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Whitney, Newel Kimball
Biography
3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for A. Sidney Gilbert at Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio, ca. 1820. Opened store in Kirtland, Geauga Co., by 1822. Married Elizabeth Ann Smith, 20 Oct. 1822, in Geauga Co. Member of reformed Baptist (later Disciples of Christ or Campbellite) faith. Partner with A. Sidney Gilbert in N. K. Whitney & Co. store, by 1827. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by missionaries to unorganized Indian Territory, Nov. 1830. Appointed agent for church, 30 Aug. 1831. Ordained a high priest, by Dec. 1831. Appointed bishop at Kirtland, Dec. 1831. Traveled with JS to Missouri and then to New York City, Albany, and Boston, 1832. Appointed member of United Firm, Apr. 1832. Attended organizational meeting of School of the Prophets, 22–23 Jan. 1833, in Kirtland. En route to Missouri, fall 1838, when difficulties in that state were confirmed at St. Louis. Located his family temporarily at Carrollton, Greene Co., Illinois, and returned to Kirtland to conduct business. Moved family from Carrollton to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, and then to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois. Appointed bishop of Middle Ward at Commerce, Oct. 1839. Nauvoo city alderman, 1841–1843. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Appointed trustee-in-trust for church following JS’s death, Aug. 1844. Appointed “first bishop” of church, Oct. 1844. Joined exodus of Latter-day Saints into Iowa Territory and Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, fall 1848. Bishop of Salt Lake City Eighteenth Ward, 1849. Elected treasurer and associate justice of provisional state of Deseret, 1849. Died at Salt Lake City.
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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, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844, Copy [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Account of Hearing, between circa 3 and 9 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account, 1 September 1844–September 1846 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson, 4 February 1842
- Agreement with George W. Robinson, 30 April 1839
- Agreement with John Eagle, 19 June 1841
- Agreement with Moses Chase, 10 October 1836
- Agreement, 12 April 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Appendix 1: First Theological Lecture on Faith, circa January–May 1835
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix 6: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 18 January 1846
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Assignment of Judgment, 1 March 1838 [ Rounds qui tam v. JS ]
- Attachment, 19 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Authorization for Ebenezer Robinson, 24 February 1842
- Balance of Account, 23 April 1834
- Benediction, 6 April 1841
- Bill in Chancery, circa 18 August 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Bill of Goods from Joseph Smith’s Store, 20 September 1842
- Blessing to Joseph Kingsbury, 23 March 1843
- Blessing to Joseph Kingsbury, 23 March 1843, as Recorded in Patriarchal Blessing Book
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835, Frederick G. Williams Copy
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835, as Recorded in Patriarchal Blessings
- Blessing to Sarah Ann Whitney, 23 March 1843
- Blessing to William Cahoon, 1 March 1835
- Bond from Chauncey Robison, 22 October 1842
- Bond from Samuel Bent, 11 October 1842
- Bond to Elijah Able, 8 December 1839
- Bond to James Sloan, 21 May 1842
- Bond to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840
- Bond to John L. Butler, 1 November 1839
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Capias ad Respondendum, 11 October 1837 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 16 February 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 22 March 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Certification of Deed, 12 March 1844
- Charges against Joseph Smith Preferred to Bishop’s Council, 29 May 1837
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Claim, circa August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Committee Appointments, circa 19 May–circa August 1842
- Complaint, 1 August 1843 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Complaint, 29 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Complaint, 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles ]
- Copyright for Map of the City of Nauvoo, 17 December 1842
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- Declaration, circa 24 April 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 24 April 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 4 December 1837 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed from Alonzo and Clarissa Bostwick LeBaron, 14 June 1843
- Deed from Alonzo and Clarissa Bostwick LeBaron, 26 September 1842
- Deed from Ethan Kimball, 20 June 1842
- Deed from James and Jane Rawlins, 13 August 1842
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 4 January 1837
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834
- Deed from Orson and Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, 10 February 1843
- Deed from Sylvester B. and Charity Cole Stoddard, 11 March 1844
- Deed from William Spears, 8 August 1842
- Deed from Windsor P. and Sylvia Sessions Lyon, 13 December 1841
- Deed to Alonzo LeBaron, 2 July 1842
- Deed to Alonzo LeBaron, 2 July 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Amos Moore, 11 July 1843
- Deed to Caroline Grant Smith, 11 December 1836
- Deed to Edward Hunter, 13 September 1842
- Deed to Edward Hunter, 13 September 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Elias Harmer, 3 June 1842
- Deed to Elijah Malin, 12 July 1841
- Deed to Elijah Malin, 12 July 1841, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Elizabeth Buchanan Coolidge, 30 March 1843
- Deed to Elizabeth Buchanan Coolidge, 30 March 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843
- Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Emma Smith, 13 June 1842
