Official Statement on JS’s and Hyrum Smith’s Deaths

30 June 1844

Nauvoo Neighbor published statement on deaths of JS and Hyrum Smith. Several subsequent articles and tracts offered accounts of events.

Nauvoo Neighbor, Extra, 30 June 1844, [1]; Nauvoo Neighbor, Extra, 2 July 1844, [1]; Lyne, True and Descriptive Account of the Assassination, 3–12; Death of the Prophets Joseph and Hyram Smith, 3–12; Clayton, Death of the Prophets, [1], copy at Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA; Snow, Lines on the Assassination of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith, [1], copy at CHL. See also Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:267–268, 273–276, 280–281, 286, 289–290.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.

Lyne, T. A. A True and Descriptive Account of the Assassination of Joseph and Hiram Smith, the Mormon Prophet and Patriarch. At Carthage, Illinois, June 27th, 1844. New York: C. A. Calhoun, 1844.

Death of the Prophets Joseph and Hyram Smith, Who Were Murdered while in Prison at Carthage, on the 27th Day of June, A. D. 1844. Boston: John Gooch, 1844.

Clayton, William. The Death of the Prophets, no date. Copy at Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Snow, Eliza R. Lines on the Assassination of Generals Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, First Presidents of the Church of Latter-day Saints, Who Were Massacred by a Mob in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, on the Twenty-seventh June, 1844. Nauvoo, IL: J. Heap, 1844. Copy at CHL.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Official Statement on JS’s and Hyrum Smith’s Deaths

30 June 1844

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