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- United States of America
United States of America
Summary
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time of JS’s birth, 23 Dec. 1805, and twenty-six states at time of JS’s death, 27 June 1844.
Links
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- General Joseph Smith’s Appeal to the Green Mountain Boys, December 1843
- General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States, 7 February 1844
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 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 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Additions to “Church History,” September 1843, Draft
- Affidavit from Henry Hugins, 31 May 1844
- Affidavit from Orson Hyde, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Agreement with David Cartter, 14 January 1837
- Appendix 1, Document 11. Court Ruling, 5 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 12. Thomas Ford, Order Discharging Joseph Smith, 6 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 2. Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 3. Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 5. Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 6. Joseph Smith, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 7. Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 8. Joseph Smith, Affidavit, 2 January 1843
- Appendix 1: First Theological Lecture on Faith, circa January–May 1835
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 2: William Clayton, Journal Excerpt, 1–4 April 1843
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- 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: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 13 January 1846
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Assignment from Frederick Taylor, 30 January 1843
- Bible Used for Bible Revision
- Blessing to Alden Burdick, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Bond from Brigham Young and John M. Bernhisel, 30 May 1843
- Bond from James Brown and Samuel Bennett, 31 May 1843
- Bond from Peter Haws and Shadrach Roundy, 31 May 1843
- Bond to Henry Kern, 6 April 1841
- Bond to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840
- Bond, 29 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Bond, 8 February 1819 [ Joseph Smith Sr. v. J. Hurlbut ]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6]
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Certificate from Michael Chandler, 6 July 1835
- Certificate, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 March 1841
- Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, 2 November 1836
- Conversations with Robert Matthews, 9–11 November 1835
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- 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
- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843
- Deed from Daniel Law, 29 August 1842
- Deed from Earl B. Nourse, 14 May 1842
- Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–A
- Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–B
- Deed from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, 22 January 1844
- Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
- Deed to Caroline Grant Smith, 11 December 1836
- Discourse, 11 April 1844-B
- Discourse, 12 November 1835
- Discourse, 15 October 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Discourse, 18 June 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 29 August 1842, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 30 June 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 May 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 7 March 1844–B, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 8 February 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Docket Entry, between circa 16 and circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Editorial, 15 July 1842–B
- Editorial, 4 May 1838
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–A
- Execution, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Fee Bill, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 4 May 1841
- History, 1834–1836
- 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]
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Indenture from Warren A. Cowdery, 23 November 1836
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Instruction, 2 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Introduction to C. Lake for the use of Quinn v. Millet et al.
- Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Draper
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Thompson
- Introduction to Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- 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
- Lease to David S. Hollister, 2 December 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 13 November 1843
- Letter from A. Miles, 21 March 1837
- Letter from B. G. Weedgie, 29 May 1844
- Letter from Brigham Young and Willard Richards, 5 September 1840
- Letter from Brigham Young, 29 April 1840
- Letter from Brigham Young, 7 May 1840
- Letter from Clyde, Williams & Co., circa 15 July 1843
- Letter from Editor, circa 21 February 1844
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 10 January 1844
- Letter from Garret Bias, 3 April 1843
- Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Henry Clay, 15 November 1843
- Letter from Henry Hugins, 6 June 1844
- Letter from Hugh Legare, 31 March 1843 [Forgery]
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from J. Browder, 20 May 1844
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 10 April 1843
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 25 July 1840
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 27 July 1840
- Letter from John C. Calhoun, 2 December 1843
- Letter from John Harper, 13 July 1842
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from John W. Latson, 7 January 1842
- Letter from John Windt and Others, 20 April 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from Lewis Cass, 9 December 1843
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–A
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 11 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 December 1835
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 April 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 July 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 9 June 1844
- Letter from P., 15 August 1842
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 19 April 1844
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 5 February 1842
- Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 10–21 January 1844
- Letter from S. J. Wild, 30 April 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Thomas Shaw, 21 April 1835
- Letter from Unknown Author, 26 March 1844
- Letter from William Appleby, circa March 1842
- Letter from William Smith, 18 December 1835
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter of Introduction from James Adams, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction from Sidney Rigdon, 9 November 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 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 Geneseo, New York, 23 November 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Clyde, Williams & Co., 1 August 1843
- Letter to Editor, 22 June 1835
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Elias Higbee with JS Postscript, 7 March 1840
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 19 August 1836
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, between 6 and 13 February 1836
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to Joel Hamilton Walker, 1 June 1844
- Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 January 1844
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Tyler, 20 June 1844
- Letter to John Windt and Others, 16 May 1844
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 March 1843
- 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, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Paicouchaiby and Other Potawatomis, 28 August 1843
- Letter to Parley P. Pratt and Others, 12 June 1842
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Robert B. Thompson, 25 May 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to Silas Smith, 26 September 1833
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–A
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–B
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 23 June 1844
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Church, circa February 1834
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835
- Letter, Martin and Hannah Heston Snider to David and Mary Beck Evans, 12 May 1843
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorandum, 2 October 1841
- Memorial to the United States President, 30 March 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 26 March 1844
- Minute Book 2
- Minute Entry, Order, 12 February 1844
- Minute Entry, Pay Order for Thomas Bullock, 12 February 1844
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published by Times and Seasons
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- 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, 10 March 1844
- Minutes, 11 April 1844
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 12 March 1842
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 13 May 1844
- Minutes, 16 June 1836
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 18 April 1844
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 22 November 1835
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 25 April 1844
- Minutes, 26 September 1835
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Minutes, 27–28 December 1832
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 3 December 1832
- Minutes, 3 May 1844
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Minutes, 4 April 1844
- Minutes, 5 December 1832
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 8 July 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Notice, circa Late August 1837
- Oath, 11 February 1843
- Oath, 21 June 1842
- Oath, 21 May 1842
- Oaths, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Opinion, circa 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A
- Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–A
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste, 1842, extract
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste (A Cry out of the Wilderness), 1842, extract, English translation
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839
- Petition, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Petition, circa 11 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Preface to Book of Mormon, circa August 1829
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Proclamation, 16 June 1844
- Promissory Note to David Manhard, 8 October 1840–A
- Promissory Note to Jonathan Burgess, 17 August 1836
- Recommendation for Heber C. Kimball, between 2 and 13 June 1837
- Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840
- Report of the First Presidency to the Church, circa 7 April 1841
- Resolution, Council of Fifty, 19 March 1844
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 12 March 1832 [D&C 79]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 3 November 1835
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 5 January 1831 [D&C 39]
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Revelation, 7 November 1835
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 March 1833 [D&C 91]
- Revelation, April 1829–B [D&C 8]
- Revelation, February 1831–A [D&C 43]
- Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- 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, circa 1 November 1839–A
- Subpoena, 18 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A ]
- Title Page of Book of Mormon, circa Early June 1829
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Warrant, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- “A Friendly Hint to Missouri,” 8 March 1844
- “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
- “Pacific Innuendo,” 16–17 February 1844