Smith, 24 August 1840–A, Receipt to Hyrum Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. On June 13, 1843, Governor Reynolds dispatch Sheriff Joseph H. Reynolds to apprehend Smith. Note May 1842, Minute Entry, Appointments of George W. Harris and Others, 14 1840–C, Promissory Note from David C. Deming, 20 March [79] Press, type, and newspapers were dragged into the street and burned. William Clayton, Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Howard Egan, 14 January 1843, Claims from Shadrach Roundy and Others, 23 February December 1839–A, Promissory Note from John C. Annis, 1 December 7 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton, Discourse, 1 May 1842, as Reported by Willard Richards, Discourse, 10 April 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff, Discourse, 10 June 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards, Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by Franklin D. [8] These first trickled, then flooded, into Nauvoo, raising Smith's spirits. Richards was unharmed. David Osborn, 6 October Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844, Appendix 5, Document 1. January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Levi Hancock, 8 1840–C, Promissory Note from Hesterann Lyons, 23 March to 22 March 1843, Marriage Certificate for Edmund Ellsworth and Elizabeth 1841, Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1843, Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, April Willard Richards, Account of Meeting, circa 16 February 1841, as Reported 1842, Lease to Willard Richards, 4 January 1842, Letter Sessions, 22 August 1840, Receipt to Elias Nauvoo House, Nauvoo, Illinois. Prichard Oaks, between 20 April and 2 May 1843, Marriage Certificate for Arthur Cady and Mary Gifford, 17 1844, Petition from William Clayton, circa 12 October September 1840, Receipt to B. Law had been one of the few Saints to arrive in Nauvoo with capital; and he and his brother Wilson had purchased a considerable amount of land and constructed flour and lumber mills. In his report Lawrence wrote: The dimensions, tolerances, composition and workmanship are consistent with the facilities of an 1843 blacksmith shop and with the fraud stories of the original participants." Note, 25 September 1839–S, Unsigned Promissory 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 1843, Deed from Alonzo and Clarissa Bostwick LeBaron, 14 June 1840, Receipt to Ransom 1844, Deed from John and Rhoda Lawrence, 25 March 1844, Deed from Joseph and Lorana Camp Thorn, 21 March RELIGION C 225 – BROTHER ESPLIN STUDY GUIDE – FINAL EXAM FAR WEST / LIBERTY JAIL / NAUVOO / MODERN CHURCH HISTORY People: Know generalities and how they relate to this part of the D&C / Church History Lilburn W. Boggs (121, 127) - governor of Missouri; “extermination order” which drove church members from the state Sidney Rigdon (121, 136) - was in Liberty jail for a bit; … November 1842, Marriage Certificate for James Downing and Margaret January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 8 20 November 1839, Bond to Anson Voter-conscious Illinois Democrats and Whigs (including Abraham Lincoln) passed a bipartisan city-state charter for Nauvoo in 1840. [85] Smith pulled the trigger of his pepper-box six times, firing into the hall and hitting three men, but the mob continued to fire at Smith and the other Mormons. 1840–E, Promissory Note from Joseph K. Allen, 10 1844, Wrapper for Letters, circa 15 February 1844, “A Friendly Hint to Missouri,” 8 March 1844, “A History, of the Persecution, of the between 6 and 7 May 1842, Marriage Certificate for John Rushton and Margaret Hall, 25 1844, Draft, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; [65] Then, probably unwisely, Smith also decided to desert both Whigs and Democrats, and announce his own candidacy for President of the United States, sending out the apostles to advertise his campaign. 1839–E, Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December Lewis, 26 August 1840, Receipt to Trueman December 1843 [, Docket Entry, Motion Sustained and Case Dismissed, 23 Journals, 1832–1877. 1842, Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 24 August 1842 [, Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 7 September 1842 1840, Harrison, 1 November 1839, Bond to Jacob Johnson, 1 April April 1841–C, Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 15 Smith, Joseph. Bushman, 468-75. 1840–A, Promissory Note from Benjamin R. Wescott, 1 March 1841, Petition from John C. Annis, 30 April 1841, Petition from John C. Annis, 9 August 1844, Petition from John Cleveland and Others, circa 26 14 December 1844, Revised Statement of Account from William Rollosson, 1839, Bond to Philinda Bushman (2005), 449. 1835–C [Abraham 1:1–2:18], Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May Miller, 19 June 1841, Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1840–B, Promissory Note from David Clough, 20 March Location: 310 Buchanan, Carthage, Illinois 62321 On June 27, 1844, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were shot and killed by a mob storming Carthage Jail. 