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Chicago, Illinois
Summary
Settled by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, 1779. U.S. Fort Dearborn established, 1804. Town organized, 10 Aug. 1832. Incorporated as city, May 1837. Population in 1837 about 4,200; in 1840 about 4,500; and in 1844 about 11,000. Twenty-six members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Chicago, May 1843. By 1845, thirty church members located in Chicago, with one hundred additional members located between Chicago and Peoria, Illinois. Site of newspaper Chicago Democrat, edited by John Wentworth, to whom JS sent summary of Latter-day Saint doctrine and history of church in what was later referred to as “Wentworth Letter,” 1842.
Links
papers
- 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
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Account with Estate of Oliver Granger, between circa 3 February and circa 2 March 1842
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Authorization for Ebenezer Robinson, 24 February 1842
- 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 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 11 June 1842–30 January 1851 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Fragment of Book of Breathing for Horos–A, between 238 and circa 153 BC
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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 Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Jaque Martin, Answer, 21 November 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- 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 from James Adams, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Joel Hamilton Walker, 9 May 1844
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 8 March 1842
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Moses Martin, 7 November 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 19 April 1844
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Thaddeus Keeler Jr., 10 June 1844
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 30 June 1842
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 7 March 1842
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 14 June 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 January 1844
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Vilate Murray Kimball, 2 March 1841
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter, Charles B. Penrose to Justin Butterfield, 11 January 1843
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 11 October 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 2 August 1842
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 25 May 1843
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Charles B. Penrose, 6 August 1844
- Letter, Justin Butterfield to Sidney Rigdon, 20 October 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Stephen A. Douglas to William Smith, 27 August 1842
- Minutes, 13 November 1841, Copy
- Notice to Creditors and Others, 17 June 1842
- Plan of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio (Fragments), circa June 1833
- Report of United States Attorney for District of Illinois, circa June 1842 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Revelation, circa 22 December 1841–A
- Schedule for General Conferences, between 10 and circa 15 April 1844
- Schedule for General Conferences, between 10 and circa 15 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- County
- Cook County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country:
- United States of America