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Dunklin, Daniel
Biography
14 Jan. 1790–25 July 1844. Farmer, tavern owner, businessman, investor, lawyer, politician. Born near Greenville, Greenville District, South Carolina. Son of Joseph Dunklin Jr. and Sarah Margaret Sullivan. Moved to what became Caldwell Co., Kentucky, 1806; to St. Genevieve, St. Genevieve District, Louisiana Territory (later in St. Genevieve Co., Missouri Territory), Dec. 1810; and to Potosi, St. Genevieve District (later in Washington Co., Missouri Territory), Feb. 1811. Served in War of 1812 in Missouri territorial militia. Married Emily W. Haley, 1815. Sheriff of Washington Co., Missouri Territory, 1815–1819. Elected member of Missouri constitutional convention, 1820. Served in Missouri House of Representatives, 1822–1823. Elected lieutenant governor of Missouri, 1828, and governor, 1832. Resigned as governor, 1836, to accept appointment as surveyor general of Missouri and Illinois. Moved to Herculaneum, Jefferson Co., Missouri, 1840. Appointed commissioner of Missouri to adjust the Missouri-Arkansas boundary, 1843. Died near Herculaneum.
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papers
- 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
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Appendix 4: Declaration on Government and Law, circa August 1835 [D&C 134]
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Introduction to Camp of Israel
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letterbook 1
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- 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, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
Daniel Dunklin (Courtesy State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.)
- Gender
- Male