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Independence, Missouri
Summary
Located twelve miles from western Missouri border. Permanently settled, platted, and designated county seat, 1827. Hub for steamboat travel on Missouri River. Point of departure for Santa Fe Trail. Population in 1831 about 300. Latter-day Saint population by summer 1833 about 200. Oliver Cowdery and other missionaries arrived in area, by Jan. 1831, and proselytized among American Indians living nearby. JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated area as “,” gathering place for Saints, and location of future temple. Revelation commanded Saints to purchase land for temple, storehouse, and printing press; storehouse and printing press established, by 1832. Growing Latter-day Saint presence opposed by earlier settlers. Mob violence erupted, July 1833. Gilbert and Whitney store vandalized, printing office destroyed, and Bishop Edward Partridge and Charles Allen tarred and feathered. Saints expelled from area by prior settlers, Nov. 1833.
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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
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Affidavit, 8 September 1838
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Agreement with William Law, 26 April 1841
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Appendix: Letter, George Bachman to Moses Wilson, 20 January 1843
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 20]
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Blessing to John Corrill, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Blessing to William W. Phelps, 22 September 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Collection of Sacred Hymns, 1835
- 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
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- 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 Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- 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]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason
- Introduction to F. G. Williams & Co.
- Introduction to N. K. Whitney & Co.
- 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
- Journal, 1832–1834
- 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
- Letter and Revelation to Edward Partridge, 7 January 1838
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Alphonso Young, 6 May 1842
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 March 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from John E. Page, 15 August 1842
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Shepherd Patrick, 11 August 1843
- 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, 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, 6–7 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- 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 Edward Partridge, 2 May 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 12 November 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 November 1838
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Whitmer, 9 April 1838
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Presendia Huntington Buell, 15 March 1839
- Letter to Sylvester Bartlett, 22 May 1842
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832, Extract, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832, Extract, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Citizens of Jackson County, 5 November 1838
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letter, 30 October 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- 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, Joseph H. Reynolds to Newel K. Whitney, 7 April 1843
- Letter, Samuel Owens to Thomas Ford, 10 June 1843
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- 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, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS 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 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 1 October 1831
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 April 1833
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- 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 Newel K. Whitney for “Mrs. Young,” 15 June 1840
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Plan of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio (Fragments), circa June 1833
- Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Preface to Doctrine and Covenants, 17 February 1835
- Proclamation, 11 May 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Receipt from William Collins, 8 February 1839
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 10 June 1831 [D&C 54]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- 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, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832 [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833, as Recorded in James C. Snow, Journal [D&C 98:1–22]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- 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
- 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 ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 18 November 1843 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- 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 ]
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “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
Artist’s depiction of the destruction of the Evening and the Morning Star printing office (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Photograph by Rinehard and Co.)
- Township
- Blue Township
- County
- Jackson County
- State/Province
- Missouri
- Country:
- United States of America