Interim Content
Nauvoo House, Nauvoo, Illinois
Summary
Located in lower portion of Nauvoo (the flats) along bank of Mississippi River. JS revelation, dated 19 Jan. 1841, instructed Saints to build boardinghouse for travelers and immigrants. Construction of planned three-story building to be funded by fifty-dollar shares of stock. Cornerstone laid, 2 Oct. 1841, but building never completed beyond windows of second story. Shortly before his death, JS instructed Saints to stop work on Nauvoo House and channel resources into completing temple. Bodies of JS and Hyrum Smith temporarily buried in basement of uncompleted structure, night of 29–30 June 1844. Emma Smith’s second husband, Lewis C. Bidamon, removed part of structure and built smaller hotel and family residence on portion of existing foundation.
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papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Book of Mormon Manuscript Excerpt, circa June 1829 [1 Nephi 2:2b–3:18a]
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account and Pay Order from Parley P. Pratt and Amos Fielding, 16 September 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Additions to “Church History,” September 1843, Draft
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson, 4 February 1842
- Agreement with William Law, 26 April 1841
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Draft Notes, January 1842
- Appendix 6: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 18 January 1846
- Authorization for Brigham Young, 1 June 1843
- Authorization for George A. Smith, 1 June 1843
- Authorization for Heber C. Kimball, 1 June 1843
- Authorization for Hyrum Smith and Isaac Galland, 15 February 1841–B
- Authorization for James Brown, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Peter Haws, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Wilford Woodruff, 1 June 1843
- Authorization for Wilford Woodruff, 1 June 1843, as Recorded in Woodruff, Journal
- Authorization, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- Bill of Sale, 12 April 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Bond from James Brown and Samuel Bennett, 31 May 1843
- Bond, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- 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
- Deed from Charles W. and Mary Ann Bosworth Hubbard, 2 January 1844
- Depositions, 21 July 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Discourse, 14 May 1843
- Discourse, 21 February 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 21 February 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 25 February 1843
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–A, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Docket Entry, between 10 February and circa 5 May 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- Docket Entry, circa 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Emma Smith Bidamon and Others, Answer, 14 November 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- 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 the Book of the Law of the Lord
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- 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
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Alonzo LeBaron, circa 29 June 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 May 1842
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 22 March 1842
- Letter from Eliza Lowry Nicholson, 23 April 1843
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 October 1842
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 February 1842
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from John E. Page, 2 May 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 24 April 1843
- Letter from John P. Greene, 18 March 1843
- Letter from John Vance, 1 November 1841
- Letter from John W. Latson, 7 January 1842
- Letter from Lorenzo Snow, 10 October 1842
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–B
- Letter from Oliver Olney, 15 or 16 July 1842
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 August 1841
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 16 March 1843
- Letter from Unidentified Author, 29 August 1842, Extract
- Letter from Wilson Law, 15 August 1842
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Final Draft
- Letter to Editor, 8 April 1843, Initial Draft
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 21 December 1841
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 17 January 1842
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 19 January 1842
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 26 January 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letter to the Saints Abroad, 24 May 1841
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letterbook 2
- Memorandum, 2 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 9 June 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 19 April 1843
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 5 February 1841
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843–C
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–B
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–B, Copy
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor –A
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor –B
- Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa 12 April 1828–circa 1 July 1829
- Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
- Proclamation, between 19 January and 27 August 1841
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, 11 February 1841
- Remarks, 2 July 1843
- Report of the First Presidency to the Church, circa 7 April 1841
- Report, circa 13 July 1851 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 19 May 1842
- Revelation, 20 March 1841
- Revelation, 28 January 1842
- Revelation, circa 22 December 1841–B
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April-circa 8 May 1843, Willard Richards Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, First Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, James Sloan and John Taylor Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, Third Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, William Clayton Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843
- Revocation of Power of Attorney, 18 January 1842
- Silas Heaight, Deposition, 21 July 1842 [JS v. Brotherton]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Partial Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Warrant, 10 February 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844
Nauvoo House Oil on canvas, David Hyrum Smith, circa 1865. (Courtesy the Lynn and Lorene Smith family and Community of Christ.)
- Town/City
- Nauvoo
- County
- Hancock County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country:
- United States of America