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Boggs, Lilburn Williams
Biography
14 Dec. 1796–14 Mar. 1860. Bookkeeper, bank cashier, merchant, Indian agent and trader, lawyer, doctor, postmaster, politician. Born at Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of John M. Boggs and Martha Oliver. Served in War of 1812. Moved to St. Louis, ca. 1816, and engaged in business. Married first Julia Ann Bent, July 1817, at St. Louis. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, 1817; to Fort Osage, Howard Co., ca. 1818; back to St. Louis, 1820; and back to Fort Osage, spring 1821. Wife died, 21 Sept. 1820. Married second Panthea Grant Boone, July 1823. Moved to Harmony Mission (Indian mission for Great Osage Nation; later near Papinville, Bates Co.), Missouri, by 1824. Located at Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri, 1826; elected to state senate on Democratic ticket, 1826, 1828. Elected lieutenant governor, 1832. Became governor upon resignation of predecessor, Daniel Dunklin, 1836, and served through 1840. Moved to Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, 1836. Authorized 1838 expulsion of Latter-day Saints from Missouri under what was termed his “extermination order.” Returned to Independence, before 1842. Severely wounded by would-be assassin, 6 May 1842; accused JS of complicity with Orrin Porter Rockwell in perpetrating the crime. Returned to Jefferson City, 1842. Served in state senate, 1842–1846. Moved to Cass Co., Missouri, by 1843; returned to Independence, by 1845. Migrated to Sonoma, Mexico (later in Sonoma Co., California), 1846. In 1852, moved to Napa Valley, Napa Co., California, where he died.
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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
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Affidavit from Caleb Baldwin and Others, 7 July 1843
- Affidavit, 2 January 1843, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Affidavit, 2 January 1843, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Affidavit, 20 January 1840
- Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–A
- Affidavit, 8 September 1838
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Appendix: Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 March 1840
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Constitution of the Council of Fifty, between circa 11 March and 18 April 1844, Draft
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Decision, 5 January 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Discourse, 26 May 1842
- Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Discourse, 29 December 1843
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 5 June 1842, as Reported by John D. Lee
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–C, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Editorial, 16–17 February 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Introduction to Copeland v. A. Brown
- Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason
- Introduction to Harwood v. A. Brown
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Owsley et al.
- 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. JS et al. for Riot
- 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
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Journal, September–October 1838
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from Austin A. King, 10 September 1838
- Letter from Austin Cowles, 13 March 1843
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 31 August 1841
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith and William Smith, 6 March 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Emma Smith, 6 December 1839
- Letter from Emma Smith, 7 March 1839
- Letter from Frederick Taylor, 30 January 1843
- Letter from George J. Adams and David Rogers, 11 October 1842
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from Hinkle, 12 June 1842
- Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 October 1842
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from I. T., before 16 May 1842
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 March 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 14 March 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 March 1843
- Letter from John P. Greene, 18 March 1843
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 1 March 1843
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, Draft
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to Editor, circa February 1843
- Letter to Elias Higbee, 7 March 1840
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 November 1838
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843, Draft
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 January 1844
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Richard Blennerhassett, 17 March 1843
- Letter to Saints Scattered Abroad, September 1840
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839, Copy
- Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 October 1841
- Letter to Sylvester Bartlett, 22 May 1842
- Letter to Sylvester Bartlett, 22 May 1842, as Published in Wasp
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 1 January 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to William Marks and Newel K. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letter, Chauncey Durkee to Lilburn W. Boggs, 22 July 1840
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 16 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 27 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, H. M. Woodyard and Others to Lilburn W. Boggs, 24 July 1840
- Letter, James Arlington Bennet to Willard Richards, 24 October 1842
- Letter, John C. Bennett to Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt, 10 January 1843
- Letter, John C. Bennett to Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt, 10 January 1843, George Q. Cannon Copy
- Letter, Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennet, 19 March 1843
- Letter, Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennet, 20 November and 22 December 1842
- Letterbook 2
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Mayor’s Order to City Watch, 20 May 1842
- Memorandum of Proclamation, 19 September 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Memorial to the Missouri Legislature, 24 January 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- 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 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 29 December 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- 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, 19 May 1842
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 26 May 1842
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Ordinance, 14 November 1842
- Ordinance, 5 July 1842–A
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer, 12 July 1842
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition, circa 11 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Proclamation, 11 May 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Proverbs, between circa 11 August and circa 4 September 1842
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Requisition, 1 September 1840 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April-circa 8 May 1843, Willard Richards Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843
- 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
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Statement of Expenses to Thomas King, 30 September 1841
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton First Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton Second Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, as Published in Illinois Register [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in Reports [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in the Sangamo Journal [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- “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
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844
- “Persecution,” 15 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
Lilburn W. Boggs (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male