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Davis McOlney, 8 Bell, Discourse, circa 24 June 1844, as Reported by Unknown 1844, Petition from George W. Hickerson and Others, 30 1844, Letter, Richard Barret to Moses Nickerson and George circa 1 November 1843, Letter to John Windt and Others, 16 May Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2002. Laure Fuller, 27 April 1842, Marriage Certificate for Wilson Law and Elizabeth Sikes, February 1840–B, Promissory Note from John Miller, 27 March 1840–A, Promissory Note from Joseph B. Hawks, 7 1845, Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 August December 1841, Deed from William A. and Dolly Eaton Wightman, 8 1843, Minute Entry, Appointments of Albert P. Rockwood and Others, Do you know of any Joseph Smith documents that we might not have heard about? Draft Notes, March and April Nauvoo Pageant - A Tribute to Joseph Smith. Hampton, 10 September 1839, Bond to John Joseph Smith was a member of the library and contributed a substantial number of important books on such subjects as philosophy, religion and archaeology to the Nauvoo Library and Literary Institute (Godfrey 386-89; Givens 256-57). Joseph Smith, as mayor of Nauvoo, declared martial law within the city, preventing armed men from going out or coming in to town. 1839–C, Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December Brodie, 368. Twelve, circa Late March 1845, Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 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 August 1840, Receipt to Curtis 1840–A, Promissory Note from David Clough, 20 March 1843–B, Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February Richards, Discourse, December 1840, as Reported by William Clayton, Discourse, between 6 and 9 April 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire, Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha 187–188. Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–J, Promissory Note from In Nauvoo, Joseph Smith and his followers believed that America’s democratic system had failed, and they were eager to try something new; outside of Nauvoo, observers feared the saints were the most direct threat to democratic order since its creation. July 1841, Promissory Note, Don Carlos Smith to Hyrum Hoyt, 10 1841–C, Promissory Richards, Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Martha Jane January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham Palmer, 14 2nd ed. Smith Family Homestead: When early church members first gathered in Nauvoo, this cabin on the river became Joseph and Emma's first home. Smith may not have sensed the fraud; however he never pursued their translation. 1843, Pay Order to Edward Hunter for Mr. More, 11 January Richards, Discourse, 29 January 1843, as Reported by Franklin D. Richards, Discourse, 29 January 1843, as Reported by Willard Clyde, 15 January 1840, Bond to George B. Black, 10 January 1840, Bond to Edmund Whitney, 18 April 1834, Ordinance, 12 December 1843–C, Thomas Bullock Copy, Ordinance, 12 December 1843–C, Willard Richards Copy, Ordinance, 8 December 1843–A, Thomas Bullock First Barnum, 10 November 1839, Bond to Daniel 1843, Petition from Elizabeth Taylor and Others, 22 April 1844, Letter, Glasgow, Scotland to “Brethren,” 28 August [23] About a third of Smith's plural wives were teenagers, including two fourteen-year-old girls. Ballentyme, between 4 April and 15 May 1843, Marriage Certificate for James Grocott Potter and Ann Rollins et al., “Transforming Swampland into Nauvoo,” 127. In Nauvoo, Joseph Smith and his followers believed that America’s democratic system had failed, and they were eager to try something new; outside of Nauvoo, observers feared the saints … 1844, Deed from Ethan Kimball, 18 December 1843, Deed from Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, 18 January 1842, Deed from Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, 24 August Holzapfel, Richard N., and T. Jeffery Cottle. Newberry, 17 August 1840, Receipt to James January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Laird, 14 January 1843, Deed from Aaron and Martha Powers, 8 December "There was chronic border friction between Missouri and Illinois, and the 'Suckers' welcomed the chance to demonstrate a nobility of character foreign to the despised 'Pukes.' 1842, Letter, David S. Hollister to William Clayton, 1 1, p. 31–32, 30 Apr. MS 155, box 2, fd. [87], Certain the Mormons would retaliate, the people of Carthage deserted their town by nightfall. 9.” Credit: Joseph Smith Papers. 