Willard Richards Circa 1845, photograph likely by Lucian R. Foster, copy (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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Richards, Willard
Biography
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co., New York, by Nov. 1820; to Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., by Nov. 1821; and to Nassau, Rensselaer Co., New York, by 6 Apr. 1823. Traveled through New England, giving lectures on scientific subjects for several years, beginning 1827. Practiced medicine at Thomsonian infirmary, beginning 1834, in Boston. Moved to Holliston, Middlesex Co., 1835. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, Oct. 1836. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Brigham Young, 31 Dec. 1836, in Kirtland. Appointed to serve mission to eastern U.S., 13 Mar. 1837. Served mission to England, 1837–1841. Married Jennetta Richards, 24 Sept. 1838, in Walker Fold, Chaigley, Lancashire, England. Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 14 Apr. 1840, at Preston, Lancashire. Traveled to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 16 Aug. 1841. Moved to Warsaw, Hancock Co., 7 Sept. 1841; moved to Nauvoo, 11 Dec. 1841. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1841–1843. Appointed recorder for Nauvoo temple and JS’s scribe, 13 Dec. 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Appointed JS’s private secretary and church historian, 21 Dec. 1842; church recorder, 30 July 1843; and Nauvoo city recorder clerk of municipal court, Aug. 1843. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844, and served as recorder of council. Participated in plural marriage during JS’s lifetime. Before death of JS, completed personal history of JS up to Aug. 1838. With JS in jail in Carthage, Hancock Co., when JS and Hyrum Smith were murdered, 27 June 1844. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley and returned to Winter Quarters, 1847. Appointed second counselor to Brigham Young in church presidency, 27 Dec. 1847, at what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Led company of Saints to Salt Lake Valley, 1848. Appointed secretary and president of legislative council for provisional state of Deseret. Secretary of Utah Territory, postmaster of Salt Lake City, and editor of Deseret News. Died at Salt Lake City.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Promissory Note from John F. Wakefield, 9 January 1840–B
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account of Hearing, 10 February 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- Account of Hearing, circa 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Account of Meeting, 20 February 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Account of Meeting, 23 May 1844
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Addenda Notes [January 1840]
- Addenda Notes [October–November 1840, November 1841]
- Affidavit from Andrew and James Hamilton, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Affidavit from Caleb Baldwin and Others, 7 July 1843
- Affidavit from Carlos Lyon, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Claudius Spencer, 2 July 1844
- Affidavit from Henry Hugins, 31 May 1844
- Affidavit from Jesse Price, 5 August 1844
- Affidavit from John P. Greene and John M. Bernhisel, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from John P. Greene, 21 June 1844
- Affidavit from John R. Wakefield, 24 June 1844
- Affidavit from Joseph Smith, 2 January 1843
- Affidavit from Philander Avery, 20 December 1843, Willard Richards Copy
- Affidavit from Philander Avery, 20 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Copy
- Affidavit from Stephen Markham, 17 June 1844
- Affidavit from Thomas G. Wilson, 16 June 1844, Thomas Bullock Copy
- Affidavit from Thomas G. Wilson, 16 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Affidavit from Truman Gillet Jr., 18 June 1844, John McEwan Copy
- Affidavit from Truman Gillet Jr., 18 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Affidavit from Willard Richards and Philip B. Lewis, 8 December 1843
- Affidavit from Willard Richards, 18 December 1843
- Affidavit from Wilson Law and Others, 4 January 1843
- Affidavit, 1 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Affidavit, 21 June 1844
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–A
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–B
- Agreement with Willard Richards, 14 December 1841
- Agreement with William Tenney and Others, 30 November 1836
- Agreement, 4 January 1838
- Amendment to Ordinance, 10 January 1844
- Amendment to Ordinance, 13 January 1844
- Amendment, 5 March 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 9. Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1: First Theological Lecture on Faith, circa January–May 1835
- Appendix 1: Letter, Lucien Woodworth to Sam Houston, 14 July 1844
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 2: William Clayton, Journal Excerpt, 1–4 April 1843
- Appendix 3: Orson Hyde, Statement about Quorum of the Twelve, circa Late March 1845
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Draft Notes, January 1842
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Draft Notes, March and April 1842
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix 5, Document 4. Draft Notes, 1844
- Appendix 5, Document 5. Draft Notes, December 1841
- Appendix 5: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 13 January 1846
- Appendix 5: Willard Richards, Draft Notes of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 1842, 1844, Introduction
- Approval of Bond, between 20 and 25 November 1843
- Approval of Bond, between 22 and 24 November 1843
