Interim Content
Jail, Liberty, Missouri
Summary
Two-story building containing dungeon on lower floor with access through trap door. Wood building constructed, ca. 1830. Outer stone wall added and building completed, 1833. JS and five others confined there for just over four months, beginning 1 Dec. 1838, while awaiting trial for charges in connection with “Mormon War.” JS and others attempted to escape jail and failed, 7 Feb. and 4 Mar. 1839. JS and others transferred from jail to Daviess Co., Missouri, 6 Apr. 1839. While imprisoned there, JS wrote or coauthored at least twelve letters and two petitions.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–A
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 29 September 1839, as Reported by James Mulholland
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, circa 28 March 1841
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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]
- Introduction to Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- 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. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 1 December 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 April 1839
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 26 January 1841
- Letter to Presendia Huntington Buell, 15 March 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 July 1840
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Recorded in “General” Record Book
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, Extract, Phebe Carter Woodruff Copy
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letterbook 2
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- 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, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Promissory Note to John Brassfield, 16 April 1839
- Receipt from William Collins, 8 February 1839
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- 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 ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- County
- Clay County
- State/Province
- Missouri
- Country:
- United States of America