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Maine
Summary
Initially established as district of Massachusetts, 1691. Admitted as state, 1820. Population in 1830 about 400,000. Population in 1840 about 500,000. Capital city and seat of government, Augusta. First visited by Latter-day Saint missionaries, Sept. 1832. Branches of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Farmington and Saco, by 1832. Wilford Woodruff and others arrived in Fox Islands, by Aug. 1837, and established branch. Many converts emigrated with Woodruff to Illinois, 1838. By 1847, nearly 500 converts left Maine to gather with Saints in Missouri and Illinois.
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papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States, circa 26 January–7 February 1844
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Appendix: Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as Recorded in Fullmer, Letterbook
- Appendix: Reminiscence of William D. Purple, 28 April 1877 [ State of New York v. JS–A ]
- Authorization for Brigham Young, 1 June 1843
- Bill in Chancery, circa 18 August 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Blessing to Darwin Richardson, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Hazen Aldrich, 1 March 1835
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Discourse, 18 June 1844, as Reported by William McIntire
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 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]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- 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
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 September 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 1 March 1843
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Jonathan H. Hale, 18 September 1837
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letterbook 2
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 16 January 1836
- Minutes, 19 April 1843
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 21 April 1838
- Minutes, 29 November 1843
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 7 November 1835
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- State/Province
- Maine
- Country:
- United States of America