“Mormonism,” United States Telegraph (Washington DC), 21 Aug. 1833, [2].
United States Telegraph. Washington DC. 1826–1837.
[Edward Partridge], “A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:18.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Although some of the printed pages were later collected and bound into incomplete volumes, it was not until 1835—when the Doctrine and Covenants was published in Kirtland, Ohio—that a collection of Smith’s revelations was readily available to readers.
Revelation, 11 Sept. 1831 [D&C 64:21].
School of the Prophets Salt Lake City Minutes, 3 Oct. 1883.
School of the Prophets Salt Lake City Minutes, Apr.–Dec. 1883. CHL.
Revised Minutes, 18–19 Feb. 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 5, 1835 ed. [D&C 102]; see also Revised Minutes, 18–19 Feb. 1834 [D&C 102].
Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God. Compiled by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835. Also available in Robin Scott Jensen, Richard E. Turley Jr., Riley M. Lorimer, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 2: Published Revelations. Vol. 2 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
For more on the nature of Joseph Smith’s revelations, see “Joseph Smith as Revelator and Translator.”
Revelation, 9 Mar. 1833 [D&C 91:3]; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 25 June 1833.
Minute Book 1, 2 Feb. 1833.
Revelation, 27–28 Dec. 1832 [D&C 88:119].
Minutes, 4 May 1833; Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95:3, 11–12].
Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95:13–14]; Minutes, ca. 1 June 1833.
Angell, Autobiography, 14–15; Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833.
Angell, Truman O. Autobiography, 1884. CHL. MS 12334. Also available in Archie Leon Brown and Charlene L. Hathaway, 141 Years of Mormon Heritage: Rawsons, Browns, Angells—Pioneers (Oakland, CA: By the authors, 1973), 119–135.
Minutes, 6 June 1833; Hyrum Smith, Diary, 7 June 1833, [15]; Johnson, “A Life Review,” 11; Millet, Reminiscences, 3; JS, Journal, 15–17 Apr. 1834.
Smith, Hyrum. Diary, Mar.–Apr. 1839, Oct. 1840. CHL. MS 2945.
Johnson, Benjamin Franklin. “A Life Review,” after 1893. Benjamin Franklin Johnson, Papers, 1852–1911. CHL. MS 1289 box 1, fd. 1.
Millet, Artemus. Reminiscences, ca. 1855 and ca. 1872, as copied in 1936. CHL. MS 1600.
Plat of the City of Zion, ca. Early June–25 June 1833; Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833.
Revelation, 2 Aug. 1833–B [D&C 94:1–2]; Plat of the City of Zion, ca. Early June–25 June 1833; Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 25 June 1833.
Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89:2–3, 9, 11, 18, 20–21].
“Eutychians,” in Ecclesiastical Cyclopaedia, 260; “Chalcedon,” in Encyclopaedia Americana, 3:49–50.
The Ecclesiastical Cyclopaedia; or, Dictionary of Christian Antiquities and Sects, Comprising Architecture, Controversies, Creeds, Denominations, Doctrines, Government, Heresies, History, Liturgies, Rites, Monastic Orders, and Modern Judaism. Edited by John Eadie. London: Griffin, Bohn, 1862.
Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon. Edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, and Thomas G. Bradford. 13 vols. Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1829–1833.
Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93:12–13, 29, 33].
Arthur B. Deming, “About Spaulding,” Naked Truths about Mormonism (Oakland, CA), Jan. 1888, 2; Record of Donations, in JS, Journal, 1832–1834.
Naked Truths about Mormonism: Also a Journal for Important, Newly Apprehended Truths, and Miscellany. Oakland, CA. Jan. and Apr. 1888.
“Mormon Emigration,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 17 May 1831, [3].
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
See “Joseph Smith Documents Dating from July 1831 through January 1833.”
Howe, Autobiography and Recollections, 44–45.
Howe, Eber D. Autobiography and Recollections of a Pioneer Printer: Together with Sketches of the War of 1812 on the Niagara Frontier. Painesville, OH: Telegraph Steam Printing House, 1878.
JS, Journal, 28 Jan. 1834; see also “Mormon Trial,” Chardon (OH) Spectator and Geauga Gazette, 12 Apr. 1834, [3].
Chardon Spectator and Geauga Gazette. Chardon, OH. 1833–1835.
Eber D. Howe, Statement, 8 Apr. 1885, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum.
Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954. Chicago History Museum.
“To the Public,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 31 Jan. 1834, [3], italics in original.
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Court Records, 1807–1904, Final Record Book P, pp. 431–432, 31 Mar. 1834, microfilm 20,278, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
One of the documents in this volume particularly associated with the Hurlbut affair is a note penned by Joseph Smith to Newel K. Whitney. (Note to Newel K. Whitney, ca. Oct. 1833–Early 1834.)
