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Partridge, Edward
Biography
27 Aug. 1793–27 May 1840. Hatter. Born at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of William Partridge and Jemima Bidwell. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Lydia Clisbee, 22 Aug. 1819, at Painesville. Initially a Universal Restorationist but adhered to reformed Baptist (later Disciples of Christ or Campbellite) faith when first contacted by Latter-day Saint missionaries in Nov. 1830. With Sidney Rigdon, visited JS at Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by JS, 11 Dec. 1830, in nearby Seneca River. Ordained an elder by Sidney Rigdon, by 15 Dec. 1830. Named first bishop in church, Feb. 1831, at Kirtland, Geauga Co. Ordained a high priest by Lyman Wight, 4 June 1831, at Kirtland. Accompanied JS to Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri, and appointed to oversee settlement of Saints in Missouri, summer 1831. Involved in administering stewardships of land under law of consecration. Appointed member of United Firm, Apr. 1832. Tarred and feathered during mob violence in Jackson Co., Missouri, July 1833. Fled with family to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Served as bishop in Clay Co. Served mission to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Jan.–Apr. 1835. Served mission to New York and New England, June–Oct. 1835. In fall 1836, forced to move from Clay Co. to what soon became Caldwell Co., Missouri, where he continued to serve as bishop. Jailed at Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, fall 1838. Expelled from state, 1839. Appointed bishop of Upper Ward at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Died at Nauvoo.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Affidavit, 20 January 1840
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Agreement with William Law, 26 April 1841
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Authorization for Almon Babbitt and Others, circa 4 May 1839
- Authorization for John P. Greene, circa 6 May 1839
- Authorization for Oliver Granger, 13 May 1839
- Authorization for Stephen Markham, 27 May 1839
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to John Corrill, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Bond to Nathan Cheney, 1 April 1840
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Certificate for Land Patent, 22 June 1836–B
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 7 January–circa 23 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- 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
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Letter and Revelation to Edward Partridge, 7 January 1838
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith and William Smith, 6 March 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 13–15 June 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 27 May 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 3 January 1840
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Emma Smith, 7 March 1839
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Church Brethren, 15 June 1835
- 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, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Editor, 22 January 1840
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 2 May 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 29 May 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Whitmer, 9 April 1838
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letter to William Marks and Newel K. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- 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
- License for Edward Partridge, 30 March 1836
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- 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 and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- 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 and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 10 November 1837
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 12 February 1836
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 2 April 1836
- Minutes, 21 April 1838
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 24 March 1838
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 26 July 1838
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Minutes, 6 September 1831
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, 8 March 1840
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Note from Edward Partridge, 3 January 1840
- Note, 8 March 1832
- Note, circa 24 May 1839
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order from Robert Snodgrass, 18 September 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Aaron Johnson, 21 March 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Asahel Perry, 1 February 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for John Isham, 1 March 1838–A
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for John Isham, 1 March 1838–B
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for John Isham, 1 March 1838–C
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for John Isham, 1 March 1838–D
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger (Fragment), 3 April 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger, 26 April 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger, 3 March 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–A
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–B
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–C
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–D
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–E
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–F
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Winslow Farr, 5 March 1838–A
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Winslow Farr, 5 March 1838–B
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for “Mrs. Young,” 15 June 1840
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Receipt to Heirs of Edward Partridge, 24 October 1840
- Receipt from Asahel Perry, 21 January 1839
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, 17 December 1838
- Receipt from Samuel Musick, 14 July 1838
- Receipt from Sarah Burt Beman, 22 August 1838
- Receipt from Sarah Burt Beman, 26 January 1839
- Receipt from Sarah Burt Beman, 9 January 1839
- Receipt from Timothy Clark, October 1838
- Receipt from William Collins, 8 February 1839
- Receipt from William Smith, 7 January 1839
- Recognizance, 7 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, 1 December 1831 [D&C 71]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 10 June 1831 [D&C 54]
- Revelation, 10 March 1831 [D&C 48]
- 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, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 57]
- 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, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 23 February 1831 [D&C 42:74–93]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–C [D&C 72:24–26]
- Revelation, 4 February 1831 [D&C 41]
- Revelation, 4 September 1837
- Revelation, 6 April 1830, Extract, in handwriting of Edward Partridge [D&C 21:9–12]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830 [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 7 November 1835
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831 [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 December 1830 [D&C 36]
- Revelation, 9 December 1830, Extract, in Unidentified Handwriting [D&C 36:3–8]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 50]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 50]
- Revelation, February 1829 [D&C 4]
- Revelation, October 1830–B, Extract, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 33:1]
- Revelation, September 1830–F [D&C 31]
- Revelation, September 1830–F, Extract, in handwriting of Edward Partridge [D&C 31:2–6]
- Revelation, between circa 8 and circa 24 March 1832
- Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]
- Revelation, circa 7 March 1831, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 45]
- Revelation, circa August 1830 [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa August 1830, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- 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
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Visions, 21 January 1836 [D&C 137]
- William D. Huntington, Cemetery Records, 1839–1846
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
Edward Partridge Engraving, H. B. Hall & Sons, 1884; from drawing by unknown artist. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
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