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Pratt, Orson
Biography
19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall 1823; to Hurl Gate, Queens Co., New York, spring 1825; and to New York City, spring 1826. Returned to Hurl Gate, fall 1826, and to Canaan, spring 1827. Moved to Lorain Co., Ohio, fall 1827; to Chagrin (later Willoughby), Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, spring 1828; and to Connecticut, fall 1828. Returned to Hurl Gate, winter 1828–1829, and to Canaan, spring 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, 19 Sept. 1830, at Canaan. Ordained an elder by JS, 1 Dec. 1830, in Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, and appointed to serve mission to Colesville, Broome Co., New York. With Samuel H. Smith, traveled from New York to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio; arrived, 27 Feb. 1831. Served mission to Missouri, summer 1831. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, Dec. 1831. Ordained a high priest by Sidney Rigdon, 2 Feb. 1832, in Hiram. Began mission with Lyman E. Johnson to eastern U.S. from Kirtland, Feb. 1832. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve by David Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, 26 Apr. 1835, at Kirtland. Married Sarah Marinda Bates, 4 July 1836, at Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York. Served mission to Upper Canada, 1836. Served mission to Great Britain with other members of Quorum of the Twelve, 1839–1841. Appointed assistant chaplain in Nauvoo Legion, 3 July 1841. Member of city council, 1841–1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Excommunicated, 20 Aug. 1842, at Nauvoo. Rebaptized into church, 20 Jan. 1843, and ordained to his former office in Quorum of the Twelve. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Served mission to Washington DC and eastern U.S., 1844. Moved to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory, 1846. Entered Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young pioneer company, 1847. Presided over church in Great Britain, 1848–1849, 1856–1857. Member of Utah territorial legislature. Appointed church historian, 1874. 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 Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire
- Account of Meeting, 12 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire
- Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 3: Orson Hyde, Statement about Quorum of the Twelve, circa Late March 1845
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Authorization for Brigham Young, 1 June 1843
- Authorization for Orson Hyde, 30 March 1844
- Authorization for Orson Pratt, 12 March 1844
- Authorization, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- Bill from Daniel H. Wells and Others, 31 October 1842
- Bill from Daniel Spencer and Others, circa 25 February 1843
- Bill from Hyrum Smith and Others, 26 November 1842
- Bill from Orson Pratt, 25 October 1842–A
- Bill from Orson Pratt, 25 October 1842–B
- Bill from Orson Pratt, circa 1 June 1843
- Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 December 1840
- Bill, 11 January 1845–A
- Bill, 12 May 1843
- Blessing to Lorenzo Barnes, 3 January 1836
- Blessing to Orson Pratt, 26 April 1835
- Bond, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Certificate from Joshua Seixas, 30 March 1836
- Charges against Joseph Smith Preferred to Bishop’s Council, 29 May 1837
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Committee Appointments, circa 19 May–circa August 1842
- Complaint, 15 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- 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
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–B, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Discourse, 28 April 1842
- Discourse, 28 July 1839, as Reported by James Mulholland
- Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 5 February 1840
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 7 November 1841, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 8 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, circa 16 March 1841
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Docket Entry, 15–circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- H. Smith & Co. Ledger, July–November 1836
- 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]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Instruction, 9 February 1843 [D&C 129], as Reported by Willard Richards
- 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
- 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 Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
- Letter from Brigham Young, 7 May 1840
- Letter from Caroline Youngs Adams, circa 15 January 1843
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 22 March 1842
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from George Bachman, 21 January 1843
- Letter from George J. Adams, 23 February 1843
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 13 September 1841
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 9 November 1841
- Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843
- Letter from John Cowan, 31 May 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 2 May 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 8 August 1842
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from John Wentworth, 25 May 1844
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
- Letter from Mephibosheth Sirrine, 25 May 1842
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 2 September 1842
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 23 May 1837
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, between 23 and 27 September 1842
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 10–21 January 1844
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Church Leaders in Geneseo, New York, 23 November 1833
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 11 September 1839
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 30 December 1839
- Letter to Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to the Church in Colesville, 2 December 1830
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- 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, 20 November and 22 December 1842
- 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 Gardner Snow, 19 January 1839
- License for Orson Pratt, 30 March 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- 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, 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 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- 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, 28 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- 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, 27 February 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin
- 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 Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 10 August 1844, Extract, Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 10 February 1843
- Minutes, 10 June 1843
- Minutes, 10 June 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 11 January 1845
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 12 February 1844, Copy
- Minutes, 12 February 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 12 October 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 January 1845
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 13 November 1841
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 14 February 1835
- Minutes, 15 January 1842
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 16 January 1844
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 18 December 1841
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 19 April 1843
- Minutes, 19 March 1836
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 20 January 1843
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 22 February 1836
- Minutes, 22 January 1842, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Wasp
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 23 October 1841
- Minutes, 25 February 1843
- Minutes, 25 October 1842
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 26 May 1842
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 30 October 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 December 1841
- Minutes, 4 September 1841
- Minutes, 5 December 1832
- Minutes, 5 March 1844
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 6 November 1841
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Minutes, 7 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Minutes, 7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, 8 August 1835
- Minutes, 8 December 1843
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 9 July 1842
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 9 September 1842
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- 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, February–March 1845
- 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 B, 1843–1846
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Note, circa 24 May 1839
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, circa 15 July 1842
- Oath from Orson Pratt, 11 February 1843
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 30 October, 1 and 13 November 1841
- Ordinance, 14 December 1844–C
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste, 1842, extract
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste (A Cry out of the Wilderness), 1842, extract, English translation
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order from Orson Pratt for John Whitmer and Oliver Cowdery, 27 April 1835
- 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, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Orson Pratt, 30 January 1843
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 15 February 1844
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 4 December 1843
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt, 13 February 1844
- Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Hyrum Smith and Others, 14 February 1845
- Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1842
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A [D&C 113:1–6]
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Report of Committee, 14 May 1842–C
- Resignation from George A. Smith, circa 10 August 1844
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–B [D&C 107 (partial)]
- Revelation, 16 April 1830 [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Published in Clayton, Revelations [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Book of the Law of the Lord [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Heber C. Kimball, Record Book [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 November 1834 [D&C 106]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 4 November 1830 [D&C 34]
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April-circa 8 May 1843, Willard Richards Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, First Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, James Sloan and John Taylor Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, Third Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, William Clayton Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843
- Rules of Order for Nauvoo City Council, 22 January 1842
- Sample of Pure Language, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832
- Sample of Pure Language, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Unpublished Editorial, circa Late January–Early February 1843
- Unpublished Editorial, circa Late January–Early February 1843, George Q. Cannon Copy
- Voting Record, 4 December 1841
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844
Orson Pratt Engraving, Frederick Piercy, circa 1855. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
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