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Long Island, New York
Summary
Island off mainland New York state; located on east coast of United States and separated from mainland by Long Island Sound and East River. One hundred twenty miles long and average of about ten miles wide. Settled 1636. Population in 1835 about 71,000. Branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized on island with eighteen members, 27 Mar. 1841. JS corresponded with James Arlington Bennet and Willard Richards while Richards stayed in Bennet’s home on island, 1842. Church members from island migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, 1842.
Links
papers
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 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 Orson Hyde, 11 June 1844
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 30 June 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letterbook 2
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- County
- Queens County
- State/Province
- New York
- Country:
- United States of America