- Attachment, 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Authorization for Amos Fielding, 13 March 1844
- Authorization for Anson Matthews, 19 March 1842
- Authorization for James Brown, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Orson Hyde, 30 March 1844
- Authorization for Orson Pratt, 12 March 1844
- Authorization for Samuel Eggleston, 26 September 1842
- Authorization for Thomas R. King, 27 August 1842
- Bill from John Taylor, 18 February 1842
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Bond to Stephen Markham, 9 May 1840–B
- Bond to Isaac Chase, 14 January 1842
- Bond from Bradley Wilson, 19 February 1842
- Bond from Brigham Young and John M. Bernhisel, 30 May 1843
- Bond from Charles C. Rich, 5 February 1842
- Bond from First Presidency, 4 January 1842
- Bond from JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, 31 January 1842
- Bond from Lewis Dunbar Wilson and Bradley R. Bentley, 19 February 1842
- Bond from Pulaski Cahoon and Others, 21 December 1843
- Bond from Smith Tuttle and John Gillet, 7 July 1843
- Bond from Thomas Rich, 5 February 1842
- Bond to Abraham Stevens, 6 October 1841
- Bond to Anson Mathews, 1 February 1840
- Bond to Hiram Clark, 23 September 1839
- Bond to Stephen Foot, 1 April 1840
- Bond to Stephen Markham, 9 May 1840–A
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Bond, Daniel Carter to Gilbert Granger, 16 September 1841
- Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation to Accompany Facsimile 1, circa February 1842 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, 8–circa 15 March 1842 [Abraham 3:18–26]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–B [Abraham 1:4–2:2]
- Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May 1842
- Certificate, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Circular, 23 September 1843
- Claim from Henry G. Sherwood, circa 21 December 1843
- Claims from Shadrach Roundy and Others, 4 and circa 19 December 1843
- Complaint, 1 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee–B ]
- Complaint, 10 April 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Complaint, 15 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Complaint, 3 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Complaint, 4 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Complaint, 9 February 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. Withers ]
- 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 Elbridge and Elmira Pinkham Tufts, 1 June 1844
- Deed from Ethan Kimball, 20 June 1842
- Deed from Noah and Cynthia Clark Hubbard, 21 December 1841
- Deed from Peter and Charlotte Harrington Haws, 29 May 1843
- Deed from Willard and Jennetta Richards, 23 February 1843
- Deed to Alvah Tippets, 29 April 1842
- Deed to Angelina Works Robinson, 28 February 1842
- Deed to Charles Ivins, 30 April 1842
- Deed to Cyril Call, 3 January 1844
- Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 2 February 1842
- Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 26 April 1842
- Deed to Elias Harmer, 3 June 1842
- Deed to Elizabeth Smith Whitney, 22 April 1843
- Deed to Ephraim Potter, 30 March 1842
- Deed to Ezra Chase, 14 January 1842
- Deed to George J. Taylor and Others, 28 April 1842
- Deed to George W. Harris, 30 April 1842
- Deed to Horace Eldredge, 30 January 1844
- Deed to James Goff, 20 May 1844
- Deed to James Ivins, 27 April 1842
- Deed to Jane Gully, 20 May 1844
- Deed to Jesse Price, 28 April 1842
- Deed to John Bowen, 7 June 1842
- Deed to John Lytle, 18 January 1844
- Deed to John Scott, 5 February 1844
- Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842
- Deed to Julius Guinard, 23 April 1842
- Deed to Mercy Fielding Thompson, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Philinda Merrick, 24 March 1842
- Deed to Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
- Deed to Robert W. Bidwell, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Smith Tuttle, John Gillet, and Horace Hotchkiss, 7 July 1843
- Deed to Theodore Turley, 25 January 1844
- Deed to Thomas Moore, 29 January 1844
- Deed to Wilford Owen Woodruff and Phebe Amelia Woodruff, 28 April 1842
- Deed to William Henry Kimball and Others, 28 April 1842
- Deed to William Law, 24 January 1842
- Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–A
- Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–B
- Deed to William Symons, 24 March 1842
- Deed to Wilson Law, 24 January 1842
- Deed, JS and Emma Hale Smith to JS Trustee in Trust, 5 October 1841
- Deposition, 26 February 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. Bostwick ]
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 1 May 1842, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 10 June 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 11 February 1843
- Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 14 September 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 15 October 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 16 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 16 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards–A
- Discourse, 16 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards–B
- Discourse, 16 June 1844–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 17 September 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 21 February 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 23 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 25 February 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 26 December 1841, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 27 August 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 27 June 1839, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 29 December 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 29 January 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards–A
