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Phelps, William Wines
Biography
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman, 28 Apr. 1815, in Smyrna, Chenango Co., New York. Editor of Western Courier. Moved to Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, by 3 July 1819. Returned to Homer, by Nov. 1821. Moved to Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., New York, 1823. Edited Anti-Masonic newspaper Lake Light. Moved to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, Apr. 1828, and there published Anti-Masonic newspaper Ontario Phoenix. Obtained copy of Book of Mormon, 1830. Met JS, 24 Dec. 1830. Migrated to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 June 1831, at Kirtland. Ordained an elder by JS, June 1831, at Kirtland. Appointed church printer, 20 July 1831. Ordained a high priest by JS, 1 Oct. 1831. Appointed member of what became the Literary Firm, Nov. 1831. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, late 1831. Appointed member of United Firm, Apr. 1832. Became editor of The Evening and the Morning Star and Upper Missouri Advertiser, published 1832–1833 at Independence, Jackson Co. Published Book of Commandments, but most copies destroyed by mob when printing office was razed, 20 July 1833. Expelled from Jackson Co. to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Appointed counselor/assistant president to David Whitmer, president of church in Missouri, 3 July 1834. Returned to Kirtland and served as JS’s scribe. Prolific writer of hymns. Helped compile Doctrine and Covenants and first Latter-day Saint hymnal, 1835, at Kirtland. Appointed to draft rules and regulations for Kirtland temple, 13 Jan. 1836. Returned from Kirtland to Clay Co., where he resumed duties with Missouri presidency, 1836. Appointed postmaster, 27 May 1837, at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Excommunicated, 10 Mar. 1838. Reconciled with church, before Mar. 1839; excommunicated, Mar. 1839. Moved to Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, before Mar. 1840. Reconciled with church; rebaptized, late June 1840. Returned to Kirtland, by May 1841. Appointed to serve mission to eastern U.S., 23 May 1841. Appointed recorder of church licenses, 2 Oct. 1841, in Kirtland. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Nov. 1842. Acted as clerk to JS and assisted John Taylor in editing Times and Seasons and Nauvoo Neighbor. Assisted Willard Richards in writing JS’s history, by Jan. 1843. Elected fire warden and mayor’s clerk, 11 Feb. 1843. Served as member pro tem of Nauvoo City Council. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1848. Served as counselor to Parley P. Pratt on exploration mission to southern Utah Territory, Nov. 1849. Admitted to Utah territorial bar, 1851. Member of Utah territorial Legislative Assembly, 1851–1857. Died at Salt Lake City.
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- 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
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Account of Hearing, 10 February 1843, as Reported by William W. Phelps [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Shorthand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account, circa 23 October 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Additions to “Church History,” September 1843, Draft
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Second Copy
- Affidavit from Andrew M. Hamilton and James B. Hamilton, 20 December 1843, William W. Phelps Copy
- Affidavit from Caleb Baldwin and Others, 7 July 1843
- Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit from Edward Robinson, 22 June 1844
- Affidavit from Gideon Gibbs, 22 June 1844
- Affidavit from Henry T. Hugins, 31 May 1844
- Affidavit from James Clift, 21 June 1844
- Affidavit from Jonathan Holmes, 7 February 1843
- Affidavit from Joseph H. Jackson, 21 June 1844–A
- Affidavit from Joseph H. Jackson, 21 June 1844–B
- Affidavit from Orson Hyde, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit from Stephen Markham, 17 June 1844
- Affidavit from Willard Richards and Philip B. Lewis, 8 December 1843
- Affidavit from Willard Richards, 18 December 1843
- Affidavit from William Daniels, 4 July 1844, William W. Phelps Copy
- Affidavit, 1 November 1844–A [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Affidavit, 1 November 1844–B [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Affidavit, 20 January 1840
- Affidavit, 20 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Affidavit, 26 May 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Affidavit, 27 May 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Agreement with Jacob Stollings, 12 April 1839
- Agreement, 12 April 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Amos Davis, Answer, circa 1 December 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Answer, between 29 September and 4 October 1843 [ Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al. ]
- Answer, between 29 September and 4 October 1843, Copy [ Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al. ]
- Answers to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832 [D&C 77]
- Appendix : Proposed Sixth Gathering of the Book of Commandments
- Appendix 1: First Theological Lecture on Faith, circa January–May 1835
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2, Document 2a. Characters Copied by Oliver Cowdery, circa 1835–1836
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 2: Letter to the Saints Scattered Abroad, June 1835
- Appendix 2: Thomas Bullock, Notes for JS History, circa Spring 1845
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 4: Declaration on Government and Law, circa August 1835 [D&C 134]
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Blessing to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Assignment from Frederick Taylor, 30 January 1843
- 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 James Brown, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Orson Hyde, 30 March 1844
- Authorization for Orson Pratt, 12 March 1844
- Authorization for Peter Haws, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Wilford Woodruff, 1 June 1843
