- Town/City
- Warsaw
- County
- Hancock County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country
- United States of America
Warsaw, Illinois
Summary
Located at foot of Des Moines rapids of Mississippi River at site of three military forts: Fort Johnson (1814), Cantonment Davis (1815–1818), and Fort Edwards (1816–1824). First settlers participated in fur trade. Important trade and shipping center. Post office established, 1833. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated as town, 1837. Population in 1837 about 250; in 1840 about 400; and in 1845 about 470. Thomas Sharp, editor of local newspaper Warsaw Signal, helped found Anti-Mormon Convention. Because of opposition to the Latter-day Saints, church leaders directed Saints in town to remove to Nauvoo, 13 Dec. 1841. Five of the nine men indicted for killing JS and Hyrum Smith were from Warsaw.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Account of Hearings, circa 20 December 1843
- Account, 19 December 1842 [ Canfield v. Morey ]
- Affidavit from Alvah Tippets, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843
- Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844
- Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844, Copy
- Affidavit from Carlos Lyon, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman, 6 December 1843
- Affidavit from Stephen Markham, 17 June 1844
- Affidavit from Thomas G. Wilson, 16 June 1844
- Affidavit from Thomas G. Wilson, 16 June 1844, Copy
- Affidavit from Willard Richards, 18 December 1843
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix: Alexander Sympson, Letter to Editor, circa 25 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Sympson ]
- Benediction, 6 April 1841
- Complaint, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- 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 to Robert Peirce, 29 May 1841
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Docket Entry, Certificate of Levy, 14 April 1845 [ JS v. Reynolds and Wilson–A ]
- Docket Entry, Certificate of Levy, circa 12 January 1846 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Reynolds and Wilson ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Editorial, 12 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Fieri Facias, 23 January 1845 [ JS v. Reynolds and Wilson–A ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- 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]
- Injunction, 7 September 1843 [ Butterfield v. Mills ]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Elliott–A and State of Illinois v. Elliott–B
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- 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
- Letter from Adolphus Allen, 13 July 1841
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 31 August 1841
- Letter from Editor, circa 21 February 1844
- Letter from Harrison White, 10 May 1843
- Letter from Samuel Comer, 23 October 1843
- Letter of Introduction from John Montague for Mr. Dodge, 18 June 1844
- Letter to Editor, circa 15 February 1843
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841, Copy
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to Thomas Sharp, 26 May 1841
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 27 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Hart Fellowes and Abraham Jonas to Nauvoo City Council, 1 July 1844
- Letter, Hart Fellowes and Abraham Jonas to Nauvoo City Council, 1 July 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 7 September 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–B
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Minutes, 8 July 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Proclamation, 16 June 1844
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Subpoena, 14 September 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- Subpoena, 19 September 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Venditioni Exponas, 11 November 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Reynolds and Wilson ]
- Warrant, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]