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 3 October 1841, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 August 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 May 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 8 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 8 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton–B
- Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 9 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 9 October 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 2 July 1839, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–C, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Docket Entry, 1 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee–B ]
- Docket Entry, between 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster ]
- Docket Entry, between 31 March and circa 19 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 10 and circa 17 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 12 and circa 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 15 and circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 16 and circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. Foster ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee–A ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. Spencer ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 and circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 23 and circa 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 4 and circa 26 April 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Hoopes et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 6 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee–B ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Draft Notes, 29 June–1 July 1844
- Editorial, circa 1 March 1842, Draft
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Execution, 15 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Execution, 15 January 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Execution, 2 October 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Execution, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Execution, 4 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Execution, 7 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Execution, 7 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Explanation to Accompany Facsimile 2, circa 15 March 1842
- Fee Bill, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Fee Bill, 7 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Hoopes et al. ]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Instructions, 9 February 1843 [D&C 129], as Reported by Willard Richards
- Introduction to Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Olney
- Invitation to Wilson and Elizabeth Sikes Law, 11 January 1843
- Journal, 1839
- 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
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Lease to David S. Hollister, 2 December 1843
- Lease to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, between 8 and 10 December 1842
- Lease to Lewis Hyde and Robert Ellison, 16 April 1842
- Lease to Willard Richards, 4 January 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 24 October 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843
- Letter from Abraham Jonas, 21 March 1843
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 5 May 1844
- Letter from Brigham Young and Willard Richards, 5 September 1840
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, circa 23 June 1842
- Letter from Clyde, Williams & Co., circa 15 July 1843
- Letter from David Orr, 14 June 1843
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
- Letter from Edward Johnston, 23 June 1844
- Letter from Edward Southwick, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Edward Southwick, 7 August 1843
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 22 June 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, March 1843
- Letter from Fields Jarvis, 6 February 1843
- Letter from Garret Bias, 3 April 1843
- Letter from George W. Robinson, 26 April 1843
- Letter from Halsey Cook, 20 March 1843
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 October 1842
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 19 December 1842
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 27 September 1843
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 April 1843
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 9 May 1842
- Letter from Hugh T. Reid and James W. Woods, 24 June 1844
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 March 1843
- Letter from Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Letter from Isaac W. Stathem, 10 May 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 14 March 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 17 December 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 16 August 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from James Toner, 4 December 1842
- Letter from Jarvis M. Jackson, 21 February 1843
- Letter from Joel and Joseph Johnson, circa 13 May 1842
- Letter from John C. Calhoun, 2 December 1843
- Letter from John Cleminson, between 1 and 15 May 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 2 May 1843
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 1 October 1842
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 8 March 1843
- Letter from John McKee, 7 March 1843
- Letter from John P. Greene, 18 March 1843
- Letter from John R. Wakefield, 24 June 1844
- Letter from John V. Curtis, 27 November 1843
- Letter from Joseph L. Heywood, 23 October 1843
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Lewis Cass, 9 December 1843
