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Indiana
Summary
First settled by French at Vincennes, early 1700s. Acquired by England in French and Indian War, 1763. U.S. took possession of area following American Revolution, 1783. Area became part of Northwest Territory, 1787. Partitioned off of Northwest Territory and established as Indiana Territory, 1800. Admitted to U.S. as nineteenth state, 11 Dec. 1816. Indianapolis established as seat of government, by Jan. 1825. Population in 1820 about 150,000; in 1830 about 340,000; in 1840 about 690,000. First Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in area, summer 1831. JS and other church members, including Camp of Israel, traveled through state numerous times en route to and from Missouri. See also and Winchester.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Appendix: Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 March 1840
- Blessing to Lorenzo Barnes, 3 January 1836
- Bond from Samuel Bent, 11 October 1842
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Benjamin Benson, 12 November 1837
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Garret Bias, 7 March 1843
- Letter from George Miller, circa 2 March 1842
- Letter from Harvey Whitlock, 28 September 1835
- Letter from Henry Q. Jennison, 18 August 1841
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 24 July 1839
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Mephibosheth Sirrine, 25 May 1842
- Letter from Moses Martin, 7 November 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 1 May 1840
- Letter from Paicouchaiby and Other Potawatomi, circa 14 August 1843
- Letter from Richard Hewitt, 24 May 1840
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Garret Bias, 28 March 1843
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 March 1842
- Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 December 1839
- Letter to Stephen Post, 17 September 1838
- Letter, 30 October 1833, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 17 July 1840
- Minutes, 24 January 1843
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Notice, 9 July 1842
- Pay Order from Robert Snodgrass, 18 September 1838
- Promissory Note from Lorenzo Young, 9 April 1838
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Questions and Answers, 8 May 1838
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Revelation, 7 November 1835
- Revelation, circa 25 November 1843
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Travel Account and Questions, November 1837
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- State/Province
- Indiana
- Country:
- United States of America