- Deed to Emma Smith, 13 June 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Flora Ann Woodworth, 13 May 1843
- Deed to Helen Mar Kimball, 7 June 1843
- Deed to Herman D. Bayles, 2 November 1842
- Deed to Hezekiah Sprague, 4 August 1843
- Deed to Hezekiah Sprague, 4 August 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Jacob Bump, 15 October 1836
- Deed to Jacob Weiler, 12 July 1841
- Deed to Jacob Weiler, 12 July 1841, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to James Beaver, 23 August 1843
- Deed to James Brinkerhoff, 24 August 1843
- Deed to James Brinkerhoff, 24 August 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to James Sloan, 20 May 1843
- Deed to James Sloan, 20 May 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to James Sloan, 20 May 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to John Bowen, 7 June 1842
- Deed to John Bowen, 7 June 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to John Cleveland, 13 May 1843
- Deed to John Workman, 21 April 1844
- Deed to Joseph B. Noble, 15 July 1841
- Deed to Joseph B. Noble, 15 July 1841, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Joseph B. Noble, 15 July 1841, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Joseph Knight Sr., 9 August 1843
- Deed to Joseph Knight Sr., 9 August 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Joseph W. Coolidge, 30 March 1843
- Deed to Joseph W. Coolidge, 30 March 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842
- Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Lucien Woodworth and Others, 31 May 1843
- Deed to Nauvoo Lodge, 29 May 1843
- Deed to Patty Bartlett Sessions, 9 August 1843
- Deed to Robert Kincaid, 6 June 1843
- Deed to Robert Snider, 9 September 1842
- Deed to Robert Snider, 9 September 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to Sarah Ann Whitney, 6 September 1842
- Deed to Sarah Ann Whitney, 6 September 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Sarah Phinney Foster, 10 March 1843
- Deed to Sarah Phinney Foster, 10 March 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Sarah Scott Mulholland, 13 May 1843
- Deed to Sarah Scott Mulholland, 13 May 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Sylvia Sessions Lyon, 5 June 1843
- Deed to Sylvia Sessions Lyon, 5 June 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Thomas Dollinger, 2 November 1842
- Deed to Thomas Dollinger, 2 November 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 23 April 1840
- Deed, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 28 April 1840
- Deed, William and Margaret Stephenson Blackhurst to Julia M. Smith and Others, 24 August 1843
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Docket Entry, 10–circa 17 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 12–circa 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 18–31 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, 2–circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 30 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–B ]
- Docket Entry, 4–circa 26 April 1843 [ State of Illinois v. J. Hoopes and L. Hoopes on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Newel K. Whitney, 14 April 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, 14 April 1845–19 April 1849 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 3 April 1838 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 5 June 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 6 June 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Overruled Demurrer and Continuance, 10 June 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Docket Entry, Verdict, 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Docket Entry, between 30 November and circa 3 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–C ]
- Docket Entry, between 30 November and circa 3 December 1842, Circuit Court Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–C ]
- Docket Entry, between 30 November and circa 3 December 1842, Defendant Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–C ]
- Docket Entry, between 31 March and circa 19 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–A [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–B [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Docket Entry, circa 4 February 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Goddard et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Circuit Court Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Defendant Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Docket Entry, circa 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- Floor Plan for Joseph Smith’s Store, between February and December 1841
- Goods Requested of Edward Hunter, circa 11 March 1842
- H. Smith & Co. Ledger, July–November 1836
- Habeas Corpus, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Habeas Corpus, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Habeas Corpus, 8 August 1842, Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Henry G. Sherwood, Account Book, November 1839–June 1844, November 1844
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- 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]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to Bank of Geauga v. JS et al.
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Hunter
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B
- Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al.
- Introduction to JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al., Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al., and Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to JS v. Brotherton
- Introduction to M. Allen v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Martindale v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Rounds qui tam v. JS
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS for Assault and Battery
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Introduction to W. Schwartz et al. v. JS
- Introduction to Wright v. Rigdon et al.
- Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co.
- Introduction to F. G. Williams & Co.
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo Store
- Introduction to Kirtland Mercantile Firms
- Introduction to N. K. Whitney & Co.
