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Gilbert, Algernon Sidney
Biography
28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Mentor, Geauga Co., ca. Oct. 1820. Married Elizabeth Van Benthusen, 30 Sept. 1823, in Chagrin (later Willoughby), Geauga Co. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., 1826. Partner with Newel K. Whitney in N. K. Whitney & Co. store at Kirtland, by 1827. Appointed elector, 8 Oct. 1827, in Kirtland. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spring 1831. Ordained an elder by JS, June 1831, in Kirtland. Moved to Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri, 1831, and opened a store. Appointed agent for church, June 1831. Ordained a high priest by JS, 26 Apr. 1832, in Kirtland. Appointed one of seven high priests to preside over church affairs in Missouri, 26 Apr. 1832. Member of United Firm, Apr. 1832. Served mission to eastern U.S., June–Dec. 1832. Arrested, 4 Nov. 1833, and imprisoned for seven days at Independence. Among Latter-day Saints driven from Jackson Co. into Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Hosted men of Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Died of cholera near Rush Creek, Clay Co.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Introduction to N. K. Whitney & Co.
- Introduction to Ohio Agent Papers
- Introduction to the United Firm
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, John Frierson Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Willard Richards Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 September 1831
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 4 June 1833
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Note on Ordinations, circa 16 June 1831
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for “Mrs. Young,” 15 June 1840
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, John Whitmer Copy [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Published and Recorded in Partridge copy of Book of Commandments [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 16 April 1830 [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 16 April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, Broadsheet [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Published in Painesville Telegraph [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Recorded in George Burket, Journal [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 20 May 1831 [D&C 51]
- Revelation, 20 May 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 51]
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 23 February 1831 [D&C 42:74–93]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 31 August 1831
- Revelation, 6 December 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 86]
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831 [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831, Sidney Rigdon Copy [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 March 1833, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 91]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 50]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Vision, 16 February 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 76]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
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