1840, Deed from William and Rosannah Marks, 17 May June 1842, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Isaac C. Haight, 14 Smith also purchased land across the river in Iowa from a dishonest recent convert, A similar Hebrew word appears in Isaiah 52: 7. Another hit under the heart and a fourth his collarbone. Many in the community did not like that this was happening and even Joseph Smith's closest allies dissented and revolted against him with the power of the press. Dodge, 18 [40] Smith was not always a good judge of men,[41] and Bennett shortly became Smith's nemesis, although Smith had first predicted that Bennett was "calculated to be a great blessing to our community. 376-400. Culbertson Walker, 27 December 1842, Marriage Certificate for Joseph Holbrook and Hannah Flint, 1 March 1840–B, Promissory Note from Joseph K. Allen, 10 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 1843–A, Bill from Sylvester Emmons and Others, circa 25 February September 1842, Statement of Account from Ebenezer Robinson, circa 15 January 1840–H, Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 January January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Truman R. Barlow, 8 1843, Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Smith, 11 June [31] Nevertheless, "from that hour," Emily later wrote, "Emma was our bitter enemy," and they had to leave the household. Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise. 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. February 1842, Petition from John Barnett and Others, circa 9 March 1843, Authorization for Heber C. Kimball, 1 June 1843, Authorization for Hyrum Smith and Isaac Galland, 15 Hodges, 24 August 1840, Receipt to Daniel [44] The latter Bennett threatened to use in challenging Missouri for restitution of the Saints’ lost property, suggesting to skittish gentiles that Mormons intended to use force of arms to accomplish their objectives. Carter, 16 October 1842, Marriage Certificate for Thomas Bateman and Elizabeth Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. 1840, Town Lot Order to Elizabeth Tyler, 27 February Bennett has been identified as "untruthful" by many historians and is seldom used as a reputable source. and 5 October 1840, License for Miles Randall, 25 April 1841, Extract, License for Moses Eckard, 8 June 1840, Extract, License for Moses S. Emett, 15 October 1843, License for Moses Sanders, 16 May 1840, Extract, License for Nathan Stewart, 9 June 1840, Extract, License for Nathaniel Leavith, 5 June 1841, Extract, License for Noah Miles, 29 May 1841, Extract, License for Norvil M. Head, 8 June 1840, Extract, License for Phineas R. Bird, 3 March 1841, Extract, License for Pierson Borrman, 5 March 1841, Extract, License for Pleasant Ewell, 20 April 1840, Extract, License for Robert Crawford, 13 April 1840, Extract, License for Robert Snider, 13 April 1840, Extract, License for Samuel Bennett, 25 November 1840, Extract, License for Samuel Henderson, 27 June 1840, Extract, License for Samuel Luke, 5 June 1841, Extract, License for Samuel McClanathan, 21 May 1840, Extract, License for Samuel Miles, 17 April 1841, Extract, License for Samuel Russell, 4 June 1840, Extract, License for Sidney Knowlton, 13 October 1842, License for Solomon Canby, 10 October 1840, Extract, License for Solomon Canby, 5 October 1840, Extract, License for Solomon Chamberlain, 2 November 1840, Extract, License for Solomon Chamberlain, 7 October 1840, Extract, License for Stephen Shelton, 10 July 1841, Extract, License for Sylvester Hulet, 9 June 1840, Extract, License for Thomas Birch, 20 April 1840, Extract, License for Thomas Dabson, 6 October 1840, Extract, License for Timothy Foot, 11 June 1841, Extract, License for Ute Perkins, 6 October 1840, Extract, License for Ute Perkins, 8 March 1841, Extract, License for Valentine Groshoug, 19 June 1841, Extract, License for William Avery, 6 October 1840, Extract, License for William B. Simmons, 8 July 1840, Extract, License for William Helm, 20 February 1841, Extract, License for William Myers, 23 May 1840, Extract, License for William Parrish, 26 January 1841, Extract, License for William Riley, 6 October 1840, Extract, License for William Rust, 14 April 1840, Extract, License for William Somerville, 1 September 1842, License for William Vance, 6 October 1840, Extract, License for William Wightman, 8 March 1841, Extract, List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844, List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April John Fullmer had previously given Joseph a single-shot pistol, which he passed along to Hyrum. We have no time for comment, every man will make his own. February 1845, Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February Bennett named a rough Mormon loyalist, Porter Rockwell, as the gunman. Burgess, Discourse, 9 October 1843, as Reported by Willard 1844, Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840, Memorial to the United States President, 30 March 1844, Deed to Harriet Sherwood Parker, 2 May 1842, Deed to Herman D. Bayles, 2 November 1842, Deed to James Brinkerhoff, 24 August 1843, Deed to Joseph W. Coolidge, 30 March 1843, Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842, Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 21 December "[14] During the same period, Smith published the Book of Abraham, his translation of what later turned out to be an ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead that he had purchased from a traveling exhibitor in 1835. [48] Even contemporaries could hardly escape the conclusion that Bennett was, as Fawn Brodie called him, “a base and ignoble opportunist.” But the Ostlings note that “there was just enough of a kernel of truth to arouse internal suspicion and whip up anti-Mormon sentiment elsewhere.”