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Liberty, Missouri
Summary
Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other Saints taking up residence in and near Liberty. Camp of Israel disbanded six miles from Liberty, 22 June 1834. Under threat of violence, most Saints left area, 1836. Described in 1837 as having “fourteen stores and four groceries” and large brick courthouse. Residents in Liberty acquired printing press damaged during mob destruction of Saints’ printing office (1833) in Independence, Missouri, and used press to print The Upper Missouri Enquirer. During eventual expulsion of all Latter-day Saints from Missouri, JS and other leaders were imprisoned in Liberty, Dec. 1838–Apr. 1839. While incarcerated, JS wrote or coauthored twelve letters, portions of two of which were later canonized, to family members and church leaders regarding legal proceedings and plans for Saints’ settlement in western Illinois.
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papers
- 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
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Authorization for Almon Babbitt and Others, circa 4 May 1839
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Certificate for Land Patent, 22 June 1836–B
- Collection of Sacred Hymns, 1835
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- 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, 11 December 1843 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, 31 August 1843 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1834–1836
- 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 Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to JS v. McLellin
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith and William Smith, 6 March 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Emma Smith, 7 March 1839
- Letter from Jacob Scott, 14 December 1841
- Letter from Nathan Haswell, circa 29 January 1844
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- 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 to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to David Hale, 12–19 February 1841
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- 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 John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 26 January 1841
- Letter to Presendia Huntington Buell, 15 March 1839
- Letter to Sally Waterman Phelps, 20 July 1835
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- 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
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Gardner Snow, 19 January 1839
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- 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
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Motion, 18 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Notes on Times and Seasons
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Plea, 18 April 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Receipt from Sarah Burt Beman, 26 January 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 ]
- Subpoena, 19 June 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Summons, 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Venire Facias, 2 December 1843 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Witness List, circa 9 June 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- “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
Jail at Liberty, Missouri Photograph, J. H. Hicks, 1888. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Township
- Liberty Township
- Town/City
- Liberty
- County
- Clay County
- State/Province
- Missouri
- Country:
- United States of America