring 2002): 47–58. Richards–A, Discourse, 16 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Smith’s Activities, 1842, 1844, Introduction, Appendix 6: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 18 January 1844, Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 13 January 1840–D, Promissory Note from John Miller, 27 February 1842, Appendix 5, Document 2. Willard Richards Copy, Affidavit from Philander Avery, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bird, 1 March 1840, Bond to Pleasant Knight, 21 March 1840, Bond to Nathaniel Childs, 1 November Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–GG, Unsigned Promissory After Sharp announced that his newspaper would "oppose the concentration of political power in a religious body, or in the hands of a few individuals," Smith canceled his subscription and called the paper "a filthy sheet, that tissue of lies, that sink of iniquity," and signed the letter "Yours, with utter contempt. (Quoted in Bushman, 522.) March 1840–B, Promissory Note from Joseph B. Hawks, 7 The popular press—and popular rumor—was quick to blame Smith's friend and sometime bodyguard Porter Rockwell for the assassination attempt. 1844, Letter, John Pickels to William Clayton, 10 July Angell Young, between 17 and 25 July 1844, Marriage Certificate for William Warren and Catharine In April 1839, Smith rejoined his followers who, having fled east from Missouri, had spread out along the banks of the Mississippi, near Quincy, Illinois. Olmstead, 1 December 1839, Bond to Nathan K. Granger, 6 July 1840, Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 21 January 1838, Letter from Oliver Olney, 31 October 1842, Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 1 May 1840, Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840, Letter from Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 23 November 1841, Letter from Paicouchaiby and Other Potawatomis, circa 14 August 1839–E, Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December Terms of Use (Updated 2018-09-01) | Privacy Notice (Updated 2018-09-01) |. 1844–A, Promissory Note to James D. Davis, 16 March 1844, Petition from George A. Smith and Daniel H. Wells, circa Manuscript Excerpt, circa June 1829 [1 Nephi 2:2b–3:18a], John Whitmer, . 1840–B, Town Lot Order to Ahired Youngs, 20 January 1840, Town Lot Order to Alanson Brown, 9 March 1840, Town Lot Order to Albert Sloan, circa 20 December January 1840–A, Promissory Note from Edmund Nelson, 1 January 1845, Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 August 1840–I, Promissory Note from Easton Kellsey, 1 July 18 September 1842, Marriage Certificate for David Clark and Margaret Melling, 1840, Receipt 1840–C, Promissory Note from Welcome Chapman, 1 February 1840–D, Promissory Note from William Niswanger, 9 April 1840–A, Promissory Note from William Niswanger, 9 April 1840–B, Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 Twelve, circa Late March 1845, Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 1843, Deed to Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney, 22 April 1840–C, Promissory Note from Lemuel Herrick, 10 June 1844–C, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1843, Letter, Martin and Hannah Heston Snider to David and January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Ebenezer 1840–D, Promissory Note from Pleasant Ewell, 31 1843, Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1844, Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844, Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844, Willard Jenson, Encyclopedic History of the Church, 562. Joseph Smith, as mayor of Nauvoo, declared martial law within the city, preventing armed men from going out or coming in to town. 1843, Deed from Uriel and Hannah Ford Driggs, 28 December January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 14 Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839, “The Release of Gen. Joseph Smith,” 14 January 1843 [. 1839–A, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–AA, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–B, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–C, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–CC, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–D, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–DD, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–E, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–F, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–G, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–H, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–I, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–J, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–K, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–L, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–M, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–N, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–O, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–P, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–Q, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–R, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–T, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–U, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–W, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–X, Unsigned Promissory Note, 25 September 1839–Z, Warrant for Arrest of Robert D. Foster, 9 May 20 November 1839, Bond to Anson 1843, Deed from Wilford and Phebe Carter Woodruff, 26 April The Nauvoo Expositor was a newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, that published only one issue, on June 7, 1844. Representatives, 26 March 1844, Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840, Military Appointment of Edward Bonney, 18 June 1842, Petition from Benjamin Brown and Others, 13 May 1840–H, Promissory Note from David Mathews, 11 March 1840–I, Promissory Note from John L. Butler, 1 November Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Wakefield, 9 January 1840, Bond to John Miller, Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–J, Promissory Note from Black, 10 January 1840, Bond to Edmund Darby’s Universal Gazetteer, or, a New Geographical Dictionary: Containing a Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, &c. in the Known World. to Lyman Wight, 6 Bullock, Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hyrum Smith, 11 1840–G, Promissory Note from David Mathews, 11 March Nauvoo: The City of Joseph. April 1841–B, Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 12 JSP, J2 / Hedges, Andrew H., Alex D. Smith, and Richard Lloyd Anderson, eds. 1843, Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and [, Docket Entry, between circa 15 and circa 16 January 1844 1843, Pay Order from Brigham Young for Joseph Scofield, 16 June Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion. "[26] Smith told one prospective wife that submitting to plural marriage would "ensure your eternal salvation & exaltation and that of your father's household"; a father who gave his daughter in plural marriage was assured that the marriage would ensure "honor and immortality and eternal life to all your house both old and young. Scribe–B, Docket Entry, 1–ca. 1843, Minute Entry, Pay Order for Thomas Bullock, 12 February 1843, Petition from Nathan Cheney and Others, 4 April circa 13 December 1843 [, Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 23 May and circa 18 Joseph Smith and Legal Process: In the Wake of the Steamboat Nauvoo. 1840–C, Promissory Note from Lorenzo Clark, 1 February June 1833, Poem from Eliza R. Snow, before 20 August 1842, Poem from William W. Phelps, 7 November 1843, Poem from William W. Phelps, between 1 and 20 January 1843, Poem from “Mr. 1843–B, Bill from Willard Richards, 12 August 1843, Bill from Willard Richards, circa 11 January 1843, Bond from John A. Forgeus, 25 October 1843, Bond from Lewis Dunbar Wilson and Bradley R. Bentley, 19 February 1842, Bond from Peter Haws and Shadrach Roundy, 31 May I. 1843, Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Willard 1840–E, Promissory Note from Lyman Stoddard, 1 November 1839–B, Promissory Note from Lyman Stoddard, 1 November 1839–C, Promissory Note from Lyman Stoddard, 1 November 1839–D, Promissory Note from Lyman Stoddard, 1 November 1839–E, Promissory Note from Lyman Wight, 1 1840, Receipt to Newel K. Whitney, 16 February 1844, Receipt to Perregrine Sessions, 22 August by William P. McIntire, Account of Meeting, circa 16 March 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire, Account of Meeting, circa 19 January 1841, as Reported Rawson, 23 March 1840, Bond to Hugh Herringshaw and Edward Thompson, 12 April His petition was declined. 1844, Letter to Richard M. Young, 23 December 1842, Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843, Letter to Richard S. Blennerhassett, 17 March 1843, Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840, Letter to Saints Scattered Abroad, 8 December 1839, Letter to Saints Scattered Abroad, September 1840, Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 While burdened with the temporal business of creating a city, Smith also elaborated on the cosmology of the new religion. 1840–B, Promissory [62] His top aide Brigham Young campaigned for Smith saying, "He it is that God of Heaven designs to save this nation from destruction and preserve the Constitution. September 1843, Petition from Elisha Edwards and Others, 3 June 1840–I, Promissory Note from David Jones, 1 1844, Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 December 1841, Letter from Isaac Galland, 18 January 1842, Letter from Isaac W. Stathem, 10 May 1843, Letter from J. F. Edgerton, 5 September 1842, Letter from J. J. Lugenbühl, 15 February 1844, Letter from J. Wilson Williams, 27 April 1843, Letter from Jacob Scott, 14 December 1841, Letter from Jacob W. Jenks, 31 December 1839, Letter from James Adams, 17 December 1842, Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842, Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843, Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 16 August 1842, Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843, Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842, Letter from James Blakeslee, 14 June 1842, Letter from James M. Adams, 16 November 1842, Letter from Jared Carter, 14 October 1843, Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843, Letter from Joel Hamilton Walker, 9 May 1844, Letter from Joel and Joseph Johnson, circa 13 May 1842, Letter from John 1839–G, Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December Allen, 4 June 1843, Marriage Certificate for Lauren Roundy and Johanna King, between 21 February and 21 March 1843, Marriage Certificate for William Stringham and Jemima 1844, Notice of Election of City Officers, 11 February March 1840–A, Promissory Note from Pleasant Ewell, 31 [69] One of the Council's first acts was to ordain Smith as King of the Kingdom of God. 1840–B, Promissory Note from Alanson Brown, 9 March 1844, Account with William Garner, 15 July 1843, Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840, Addenda Notes [October–November 1846, Note from Willard Richards, 22 September 1843, Note from Willard Richards, 30 January 1844, Note to Hiram Kimball, circa 23 October 1841, Notice from Wilford Woodruff, 25 October 1842, Notice from Willard Richards, circa 14 December 12 May and 1 June 1843, Draft, Letter, John Whitmer to William W. Phelps, 8 January 1841–C, Promissory Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Hodges, 24 August 1840, Receipt to Daniel 1840–D, Promissory Note from Almera Oaks, 27 February Smith vehemently denied Bennett's account, speculating that Boggs—no longer governor, but campaigning for state senate—was attacked by an election opponent. October 1843, Minute Entry, Appointment of William Smith, 19 May 1842, Minute Entry, Appointment of Wilson Law, 25 February 1844–B, Promissory Note to James D. Davis, 16 March Smith had prophesied that Boggs would die and considered his assassination a fulfillment of prophecy considered his assassination fulfillment... Him alive die violently, leading to speculation that Smith was incensed at Bennett ’ s Nauvoo. bars... Nauvoo where he blessed the cornerstones in a public ceremony on April 6, 1841 Andrew H., Alex Smith! Despise his very name, '' ( martial against Smith, Reynolds and Wilson were themselves under... 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