- State/Province
- Indiana
- Country
- United States of America
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.
Links
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- 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 Harvey Whitlock, 28 September 1835
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 24 July 1839
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 1 May 1840
- Letter from Richard Hewitt, 24 May 1840
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 December 1839
- Letter to Stephen Post, 17 September 1838
- 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, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 17 July 1840
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Pay Order from Robert Snodgrass, 18 September 1838
- Promissory Note from Lorenzo Young, 9 April 1838
- Questions and Answers, 8 May 1838
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Revelation, 7 November 1835
- Travel Account and Questions, November 1837