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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Summary
Port city founded as Quaker settlement by William Penn, 1681. Site of signing of Declaration of Independence and drafting of U.S. Constitution. Nation’s capital city, 1790–1800. Population in 1830 about 170,000; in 1840 about 260,000; and in 1850 about 410,000. Latter-day Saint population in July 1840 about 200; in late 1842 about 300; and in Aug. 1844 about 330. First Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in city, fall 1837. JS organized branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in city, 23 Dec. 1839. JS spoke to congregation of about 3,000 people in city, Dec. 1839.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Appendix 2: Copies of Book of Mormon Characters, Introduction
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Bill of Sale to Willard Richards, 14 December 1841
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6]
- Certificate from Michael Chandler, 6 July 1835
- Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, 2 November 1836
- 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 Joshua Moore, 24 July 1843
- Editorial, 15 July 1842–B
- 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]
- Instructions, 9 February 1843 [D&C 129], as Reported by Willard Richards
- 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
- Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
- Letter from A. Miles, 21 March 1837
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 19 October 1841
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 18 September 1841
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 8 August 1842
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 26 June 1844
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 9 May 1844
- Letter from Edward Hobard, 29 January 1844
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 22 March 1842
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Eliza Nicholson, 23 April 1843
- Letter from Emma Smith, 6 December 1839
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from George Gee, 30 December 1841
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 1 April 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 13 September 1841
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 17 March 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 February 1842
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from Isaac W. Stathem, 10 May 1843
- Letter from J. Browder, 20 May 1844
- Letter from Jacob W. Jenks, 31 December 1839
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 March 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 16 April 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John Laws, 18 October 1841
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from Joseph Coe, 1 January 1844
- Letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, 30 July 1842
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Peter Hess, 16 February 1843
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 24 December 1839
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Smith Tuttle, circa 15 September 1841
- Letter from Sybella Armstrong, 1 May 1843
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
- Letter from William Appleby, circa March 1842
- Letter from William Smith, 28 October 1843
- Letter of Introduction, Horace Kingsbury for Oliver Granger, 26 October 1838
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 June 1844
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Isaac Morris, 16 June 1843
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 30 December 1839
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 5–6 September 1840
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
- Phrenology Chart, 14 January 1840–A
- Phrenology Chart, 14 January 1840–B
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Promissory Note to Charles Ivins, 16 January 1840
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]