- Authorization, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- Bill from Willard Richards, circa 11 January 1845
- Bill from William W. Phelps, 14 October 1843
- Bill from William W. Phelps, circa 10 June 1843
- Bill from William W. Phelps, circa 18 September 1843–A
- Bill from William W. Phelps, circa 18 September 1843–B
- Bill of Particulars, circa 2 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Bill, 12 October 1844
- Bill, 8 February 1845–A
- Blessing to Alvin Winegar, 7 February 1836
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Blessing to William W. Phelps, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to William W. Phelps, 22 September 1835, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook
- Bond, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Bond, 27–31 May 1843, Draft
- Bond, 29 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Bond, Oliver Granger to Michael Rank, 21 May 1841
- Bond, Pulaski Cahoon and Others to Nauvoo City Mayor and City Council, 21 December 1843
- Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation of Facsimile 1, circa February 1842 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–B [Abraham 1:4–2:2]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–C [Abraham 1:1–2:18]
- Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May 1842
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Certificate for Land Patent, 22 June 1836–B
- Certificate from Michael Chandler, 6 July 1835
- Certificate, 11 May 1846 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Certificate, 11 May 1846, as Recorded in Old Certificates of Purchase, Levy, and Redemption [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Certificate, 5 May 1847 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Collection of Sacred Hymns, 1835
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Complaint, 1 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
- Complaint, 10 February 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- Complaint, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Complaint, 15 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Complaint, 21 July 1842 [ State of Illinois v. Little ]
- 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
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, circa 8 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Deed to Alonzo LeBaron, 2 July 1842
- Deed to Horace Eldredge, 30 January 1844
- Deed to Horace Eldredge, 30 January 1844, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Philip B. Lewis, 5 December 1843
- Deed to Robert Burton, 5 December 1843
- Deed to Sally Waterman Phelps, 16 November 1843
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to Sarah Phinney Foster, 7 December 1843
- Deed to Thomazin Woodward, 7 December 1843
- Deed to Thomazin Woodward, 7 December 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to William Mosley, 19 April 1844
- Deed to William Richards, 26 April 1844
- Deed to William Richards, 26 April 1844, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Discourse, 12 November 1835
- Discourse, 29 January 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards–A
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Discourse, circa 21 March 1841, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
- Discourse, circa 23 February 1841
- Docket Entry, 10–circa 17 October 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 15–circa 16 January 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee ]
- Docket Entry, 2 May–circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. A. Spencer ]
- Docket Entry, 2–circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 8–circa 17 August 1843 [ Butterfield v. Mills ]
- Docket Entry, Alias Fee Bill, between 16 February and circa 11 May 1846 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Alias Fieri Facias, between 2 June and circa 4 July 1846 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Alias Fieri Facias, between 4 June and circa 4 July 1846 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance and Costs, 1 November 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance and Order to Plead, 21 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Copy, 16 October 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A ]
- Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 22 November 1844 and circa 17 February 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 1 November 1844 and circa 17 February 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 21 May and circa 4 August 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Leave to Amend Declaration, 22 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Leave to Open Depositions, 22 October 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Leave to Plead, 24 October 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, 20 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Nonsuit and Withdrawal of Papers, 21 May 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Pleas, 24 October 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, Security for Costs, 19 May 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 21 May 1845 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Draft Notes, 29 June–1 July 1844
- Draft of Ordinance, 8 June 1844
- Editorial, 16–17 February 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–A
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–B
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–C
- Egyptian Counting, circa Early July–circa November 1835
- Execution, 10 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, circa July–circa November 1835
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 23 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- 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 [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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 Summer 1832
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Eastin
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al.
- Introduction to Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al.