- Introduction to Ohio Agent Papers
- Introduction to Steamboat Maid of Iowa
- Introduction to the Book of the Law of the Lord
- Introduction to the Trustee Records
- Introduction to the United Firm
- Invitation from James Burt and Others, circa Mid-February 1844
- Invoice and Letter, Gardner & Patterson to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 15 June 1836
- Invoice and Letter, Gardner & Patterson to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 27 June 1836
- Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–A
- Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–B
- Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–C
- Invoice, Bailey, Keeler & Remsen to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 12 October 1836
- Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 16 June 1836
- Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
- Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 20 June 1836
- Invoice, G. C. Coit to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 18 June 1836
- Invoice, J. F. Scribner to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 16 June 1836
- Invoice, J. F. Scribner to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 16 June 1836
- Invoice, Jacob Bump to William Smith, 22 November 1836
- Invoice, John A. Newbould to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 17 June 1836
- Invoice, Keeler, McNeil & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 11 October 1836
- Invoice, M. H. Birge to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 17 June 1836
- Invoice, Mead & Betts to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
- Invoice, Mead, Stafford & Co. to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 8 October 1836
- Invoice, Mead, Stafford & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 8 October 1836
- Invoice, O. Cobb & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 13 October 1836
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Joshua Ward, Answer, 16 December 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- 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
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Discounted Notes, circa January 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
- Lease to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, between 8 and 10 December 1842
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 19 October 1841
- Letter from Alphonso Young, 6 May 1842
- Letter from Archibald Williams, 20 November 1843
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 8 August 1842
- Letter from Chauncey Robison, 2 November 1843
- Letter from Chauncey Robison, 20 September 1843
- Letter from Chauncey Robison, 8 March 1843
- Letter from Clark Leal, 15 April 1844
- Letter from Daniel McNeil, 21 July 1843
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 13–15 June 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Edward Southwick, 7 August 1843
- Letter from Elijah Malin Jr., 15 May 1843
- Letter from Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter from Emma Smith, 25 April 1837
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from Erastus Derby, 9 October 1843
- Letter from Fayette Mace, 7 October 1843
- Letter from George Fidler, 23 March 1842
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 March 1843
- Letter from Jacob Scott, 14 December 1841
- Letter from James M. Adams, 16 November 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 March 1843
- Letter from John Mills, 1 September 1843
- Letter from Joseph L. Heywood, 5 June 1843
- Letter from Joseph Tippets, 2 April 1843
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Moses Martin, 23 May 1842
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 29 October 1841
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 23 November 1841
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 August 1841
- Letter from Samuel C. Brown, 22 April 1842
- Letter from Samuel Comer, 23 October 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ward, 26 September 1842
- Letter from Unidentified Author, 23 September 1843
- Letter from William Perkins, 29 October 1838
- Letter from William Pratt, 30 April 1844
- Letter from William S. Wright, 21 July 1842
- Letter from William S. Wright, 24 July 1842
- Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
- Letter from Zenas Gurley, 4 May 1842
- Letter of Introduction from J. C. Wear for William K. Wear, 12 January 1842
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Abraham Jonas, 25 March 1843
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Eugene, Indiana, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, circa August 1842
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 26 November 1842
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 17 January 1842
- Letter to Isaac Morris, 16 June 1843
- Letter to John Smith, 2 July 1833
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Martin Harris, 22 February 1831
- Letter to Newel K. Whitney, 12 December 1840
- Letter to Newel K. Whitney, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Newel K., Elizabeth Ann Smith, and Sarah Ann Whitney, 18 August 1842
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Richard Blennerhassett, 17 March 1843
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 23 December 1842
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letter to Sirs, 1 April 1843
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William Marks and Newel K. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Church in Thompson, Ohio, 6 February 1833
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letter, Joseph H. Reynolds to Newel K. Whitney, 7 April 1843
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
- 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 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 Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 10 November 1837
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 February 1836
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 13 July 1844
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 15 February 1833
- Minutes, 15 February 1841
- Minutes, 15 January 1836
- Minutes, 15–16 March 1842
- Minutes, 16 June 1836
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835, as Published in Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate
- Minutes, 17 February 1833
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–A
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–B
- Minutes, 18 December 1841
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 18 September 1843
- Minutes, 19 May 1842
- Minutes, 19 May 1842, Partial Draft
- Minutes, 2 April 1833
- Minutes, 2 July 1844
- Minutes, 20 January 1843
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Minutes, 22 December 1836
- Minutes, 22 January 1842, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 August 1834
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–A
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 26 December 1833
- Minutes, 26 July 1838
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 27–28 December 1832
- Minutes, 28 June 1838
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 3 February 1841
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, 3 May 1834
- Minutes, 3 May 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 April 1833
