Accounts of Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844
The
following chart lists all of the versions in the Church History Library
of accounts of two discourses JS reportedly delivered
in late June 1844 to members of the in , Illinois. Extant
documents are listed in one of three groupings: those that contain a
transmission history, those that claim to originate from a nonextant
record kept by John E. Forsgren, and those with
little or no transmission history. The documents are identified through
call numbers and collection information from the Church History Library
catalog. For more information on these discourses, see Historical
Introduction to Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as
Recorded in John S. Fullmer, Letterbook.
Documents with Transmission History
| Call Number | Item/Collection | Creation Date | Dates of Discourses | Transmission History |
| MS 117 | John S. Fullmer, Letterbook, 1836–1881, 83–87 | 28 Apr. 1881 | 22 and 23 June 1844 | William Clayton → W. Gallup → Philo Dibble → John S. Fullmer |
| CHL | Wilford Woodruff, Historian’s Private Journal, 1858–1878 | 18 Nov. 1878 | 22 and 23 June 1844 | Philo Dibble → Wilford Woodruff |
| MS 6000, fd. 3 | “A Few Words of Counsel Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | After 1878 | 22 and 23 June 1844 | Philo Dibble → Wilford Woodruff → unknown scribe |
| MS 155 | Eliza R. Snow, “Copy of Remarks Made by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” JS Collection, 1827–1844 | No date | 22 and 23 June 1844 | Unknown scribe → Lorenzo Snow |
| MS 1658, fd. 5 | William B. Pace, Notebook, ca. 1885, William B. Pace, Papers, 1847–1904 | Ca. 1885 | 22 and 24 June 1844 | Alfred Bell → William B. Pace |
| MS 1658, fd. 1 | William B. Pace, Autobiography, 1904, pp. 37–41, William B. Pace, Papers, 1847–1904 | 1904 | 22 and 24 June 1844 | Copied from William B. Pace, Notebook |
Documents That Come from John E.
Forsgren
| Call Number | Item/Collection | Creation Date | Dates of Discourses | Transmission History |
| MS 6000, fd. 1 | “A Speech Delivered to the Nauvoo Legion by General Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 22 and 23 June 1844 | “taken from the private journal of Elder John E. Forsgren” |
| MS 6000, fd. 2 | “Speech of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | Ca. 26 Nov. 1876 | 24 and 22 June 1844 | “History kept by John Forsgren and copied by Job Smith, who was also present on the occasion and heard the speech.” |
| MS 6000, fd. 4 | “A Synopsis of the Last Two Speeches of Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | After ca. 1870 | 22 and 24 June 1844 | “as reported by John E. Forsgren” |
| MS 6000, fd. 8 | “A Few Words of Counsel Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 22 and 23 June 1844 | “Copied from History in the life of Elder John E. Forsgreen” |
| MS 6000, fd. 9 | “An Epitomy of the Speech of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No later than 1945–1946 | 24 June 1844 | “Reported by John Forsgreen and listened to by myself being one in the ranks.” |
| MS 29550 | “A Manuscript Furnished by Jno Forsgreen,” Ruia Holden Bushman, Collection, 1842–1948 | Ca. 1868 | Undated [ca. 23 or 24 June 1844] | “A Manuscript furnished by Jno Forsgreen” |
| MS 7573 | George Lake, Journal, Sept. 1870–Aug. 1879, [289]–298 | After Sept. 1878 | 22 and 23 June 1844 | “Copied from a copy which was copied from the history of Elder John E. Forsgren. by Bro. S. F. Wilson.” |
Documents with Little or No Transmission
History
| Call Number | Item/Collection | Creation Date | Dates of Discourses | Transmission History |
| MS 6000, fd. 5 | “The Last Discourses [of] Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 22 and 24 June 1844 | “Written by Mother Betsy Boley” |
| MS 6000, fd. 6 | “A Discourse Delivered by Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 22 and 24 June 1844 | |
| MS 6000, fd. 7 | “This Is the Last Discourse That the Prophet Joseph Smith Delivered in Nauvoo,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | After ca. 1850 | 24 June 1844 | |
| MS 6000, fd. 10 | “A Few of the Words of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | Ca. 23 July 1908 | 22 and 23 June 1844 | “To Edward G. Snow” |
| MS 6000, fd. 11 | “A Few Words of Counsil Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 22 and 23 June 1844 | |
| MS 6000, fd. 12 | “The Prophet Joseph Smith Called upon the Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 | No date | 24 <18> and 22 June 1844 | |
| MS 21882 | Joseph Smith Address to the Nauvoo Legion, 22 June 1844 | No date | 22 June 1844 | |
| MS 16397 | “A Discourse Delivered by Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Hosea Stout Papers, 1832–1875 | After ca. 1850 | 22 June 1844 | |
| MS 33390 | The Prophet Joseph Smith’s Addresses to the Nauvoo Legion | No date | 22 and 24 June 1844 | |
| MS 14538 | “A Few Words of Council Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” James G. Bleak Papers, 1885–1906 | After ca. 1850 | 22 and 23 June 1844 |