- Introduction to E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Elliott–A and State of Illinois v. Elliott–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- Introduction to United States v. Jeremiah Smith, United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A, and United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–B
- Introduction to Book of Abraham Manuscripts, circa July–circa November 1835
- Introduction to Egyptian Alphabet Documents, circa Early July–circa November 1835
- Introduction to Notebooks of Copied Egyptian Characters, circa Early July 1835
- Introduction to the Book of the Law of the Lord
- Introduction to the United Firm
- Inventory, 10 February 1843, in handwriting of William W. Phelps [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- 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
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter and Bill from Willard Richards, circa 11 January 1845
- Letter and Revelation to Edward Partridge, 7 January 1838
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Clyde, Williams & Co., circa 15 July 1843
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John Cleminson, between 1 and 15 May 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 15 August 1842
- Letter from John E. Page, 2 May 1843
- Letter from Lester Brooks and Others, 16 November 1841
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from S. J. Wild, circa 30 April 1843
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter from Thomas Shaw, 21 April 1835
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
- Letter from William W. Phelps, with Appended Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 29 June 1840
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction to Nathaniel Pope for Jeremiah Smith and Henry T. Hugins, 30 May 1844
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Abijah R. Tewksbury, 4 June 1844
- Letter to Abraham Jonas, 25 March 1843
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Church Brethren, 15 June 1835
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835, Joseph Holbrook Copy
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835, William W. Phelps Copy
- Letter to Clyde, Williams & Co., 1 August 1843
- Letter to Editor, 17 July 1843, Draft
- Letter to Editor, 18 August 1843
- Letter to Editor, 18 August 1843, Draft
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, Draft
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Letter to Editor, 26 July 1843, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to Editor, circa 20 May 1843
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 2 May 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, Partial Draft
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 12 October 1843
- Letter to Israel Daniel Rupp, 5 June 1844
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17–18 March 1843, Draft
- Letter to James H. Seymour, 16 January 1844
- Letter to Joel Hamilton Walker, 1 June 1844
- Letter to John Hewitt, 14 June 1835
- Letter to John Smith, 12 December 1843
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 June 1834
- Letter to John Tyler, 20 June 1844
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 12 February 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, December 1834
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Richard Ballantyne and Peter Slater, 20 June 1844
- Letter to Sally Waterman Phelps, 20 July 1835
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 1 January 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 11 December 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 October 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 20 September 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 June 1844
- Letter to Washington Tucker, 12 June 1844
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 July 1840
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 May 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832, Extract, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832, Extract, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Recorded in “General” Record Book
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, Extract, Phebe Carter Woodruff Copy
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
- Letter to the Church, not after 18 December 1833
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letter, Alexander Sympson to Editor, circa February 1844
- Letter, John Whitmer to William W. Phelps, 8 January 1844
- 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
- Letter, William W. Phelps to J. White, 21 December 1843
- Letter, William W. Phelps to Thomas Ford, 30 December 1843
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License Record Book
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- License for William W. Phelps, 29 March 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- List of Witnesses, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Mayor’s Order to Henry G. Sherwood, 8 December 1843
- Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844
- Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Military Appointment of Edward Bonney, 18 June 1844
- Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–A
- Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–B
- Military Order to Hosea Stout, 29 April 1844
- Military Order to John Scott, 29 April 1844
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 8 December 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minute Entry, 29 December 1843
- Minute Entry, 29 December 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 29 December 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, 4 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- 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, 6–7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 1 July 1844
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, as Reported by John McEwan
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, Draft
- Minutes, 1 June 1843
- Minutes, 1 June 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 1 October 1831
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 10 August 1844, Extract, Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 10 June 1843
- Minutes, 10 June 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 10 November 1837
- Minutes, 11 February 1843
- Minutes, 11 January 1845
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 November 1843
- Minutes, 11 October 1831
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 12 December 1843
- Minutes, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 12 October 1844
- Minutes, 12 October 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 April 1844
- Minutes, 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 13 January 1845
- Minutes, 13 July 1844
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 14 September 1835
- Minutes, 14 April 1838