By late 1833, the number of church members residing in Jackson County had risen to around twelve hundred. (Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 25; Corrill, Brief History, 20–21; Edward Partridge, Petition for Redress, 15 May 1839, copy, Edward Partridge, Papers, CHL; “The Elders Stationed in Zion to the Churches Abroad,” The Evening and the Morning Star, July 1833, 110.)
Pratt, Parley P. History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri Upon the Mormons, In Which Ten Thousand American Citizens were Robbed, Plundered, and Driven From the State, and Many Others Imprisoned, Martyred, &c. For Their Religion, and All This by Military Force, by Order of the Executive. By P. P. Pratt, Minister of the Gospel. Written During Eight Months Imprisonment in that State. Detroit: Dawson and Bates, 1839.
Corrill, John. A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Commonly Called Mormons;) Including an Account of Their Doctrine and Discipline; with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church. St. Louis: By the author, 1839.
Edward Partridge, Papers, 1818–1839. CHL. MS 892.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
According to JS’s history, in April 1833 the “first regular mob,” numbering about three hundred people, met together in Independence “to consult upon a plan, for the removal, or immediate destruction, of the church in Jackson county.” (JS History, vol. A-1, 290; see also [Edward Partridge], “A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:17.)
JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
See Whitmer, History, 40–42; see also Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833. John Corrill recalled that “the old citizens . . . saw their county filling up with emigrants, principally poor. They disliked their religion, and saw also, that if let alone. they would in a short time become a majority, and, of course, rule the county.” (Corrill, Brief History, 19.)
Whitmer, History / Whitmer, John. “The Book of John Whitmer Kept by Commandment,” ca. 1838–1847. CHL. Available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Corrill, John. A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Commonly Called Mormons;) Including an Account of Their Doctrine and Discipline; with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church. St. Louis: By the author, 1839.
See Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833; see also [Edward Partridge], “A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:17–19.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
In summer 1831, several revelations indicated that western Missouri was the land of “inheritance” for Mormons. David Whitmer later remembered that “there were among us a few ignorant and simpleminded persons who were continually making boasts to the Jackson county people that they intended to possess the entire county.” (“Mormonism,” Kansas City Daily Journal, 5 June 1881, 1; see also Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52:2, 5]; Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57:4]; and Revelation, 1 Aug. 1831 [D&C 58:49–53].)
Kansas City Daily Journal. Kansas City, MO. 1878–1891.
“‘Regulating’ the Mormonites,” Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 9 Aug. 1833, [3].
Daily Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1869.
“To His Excellency, Daniel Dunklin,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833, 114, italics in original; Corrill, Brief History, 19; see also Whitmer, History, 42–43; and [Edward Partridge], “A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:17–18.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
Corrill, John. A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Commonly Called Mormons;) Including an Account of Their Doctrine and Discipline; with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church. St. Louis: By the author, 1839.
Whitmer, History / Whitmer, John. “The Book of John Whitmer Kept by Commandment,” ca. 1838–1847. CHL. Available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
[Edward Partridge], “A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:19; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 18 Aug. 1833; Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 Dec. 1833.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
“To His Excellency, Daniel Dunklin,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833, 114–115; Daniel Dunklin, Jefferson City, MO, to Edward Partridge et al., 19 Oct. 1833, William W. Phelps, Collection of Missouri Documents, CHL; see also Edward Partridge, Petition for Redress, 15 May 1839, copy, Edward Partridge, Papers, CHL.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
Phelps, William W. Collection of Missouri Documents, 1833–1837. CHL. MS 657.
Edward Partridge, Papers, 1818–1839. CHL. MS 892.
“From Missouri,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Jan. 1834, 124–126.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
Minutes, 11 Sept. 1833; JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1833.
Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101].
Report, Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 16 Aug. 1833, [3], italics in original. Frederick G. Williams wrote, “Immediately after the arrival of bro Oliver we sat in councel to know what should be done, the decission of the councel was that measurs should be immediately taken to seek redress by the Laws of our country.” No minutes from this council are extant. (Frederick G. Williams, Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” 10 Oct. 1833, in JS Letterbook 1, p. 56.)
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
JS Letterbook 1 / Smith, Joseph. “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835. Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1.
Editorial, Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 30 Aug. 1833, [3].
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:15]; Minutes, 24 Feb. 1834.
JS, Journal, 26–28 Feb. 1834.
JS, Journal, 7–9 Apr. 1834; JS History, vol. A-1, 477–478.
JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.
See Matthew 24:33; and Vision, 3 Apr. 1836, in JS, Journal, 3 Apr. 1836 [D&C 110:16].