- Letter from Luther W. Hickok, 6 June 1844
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–A
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–B
- Letter from Martha Campbell, 19 December 1843
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Miner R. Deming, 26 June 1844
- Letter from Moses Martin, 7 November 1841
- Letter from Nathan B. Haswell, circa 29 January 1844
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 19 April 1844
- Letter from R. T. Wyckoff, 25 February 1844
- Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 10–21 January 1844
- Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 October 1843
- Letter from Richard Hewitt, 24 May 1840
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 7 June 1844
- Letter from Shepherd Patrick, 11 August 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, circa 13 February 1843
- Letter from Sybella Armstrong, 1 May 1843
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
- Letter from Sylvester Emmons, 21 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 12 December 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 13 September 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 16 March 1843
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter from William Clayton, 26 June 1844
- Letter from William Smith, 18 December 1835
- Letter from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 28 March 1836
- Letter to Abraham Jonas, 25 March 1843
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 June 1844
- Letter to Church Leaders in Kirtland, Ohio, 15 December 1841
- Letter to Editor, after 8 June 1844
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 21 December 1841
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 26 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Edward Johnston, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 19 August 1836
- Letter to Emma Smith, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 25 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 27 June 1844
- Letter to George Boosinger, 24 February 1842
- Letter to Henry Hugins, 18 June 1844
- Letter to Henry Hugins, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Hiram Barney, 3 March 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 March 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 12 October 1843
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 19 January 1842
- Letter to Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 30 June 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 26 June 1844
- Letter to Jennetta Richards Richards, 23 June 1842
- Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 26 June 1844–A
- Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 27 November 1843
- Letter to John C. Calhoun, 4 November 1843
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 4 January 1842
- Letter to John McKee, 28 March 1843
- Letter to John R. Wakefield, 23 June 1844
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 25 May 1844
- Letter to Orville Browning, 27 June 1844
- Letter to Presidential Candidates, 4 November 1843, Draft
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Richard Ballantyne and Peter Slater, 20 June 1844
- Letter to Richard S. Blennerhassett, 17 March 1843
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840
- Letter to Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 October 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 20 September 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–B
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 24 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 26 June 1844
- Letter to Washington Tucker, 12 June 1844
- Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
- Letter to the Church, 23 June 1842
- Letter, John Chambers to John Cowan, 10 March 1843
- Letter, John M. Bernhisel to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter, John Pickels to William Clayton, 10 July 1843
- Letter, John R. Wakefield to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter, John Whitmer to William W. Phelps, 8 January 1844
- Letter, Joseph H. Reynolds to Newel K. Whitney, 7 April 1843
- Letter, Richard Ballantyne to Samuel Smith, 3 July 1844
- Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1844
- Letter, Robert D. Foster to Nauvoo City Council, 8 July 1844
- Letter, William Ewing to John Bills, circa 30 November 1843
- Letter, William W. Phelps and Willard Richards to Thomas Ford, 4 July 1844, John McEwan First Copy
- Letter, William W. Phelps and Willard Richards to Thomas Ford, 4 July 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Charles Jameson, 29 August 1843
- License for Moses S. Emett, 15 October 1843
- License for Nathan Davis, 8 January 1844
- License for William Austin, 20 May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- List of Witness, 26 June 1844
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844
- Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Willard Richards First Copy
- Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844, Willard Richards Second Copy
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 10 June 1844
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
- Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, circa 10 January 1844
- Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
- Memorandum, 20 June 1844
- Memorandum, 2 October 1841
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843, Fair Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Willard Richards Copy
- Military Order to Albert P. Rockwood, 17 June 1844
- Military Order to Hugh McFall, 16 June 1844
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 10 June 1844