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 14 October 1843
- Minutes, 14 September 1844
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 16 December 1843, Extract
- Minutes, 16 January 1844
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835, as Published in Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate
- Minutes, 18 September 1843
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 2 April 1836
- Minutes, 2 July 1844
- Minutes, 21 April 1838
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 21 June 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 25 April 1844
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 26 September 1835
- Minutes, 26 July 1838
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by Ebenezer Robinson
- Minutes, 28 June 1838
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 29 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 29 December 1843, Partial Draft
- Minutes, 29 June 1843
- Minutes, 29 November 1843
- Minutes, 3 January 1844
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 June 1843–1 July 1843, James Sloan and William W. Phelps Draft [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 4 December 1843
- Minutes, 5 April 1844
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 5 March 1844
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 8 December 1843
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Minutes, 8 July 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, 8 June 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 8 March 1840
- Minutes, 8 March 1845
- Minutes, 8 November 1831
- Minutes, 9 March 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844, Draft
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Miscellaneous Notes [21–23 June 1844]
- Mittimus, 11 April 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Note on Ordinations, circa 16 June 1831
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Note, 9 January 1833
- Notebook of Copied Egyptian Characters, circa Early July 1835
- Notice from James Sloan, 28 July 1843
- Notice of Appeal, 2 May 1844
- Notice of Appeal, 31 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Oath from William W. Phelps, 5 June 1843
- Oliver Cowdery’s Copy of the Book of Commandments
- Ordinance, 1 June 1843–A, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Ordinance, 10 June 1844
- Ordinance, 12 December 1843–B, Copy
- Ordinance, 12 October 1844–A
- Ordinance, 12 October 1844–B
- Ordinance, 16 December 1843–A
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Andrew Lytle, 8 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Howard Egan, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for William W. Phelps, 29 September 1843
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 10 December 1844
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 15 February 1844
- Pay Order, William W. Phelps to William Clayton for Nauvoo Police, 24 July 1844
- Petition from Brigham Young, 11 January 1845
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 12 December 1844
- Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, April 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Petition, 16 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Poem from William W. Phelps, 7 November 1843
- Poem from William W. Phelps, between 1 and 20 January 1843
- Poem to William W. Phelps, between circa 1 and circa 15 February 1843
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843, as Recorded in Henderson County Deeds
- Praecipe, 28 May 1846 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Preamble to Ordinance, between 8 and 10 June 1844
- Preface to Doctrine and Covenants, 17 February 1835
- Proclamation, 11 June 1844, John McEwan Copy
- Proclamation, 18 June 1844
- Promissory Note from Wilson Law, 24 January 1842–A
- Promissory Note from Wilson Law, 24 January 1842–B
- Promissory Note from Wilson Law, 24 January 1842–A, Copy
- Promissory Note from Wilson Law, 24 January 1842–B, Copy
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Questions and Answers, 8 May 1838
- Receipt from Samuel Musick, 14 July 1838
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report of Committee, 18 September 1843
- Requisition from Henry G. Sherwood, 8 December 1843
- Resignation from George A. Smith, circa 10 August 1844
- Resolution, circa 8 April 1838
- Resolutions, 7 December 1843
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 July 1843 [D&C 132]
- Revelation, 14 June 1831 [D&C 55]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 2 November 1835
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22 June 1834, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 3 January 1833 [D&C 88:127–137]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 4 September 1837
- Revelation, 5 January 1833
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 8 November 1835
- Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]
- Revelation, June 1829–E, as Published in Messenger and Advocate [D&C 17]
- Revelation, circa August 1835 [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843
- 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, William Clayton Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Rules and Regulations, 14 January 1836
- Sample of Pure Language, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832
- Sample of Pure Language, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, William W. Phelps Copy
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement of Account, Maid of Iowa to Thomas Bullock, May–June 1844
- Subpoena, 10 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 15 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 16 July 1842 [ Parker v. S. Foster ]
- Subpoena, 16 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- Subpoena, 18 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 18 May 1844 [ United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A ]
- Subpoena, 23 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 27 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Summons to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
- Summons, 14 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Summons, 16 July 1842 [ Parker v. S. Foster ]
- Summons, 4 May 1844 [ Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, between 21 October 1843 and 6 February 1844 [ Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Trial Report, 4–22 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Visions of Moses, June 1830 [Moses 1]
- Visions of Moses, June 1830, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [Moses 1]
- Visions, 3 April 1836 [D&C 110]
- Warrant, 10 February 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Olney ]
- Warrant, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 21 July 1842 [ State of Illinois v. Little ]
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844
William W. Phelps Photograph, Charles R. Savage, circa 1865. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male