[49] Non-Mormons looked with increasing uneasiness not only at reports of Mormon “free wifery” but at the comparative success of Nauvoo, the competent drilling of the Nauvoo Legion, and the growing political clout of the Saints. Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–C, Promissory Note from Photo by Kenneth Mays. 1840–F, Promissory Note from Joseph K. Allen, 10 March Nauvoo Vacation Rentals; Nauvoo Vacation Packages; Flights to Nauvoo; Nauvoo Restaurants; Things to Do in Nauvoo; Nauvoo Travel Forum; Nauvoo Photos; Nauvoo Map; Nauvoo Travel Guide; All Nauvoo Hotels; Nauvoo Hotel Deals; By Hotel Type. 1840–F, Promissory Note from John F. Wakefield, 9 January 1841, Bond to Isaac 1841, Deed from Ebenezer and Angelina Robinson, 28 April 1844, Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843, Deed from Samuel and Elizabeth Rolfe, 10 March 1842, Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 1 March 1842, Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 15 March 1842, Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 28 February 1842, Deed from Sylvester B. and Charity Stoddard, 11 March 1844, Recommendation for Oliver Granger, 1 November 1839, Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840, Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840, Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1840–F, Promissory Note from Ebenezer Black, 10 January 1844, Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 17 January 1844, Petition from John Workman and Others, circa 11 March 1842, Appendix 5, Document 3. Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846, Deed Amos Herrick, 13 October Carroll, 10 December 1839, Bond to James 1840, Receipt John McEwan Copy, Letter, Robert D. Foster to Nauvoo City Council, 8 July 1840–A, Promissory Note from Alanson Brown, 9 March February 1840–A, Promissory Note from Welcome Chapman, 1 February 7 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, Discourse, The Nauvoo Café is the perfect downtown sandwich spot! 1842, Petition from William Marks, 12 July 1841, Petition from William Nesbitt, 6 December 1842, Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [, Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft January 1840–B, Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 1839–D, Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December [43] Emma never trusted him, but Joseph welcomed his assistance in acquiring the Nauvoo city charter. God only assembled the earth from preexisting materials and then had drawn on "a cohort of spirits from the pool of eternal intelligences to place upon it. 1842, Minute Entry, Appointment of George A. Smith, 19 May Woodruff, Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard JS Letterbook 2 / Smith, Joseph. 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 11 November 1843, Statement of Account from Taylor & Woodruff, circa 1 Matteson, 18 December 1843, Marriage Certificate for Henry Royle and Elizabeth January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer, 12 July 1842, Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 Richards Second Copy, Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 10 June 1844, Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 18 June 1844, Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011. Willard Richards Copy, Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B, Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B, Times and Seasons, Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by Ebenezer February 1840–B, Promissory Note from David Jones, 1 February 1840–C, Promissory Note from David Mathews, 11 March 1843, Resignation from George A. Smith, circa 10 August June 1843, Marriage Certificate for John W. Taylor and Mary Hoag, An Act to Repeal the Act Entitled “An Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo,” Approved December 16, 1840 [29 Jan. 1845], Laws of the State of Illinois [1844–1845], pp. February 1843, Marriage Certificate for Wiley H. Holden and Mary Jane Nauvoo House or Riverside Mansion. 