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Galena, Illinois
Summary
County seat. Originally known as the Point; laid out and named Galena, 1826. Principal town in lead-mine country. Population in 1840 about 1,800. Population in 1845 about 4,000. Several Saints worked in mines while Nauvoo temple was being built.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Jubilee Songs, between 11 and 18 January 1843
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Affidavit from Luman Calkins, 22 June 1844
- Amended Pleas, circa 30 October 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- 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
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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]
- Introduction to Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay
- Introduction to Steamboat Nauvoo
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter from Henry Q. Jennison, 18 August 1841
- Letter from John E. Page, 1–2 March 1844
- Letter from Osee Welch, 25 October 1843
- Letter from Samuel McClanathan, likely between 20 June 1842 and 20 June 1844
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter to Sirs, 1 April 1843
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 11 October 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 6 August 1844
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 31 May 1844
- Steamboat Nauvoo Ledger, 10 September–12 December 1840
- County
- Jo Daviess County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country:
- United States of America