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–A
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–A, Willard Richards Copy
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B, Willard Richards Copy
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 22 June 1844
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–A
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–B
- Minute Book 2
- Minute Entry, 12 February 1844
- Minute Entry, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Appointment of George Stiles, 13 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Hyrum Smith, 19 May 1842
- Minute Entry, Appointment of William E. Horner, 14 October 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointments of George A. Smith and Others, 19 May 1842
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 16 December 1843
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 21 December 1843
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 8 June 1844
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–A
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–B
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–C
- Minute Entry, Approval of Claims, 16 January 1844
- Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 13 January 1844
- Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 29 April 1844–A
- Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 29 April 1844–B
- Minute Entry, Motion, 13 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Motion, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Motion, 5 March 1844
- Minute Entry, Motion, 8 June 1844
- Minute Entry, Motion, 9 March 1844
- Minute Entry, Order, 12 February 1844
- Minute Entry, Pay Order for Thomas Bullock, 12 February 1844
- Minute Entry, Remittance of Fine, 29 April 1844
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 17 March 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published by Times and Seasons
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 1 November 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 April 1844
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 13 November 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 15 January 1842, Draft
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 16 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Minutes, 17–18 February 1842
- Minutes, 18 April 1844
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 20 November 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 22 January 1842, Draft
- Minutes, 25 April 1844
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 29 November 1843
- Minutes, 30 April 1843
- Minutes, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Minutes, 30 October 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 4 April 1844
- Minutes, 4 December 1843
- Minutes, 5 April 1844
- Minutes, 5 March 1842
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Mittimus, 11 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Mittimus, 26 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Motion, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Notice of Appeal, 2 May 1844
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, 15 December 1841
- Notice, 15 July 1842
- Notification to Daniel Wood, 23 January 1842
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 30 October, 1 and 13 November 1841
- Order of Commitment, 23 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Ordinance, 10 June 1844
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843–A
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843–B
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843–C
- Ordinance, 12 February 1844–A
- Ordinance, 12 February 1844–B
- Ordinance, 16 December 1843–A
- Ordinance, 16 December 1843–B
- Ordinance, 16 January 1844–A
- Ordinance, 16 January 1844–B
- Ordinance, 16 January 1844–C
- Ordinance, 17 February 1842, Copy
- Ordinance, 21 December 1843
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–A
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–B
- Ordinance, 8 June 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alanson Ripley, 19 May 1842
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Henry G. Sherwood, 14 May 1842
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 14 January 1844
- Petition from Aaron Johnson, 18 December 1843
- Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 10 June 1844
- Petition from Christopher Keegan, 29 April 1844
- Petition from Ebenezer Robinson and Aaron Johnson, 15 January 1844
- Petition from Edson Whipple and Others, 30 April 1844
- Petition from Elizabeth Taylor and Others, 22 April 1844
- Petition from George B. Wallace and Others and Letter from John E. Page, 30 October 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, 9 March 1844
- Petition from Hyrum Smith and Others, 8 March 1844
- Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
- Petition from James Hamilton and Others, 22 June 1844
- Petition from Jeremiah Hatch Jr. and Others, 29 February 1844
- Petition from John Barnett and Others, 9 March 1844
- Petition from John P. Herr and Others, 7 March 1844
- Petition from John Pack and Others, 28 February 1844
- Petition from Josiah Butterfield and Others, 1 May 1844
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition from Reuben H. Loomis, 28 December 1843
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition from Thomas Moss, 7 February 1844
- Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, 8 June 1844
- Petition, 10 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Petition, 16 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Petition, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Petition, 23 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Petition, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Poem from William W. Phelps, 7 November 1843