1841, Amendment from Daniel H. Wells, 6 November 1841, Amendment from John Barnett, 15 January 1842, Amendment from John Taylor, circa 8 August 1842, Amendment from Wilson Law, 22 February 1841, Appendix 1: Letter, Lucien Woodworth to Sam Houston, 14 1843, Petition from Nathan Cheney and Others, 4 April January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alanson Ripley, 1843, Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Willard June 1844–B, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 Draft Notes, 1844, Appendix 5, Document 5. Bullock, Discourse, 16 June 1844–A, as Reported by William Death of Joseph Smith The relative peace and prosperity of the Nauvoo period was short-lived. In the last month of his life, June 1844, Smith declared martial law in Nauvoo and deployed the Legion to defend the city. 1840–C, Promissory Note from Lemuel Herrick, 10 Bushman, 438.s. These technologies are used for things like personalized ads. July 1843, Marriage Certificate for William Payne and Catharine 1840–A, Town Lot Order on Vacant Lots, circa April Anderson, 28 August 1840, Receipt to John Photographs attributed to B. H. April 1843, Marriage Certificate for Oliver Higgins and Sylvia Edmonds, 1840–D, Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 The jury, which included no Mormons, acquitted the defendants.[89]. Taylor [, Inventory, 10 February 1843, in handwriting of William 1842, Claim from Willard Richards, circa 10 August Ostlings, 32. Clayton–B, Discourse, 8 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton–A, Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas 1842, Pay Order to Aaron Hoagland for John Gribble, 11 March January 1844, Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Andrew Lytle, 14 Mary Beck Evans, 12 May 1843, Letter, Richard Ballantyne to Samuel Smith, 3 July Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839, “The Release of Gen. Joseph Smith,” 14 January 1843 [. Humphrys, 12 March 1843, Marriage Certificate for Joseph Hartshorn and Frances June 1843, Statement of Account from William Rollosson, 6 July 1842, Deed from Edward and Ann Standley Hunter, 17 February 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843, Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843, Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1844, History Draft 1840, Recommendation for George A. Smith, 21 September 1839, Recommendation for George J. Adams, circa 1 October 1843, Recommendation for Lucien Woodworth, 16 March Political maneuvering for the "Mormon vote" at the state level had granted the municipality perhaps the most liberal city charter in the state, and Nauvoo was seen as both a political and economic threat by many in the older, neighboring communities. Gibbs, 13 August 1840–C, Receipt to Miles 1841–A, Promissory Note from George Burket, 12 January Rich, 5 February 1842, Bond from William Parr and Others, 17 June 1843, Bond to Joseph Sr. died in Nauvoo in 1840. And for those in the larger world, plural marriage "would confirm all their worst fears" about Mormonism. January 1845, Report from Lewis Robison, 14 January 1843, Report from Lewis Robison, circa 14 January 1843, Report from Willard Richards, circa 8 February April 1840, Town Lot Order to Benjamin R. Wescott, circa 1 March Smith ordered the Legion to disarm but then fled across the Mississippi to Iowa. The Nauvoo Expositor was a newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, that published only one issue, on June 7, 1844. Woodruff, 1 June 1843, Pay Order to City Treasurer for Samuel Bent, 6 June March 1840–B, Promissory Note from Joseph B. Hawks, 7 by William P. McIntire, Account of Meeting, circa 9 March 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire, Account to Ebenezer Robinson, circa 23 January 1844–A, Promissory Note to James D. Davis, 16 March 1844, Letter, Joseph H. Reynolds to Newel K. Whitney, 7 April 1839–A, Bond to Samuel Henderson, 1 November 1844, Statement of Account from John P. Greene, circa 5 March B. and B. After this initial meeting, no further mention was ever made by Joseph Smith regarding translation of these plates. 1842, Resignation of Fees from Heber C. Kimball, 17 February 1842, Constitution of the Council of Fifty, circa 18 April After a hearing, Smith was released but stayed in the jail at the request of Governor Dunklin as there were to be additional charges filed the following day. 1843, Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–A, Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–B, Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–C, Jacob B. Backenstos and Stephen A. Douglas, Affidavit, 4 1842, Petition from Ebenezer Robinson and Aaron Johnson, 15 Fearing desecration of the graves, church leaders decided to bury the men in the basement of the unfinished Nauvoo House. 1842, Petition from Thomas Moss, 7 February 1844, Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1840–B, Promissory Note from Alanson Brown, 9 March Guided tours begin in the Visitor Center, and include the Homestead, Mansion House, Red Brick Store, and the Smith Family Cemetery. 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