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 30 June 1843–1 July 1843, James Sloan and William W. Phelps Draft [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Minutes, 30 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–B ]
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 June 1833
- Minutes, 4 May 1833
- Minutes, 5 March 1844
- Minutes, 6 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles ]
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Minutes, 6–8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, 8 March 1841
- Minutes, 9 April 1842
- Minutes, 9 March 1844
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Miscellaneous Notes [21–23 June 1844]
- Mortgage from Nauvoo Lodge, 29 May 1843
- Mortgage, 4–5 July 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Motion from William Law, 12 February 1842
- N. K. Whitney & Co. Account Book, September 1834
- Nathan Prentice, Answer, 23 November 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Note from Newel K. Whitney, 9 January 1836
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Note, 8 March 1832
- Note, 9 January 1833
- Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, 11 October 1842
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 9 November 1844–B
- Ordinance, 9 November 1844–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order from Lyman Wight for Samuel Gully, 18 May 1844
- Pay Order to Brother Davis, circa 1 March 1841
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–A
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Sloan, 30 January 1843
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for “Mrs. Young,” 15 June 1840
- Pay Order to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1840
- Pay Order, 25 August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 10 December 1844
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 4 December 1843
- Pay Order, circa August 1844 [ E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS ]
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Promissory Note from Alanson Brown, 9 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Benjamin R. Wescott, 1 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from David Clough, 20 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from David Jones, 1 February 1840–B
- Promissory Note from Edward Hunter, 18 September 1841
- Promissory Note from George Gates, 23 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Hesterann Lyons, 23 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Horace S. Rawson, 23 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Jacob Lantern, 5 January 1837
- Promissory Note from Jane Miller, 6 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Jane Miller, 6 March 1840–B
- Promissory Note from Jane Miller, 6 March 1840–C
- Promissory Note from Jane Miller, 6 March 1840–D
- Promissory Note from John L. Butler, 1 November 1839–A
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from John Sweat, 7 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Joseph B. Hawks, 7 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Joseph K. Allen, 10 March 1840–B
- Promissory Note from Pleasant Ewell, 31 March 1840–C
- Promissory Note to Jason Brunell, 14 September 1837
- Promissory Note, 4–5 July 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Promissory Note, Don Carlos Smith to Hyrum Hoyt, 10 April 1841
- Receipt from Hancock County, Illinois, Collector’s Office, 25 April 1842
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, 11 February 1841
- Receipt to Edward Hunter, 28 October 1841–B
- Receipt to Newel K. Whitney, 16 February 1844
- Receipt, Joseph Hancock to Reynolds Cahoon, 31 August 1835
- Recognizance, 24 October 1837 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report of Committee, 12 February 1842
- Report of Committee, 14 May 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 14 May 1842–D
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–D
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–E
- Report, circa 10 July 1851 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 1 December 1831 [D&C 71]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 1 November 1835
- Revelation, 10 January 1832 [D&C 73]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–B [D&C 107 (partial)]
- 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 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 12 July 1843 [D&C 132]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22 June 1834, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 103:15–20]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–B [D&C 75:23–36]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 27 July 1842
- Revelation, 27 July 1842, in Unidentified Handwriting–A
- Revelation, 27 July 1842, in Unidentified Handwriting–B
- Revelation, 28 April 1834
- Revelation, 3 January 1833 [D&C 88:127–137]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832 [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 63]
- 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 December 1831, Unidentified Scribe Copy [D&C 72]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 72]
- Revelation, 4 June 1833 [D&C 96]
- Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- 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–E [D&C 117]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–E, Extract, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 117:12–15]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831 [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831, Sidney Rigdon Copy [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5]
- Revelation, between circa 8 and circa 24 March 1832
- 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 Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Rules of Order for Nauvoo City Council, 22 January 1842
- Special Bail, 21 March 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Special Bail, 25 March 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Statement of Account from Henry G. Sherwood, circa 10 November 1843
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from Josiah Butterfield, 4 June 1842
- Statement of Account from Newel K. Whitney, circa 13 April 1845
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Statement of Account from William Garner, 15 July 1843
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- Summons, 10 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus ]
- Summons, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Summons, 16 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Summons, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Supersedeas, 19 January 1843 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Supersedeas, 19 January 1843 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–C ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Tithing Daybook B
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 25 October 1837 [ Rounds qui tam v. Whitney ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 6 June 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Trial Report Draft, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Partial Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Voting Record, 4 December 1841
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
Newel K. Whitney Engraving, H.B. Hall and Sons, 1884; based on drawing by Danquart A. Weggeland of a William W. Major painting, from <i>Contributor</i> 6, no. 4 (Jan. 1885), frontispiece and p. 154 (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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