Documents, 1837

• Documents (3939)

  Letters, revelations, reports of discourses, minutes, etc.

• Journals (32)

  Journals and diaries

• Administrative Records (1693)

  Minutes and other official records

• Revelations and Translations (60)

  Early manuscript and printed versions of scriptural works

• Histories (52)

  Early histories and draft material for the later History of the Church

• Legal Records (1812)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (389)

  Deeds, promissory notes, invoices, agreements, daybooks, ledgers, etc.

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• Other Contemporary Papers

  Selected papers of Joseph Smith's contemporaries

• Calendar of Documents

  Chronological list of all known Joseph Smith documents, including multiple versions of documents

• Comprehensive Works Cited

  List of all sources cited on the Joseph Smith Papers website

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• Documents Series Introduction
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• Documents, Volume 1
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• Documents, Volume 6
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• Documents, Volume 8
• Documents, Volume 9
• Documents, Volume 10
• Documents, Volume 11

• Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company, 2 January 1837
• Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 4 January 1837
• Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
• Promissory Note from Jacob Lantern, 5 January 1837
• Promissory Note from Daniel Whitney and Others, circa 7 January 1837
• Agreement with David Cartter, 14 January 1837
• Deed to Isaac Bishop, 20 January 1837
• License for William Mitchel, 21 January 1837
• Notice, 24 January 1837
• License for Thomas Carrico Jr., 31 January 1837
• License for Dominicus Carter, 17 February 1837
• License for Emer Harris, 6 March 1837
• Agreement with Ovid Pinney and Stephen Phillips, 14 March 1837
• Letter from A. Miles, 21 March 1837
• Promissory Note to Hall & Easton, 25 March 1837
• Discourse, 6 April 1837
• Deed to William Marks, 7 April 1837
• Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–A
• Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
• Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–C
• Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
• Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
• Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 10 April 1837
• Deed to Samuel Whitney Sr., 10 April 1837
• Promissory Note, 11 April 1837 [Bump v. JS]
• Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
• Letter from Emma Smith, 25 April 1837
• License for Lorenzo Snow, 1 May 1837
• Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
• Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
• Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 23 May 1837
• Deed from Jacob and Abigail Pettingill Bump, 23 May 1837
• Assignment from William Barker, 25 May 1837
• Letter from Abel Lamb and Others, circa 28 May 1837
• Charges against Joseph Smith Preferred to Bishop’s Council, 29 May 1837
• License for James M. Adams, 29 May 1837
• Pay Order from Andrew Brim, 30 May 1837
• Marriage License for Robert B. Thompson and Mercy Fielding, 2 June 1837
• Recommendation for Heber C. Kimball, between 2 and 13 June 1837
• Recommendation for Willard Richards, between 11 and 13 June 1837
• Agreement with Zebedee Coltrin, 26 June 1837
• Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
• Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
• Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–A
• Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B
• Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
• Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
• Receipt from R. Pemberton, 25 July 1837
• Notice, circa Late August 1837
• Ordination Certificate for John Taylor, 21 August 1837
• Pay Order, Albert Brown to Zebedee Coltrin, August 1837
• Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–A
• Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–C
• Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C
• Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–A
• Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–B
• Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–C
• Minutes, 3 September 1837
• Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
• Revelation, 4 September 1837
• Power of Attorney to Hyrum Smith, 5 September 1837
• Promissory Note to Jason Brunell, 14 September 1837
• Minutes, 17 September 1837–A
• Minutes, 17 September 1837–B
• Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Jonathan H. Hale, 18 September 1837
• Promissory Note to Bailey, Keeler & Remsen, 26 September 1837–A
• Promissory Note to Bailey, Keeler & Remsen, 26 September 1837–B
• Promissory Note to Bailey, Keeler & Remsen, 26 September 1837–C
• Power of Attorney to Oliver Granger, 27 September 1837
• Promissory Note, 27 September 1837 [Bump v. S. Smith and JS]
• Charges against Isaac Bishop Preferred to the Church President, 6 October 1837
• Deed to George Beebe, 17 October 1837
• Elders’ Journal, October 1837
• Promissory Note from Joseph Wright, 1 November 1837
• Minutes, 6 November 1837
• Minutes, 7 November 1837
• Minutes, 10 November 1837
• Letter from Benjamin Benson, 12 November 1837
• License for Samuel Parker, 12 November 1837
• Travel Account and Questions, November 1837
• Elders’ Journal, November 1837
• Discourse, Early December 1837