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843
- Power of Attorney to Oliver Granger, 27 September 1837
- Praecipe, 10 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Promissory Note from Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–B
- Promissory Note from Benjamin Hoyt, 12 February 1840–C
- Promissory Note from Alpheus Gifford, 1 December 1839–B
- Promissory Note from Anson Mathews, 1 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 January 1840–A
- Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 January 1840–B
- Promissory Note from David Garlick, 9 January 1840–C
- Promissory Note from David Jones, 1 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Ebenezer Black, 10 January 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Ebenezer Black, 10 January 1840–B
- Promissory Note from George B. Teeples, 15 February 1840–B
- Promissory Note from George B. Teeples, 15 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from George Burket, 12 January 1841–A
- Promissory Note from Isaac Behunin, 1 November 1839
- Promissory Note from John Miller, 27 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from John Miller, 27 February 1840–B
- Promissory Note from Joseph K. Allen, 10 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Lorenzo Clark, 1 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Welcome Chapman, 1 February 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Welcome Chapman, 1 February 1840–B
- Promissory Note to Daniel Carter, 2 September 1840
- Promissory Note to Ethan Kimball, 20 June 1842
- Promissory Note to George McIntire, 17 January 1842
- Promissory Note to George McIntire, 20 January 1842
- Promissory Note to Hugh McFall, 25 March 1842
- Promissory Note to James Ivins, 21 July 1841
- Promissory Note to Jason Brunell, 14 September 1837
- Promissory Note to Shadrach Roundy, 24 November 1841
- Promissory Note to William Marks, 4 April 1842
- Promissory Note, Don Carlos Smith to Hyrum Hoyt, 10 April 1841
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Receipt to Nahum Curtis, circa Late 1840
- Receipt to Shadrach Roundy, 24 August 1840
- Recommendation for Brigham Young, 3 June 1839
- Recommendation for George A. Smith, 3 June 1839
- Recommendation for Heber C. Kimball, between 2 and 13 June 1837
- Recommendation for Lucien Woodworth, 16 March 1844
- Recommendation for Willard Richards, between 11 and 13 June 1837
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841
- Requisition from Thomas Reynolds, 22 July 1842
- Resignation of Fees from Brigham Young, 17 February 1842
- Resignation of Fees from Heber C. Kimball, 17 February 1842
- Resignation of Fees from Wilford Woodruff, 17 February 1842
- Resignation of Fees from Willard Richards, 17 February 1842
- Resignation of Fees, 17 February 1842
- Resolution, 12 December 1843–A
- Resolution, 12 December 1843–B
- Resolution, 12 December 1843–C
- Resolution, 16 December 1843
- Resolutions, 7 December 1843
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 19 May 1842
- Revelation, 2 December 1841
- Revelation, 2 November 1835
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 25 November 1843
- Revelation, 28 January 1842
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 November 1835
- Revelation, 9 July 1841 [D&C 126]
- Revelation, May 1829–A [D&C 11]
- Revelation, circa 22 December 1841–A
- Revelation, circa 22 December 1841–B
- Revocation of Power of Attorney, 18 January 1842
- Rules of Order for Nauvoo City Council, 22 January 1842
- Schedule for General Conferences, circa 15 April 1844
- Song, 7 January 1843
- Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844
- Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Statement from George C. Anderson, 23 June 1844
- Subpoena, 12 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Subpoena, 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Subpoena, 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Subscription List from Ramus, Illinois, Saints, circa 3 March 1843
- Testimony against Chauncey L. Higbee, 25 May 1844
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 May 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Visions, 3 April 1836 [D&C 110]
- Voting Record, 22 January 1842
- Voting Record, 5 March 1842
- Warrant from Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy
- Warrant, 1 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Warrant, 1 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault ]
- Warrant, 16 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Warrant, 4 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Warrant, Robert F. Smith for Arrest of Joseph W. Coolidge, 24 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Wrapper for Letters, circa 15 February 1844
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 10 October 1843–A [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 10 October 1843–B [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 12 April 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 12 April 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 16 May 1844–A [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 16 May 1844–B [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 23 November 1843–A [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 23 November 1843–B [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Writ of Venire Facias, 16 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Writ of Venire Facias, 2 March 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- “History of Joseph Smith”
- “Valuable Discovery,” circa Early July 1835