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  Journals and diaries

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  Minutes and other official records

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  Early manuscript and printed versions of scriptural works

• Histories (52)

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

• Legal Records (1090)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (89)

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• Deed to Caroline Louisa and Mary Jane Smith, 1 January 1842
• Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
• Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 4 January 1842
• Bond from First Presidency, 4 January 1842
• Lease to Willard Richards, 4 January 1842
• Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
• Letter from John W. Latson, 7 January 1842
• Deed to Levi W. Hancock, 7 January 1842
• Letter of Introduction from J. C. Wear for William K. Wear, 12 January 1842
• Deed from James H. and Mary Aldridge, 13 January 1842
• Bond to Isaac Chase, 14 January 1842
• Deed to Ezra Chase, 14 January 1842
• Letter to Isaac Galland, 17 January 1842
• Promissory Note to George McIntire, 17 January 1842
• Declaration, 18 January 1842
• Deed from Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, 18 January 1842
• Revocation of Power of Attorney, 18 January 1842
• Letter from Isaac Galland, 18 January 1842
• Letter to Isaac Galland, 19 January 1842
• Promissory Note to George McIntire, 20 January 1842
• Notification to Daniel Wood, 23 January 1842
• Letter from Hiram Barney, 24 January 1842
• Deed to Wilson Law, 24 January 1842
• Deed to William Law, 24 January 1842
• General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
• Letter from Abraham C. Hodge and Springfield, Illinois, Branch, 25 January 1842
• Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
• Letter to Edward Hunter, 26 January 1842
• Revelation, 28 January 1842
• Letter from John Vance, 28 January 1842
• Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
• Letter from Seth Richards, 31 January 1842
• Bond from JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, 31 January 1842
• Deed to Wilson Law, 1 February 1842
• Deed to Charity Stoddard, 1 February 1842
• Deed to Martha Knight, 2 February 1842
• Deed to Jacob Zundel, 2 February 1842
• Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 2 February 1842
• Letter from Richard Savary, 2 February 1842
• Petition from Richard Savary and Others, circa 2 February 1842
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 5 February 1842
• Bond from Thomas Rich, 5 February 1842
• Bond from Charles C. Rich, 5 February 1842
• Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 February 1842
• Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
• Deed to Elmira Miller, 15 February 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
• Letter from Alfred Cordon, 17 February 1842
• Bond from Bradley Wilson, 19 February 1842
• Bond from Lewis Dunbar Wilson and Bradley R. Bentley, 19 February 1842
• Deed from Horace and Betsey Ann Chase Eldredge, 19 February 1842
• General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 22–27 February 1842
• Letter to George Boosinger, 24 February 1842
• Bond from John Adams, 26 February 1842
• Letter from Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
• Deed to Angelina Works Robinson, 28 February 1842
• Deed to Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
• Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 28 February 1842
• Notice, circa 1 March 1842
• Editorial, circa 1 March 1842, Draft
• Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 1 March 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
• Letter to Hiram Barney, 3 March 1842
• Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
• Motion, 5 March 1842–A
• Motion, 5 March 1842–B
• Motion, 5 March 1842–C
• Letter to John C. Bennett, 7 March 1842
• Letter from John C. Bennett, 8 March 1842
• Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
• Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 March 1842
• Deed to Stephen Markham, 10 March 1842
• Deed to Hiram Clark, 10 March 1842
• Deed to Shadrach Roundy, 10 March 1842
• Bond from William Marks, 10 March 1842
• Deed from Samuel and Elizabeth Rolfe, 10 March 1842
• Minutes, 12 March 1842
• Resolution, 12 March 1842–A
• Resolution, 12 March 1842–B
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 13 March 1842
• Letter from Lyman O. Littlefield, 14 March 1842
• Deed from Stephen and Hannah Markham, 15 March 1842
• Minutes, 15–16 March 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
• Minutes and Discourses, 17 March 1842
• Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842
• Bond from Jackson Goodale, 19 March 1842
• Authorization for Anson Matthews, 19 March 1842
• Resolution, 19 March 1842
• Discourse, 20 March 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Letter from Eli Maginn, 22 March 1842
• Letter from George Fidler, 23 March 1842
• Deed to William Symons, 24 March 1842
• Deed to Philinda Merrick, 24 March 1842
• Promissory Note to Hugh McFall, 25 March 1842
• Discourse, 27 March 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Deed to Ephraim Potter, 30 March 1842
• Discourse, 31 March 1842, as Reported by Eliza R. Snow
• Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842
• Letter from William Appleby, circa March 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
• Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–A
• Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–B
• Promissory Note to William Marks, 4 April 1842
• Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
• License for Moses Gardner, 7 April 1842
• Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–A
• Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–B
• Invoice to Newel K. Whitney, 8 April 1842–C
• Discourse, 9 April 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 10 April 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
• Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 11 April 1842
• Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 April 1842
• Military Appointment of James Arlington Bennet, 12 April 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
• Lease to Lewis Hyde and Robert Ellison, 16 April 1842
• License for Anson Mathews, 18 April 1842
• Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
• Letter from Samuel C. Brown, 22 April 1842
• Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
• Deed to Julius Guinard, 23 April 1842
• Receipt from Hancock County, Illinois, Collector’s Office, 25 April 1842
• Deed to William D. Huntington, 26 April 1842
• Deed from Samuel and Elizabeth Rolfe, 26 April 1842
• Deed from William and Caroline Weeks, 26 April 1842
• Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 26 April 1842
• Deed to James Ivins, 27 April 1842
• Discourse, 28 April 1842, as Reported by Eliza R. Snow
• Discourse, 28 April 1842, as Reported by John McEwan
• Deed to Mercy Fielding Thompson, 28 April 1842
• Invitation to Nauvoo Legion Officers and Wives, 28 April 1842
• Deed to Wilford Owen Woodruff and Phebe Amelia Woodruff, 28 April 1842
• Deed to George J. Taylor and Others, 28 April 1842
• Deed to William Henry Kimball and Others, 28 April 1842
• Deed from Ebenezer and Angelina Robinson, 28 April 1842
• Deed from Levi and Clarissa Hancock, 28 April 1842
• Deed to Robert W. Bidwell, 28 April 1842
• Deed to Jesse Price, 28 April 1842
• Bond to Randolph Alexander, 29 April 1842
• Promissory Note from Randolph Alexander, 29 April 1842–A
• Promissory Note from Randolph Alexander, 29 April 1842–B
• Promissory Note from Randolph Alexander, 29 April 1842–C
• Promissory Note from Randolph Alexander, 29 April 1842–D
• Deed to Alvah Tippets, 29 April 1842
• Deed to Charles Ivins, 30 April 1842
• Deed to George W. Harris, 30 April 1842
• Discourse, 1 May 1842, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
• Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842
• Deed from Jefferson and Mary Ann Dimick, 2 May 1842
• Deed to Harriet Sherwood Parker, 2 May 1842
• Letter from Zenas Gurley, 4 May 1842
• Pay Order from Reuben Hedlock for Daniel Miles, 6 May 1842
• Marriage Certificate for Jesse K. Nichols and Caroline Pinkham, 7 May 1842
• Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 9 May 1842
• Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 May 1842
• Notice, 11 May 1842
• Deed to Joshua Smith, 11 May 1842
• Deed to Elizer G. Terrill, 11 May 1842
• Letter from Joel and Joseph Johnson, circa 13 May 1842
• License for James Flanigan, 14 May 1842
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Henry G. Sherwood, 14 May 1842
• Deed from Earl B. Nourse, 14 May 1842
• Letter from John Cleminson, between 1 and 15 May 1842
• Letter from I. T., before 16 May 1842
• Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
• Letters from Amasa Bonney and John C. Bennett, 16 May 1842
• Letter to James Sloan, 17 May 1842
• Deed from William and Rosannah Marks, 17 May 1842
• Letters from John C. Bennett and James Sloan, 17 May 1842
• Letter from John D. Lee and Others, 18 May 1842
• Deed to Charlotte Harrington Haws, 18 May 1842
• Minutes, 19 May 1842
• Revelation, 19 May 1842
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–A
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Hyrum Smith, 19 May 1842
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–B
• Minute Entry, Appointment of George A. Smith, 19 May 1842
• Minute Entry, Appointment of William Smith, 19 May 1842
• Minute Entry, Appointments of George A. Smith and Others, 19 May 1842
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–C
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–D
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–E
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–F
• Resolution, 19 May 1842–G
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alanson Ripley, 19 May 1842
• Letter from Clark Leal, 19 May 1842
• Notice, circa 19 May 1842
• Mayor’s Order to City Watch, 20 May 1842
• Oath, 21 May 1842
• Bond to James Sloan, 21 May 1842
• Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842
• Letter from Moses Martin, 23 May 1842
• Resolution, 23 May 1842–A
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842–A
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Dimick B. Huntington, 23 May 1842
• Resolution, 23 May 1842–B
• Resolution, 23 May 1842–C
• Resolution, 23 May 1842–D
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842–B
• Letter from Mephibosheth Sirrine, 25 May 1842
• Pay Order from Temple Committee for Stephen Hale, 26 May 1842
• Minutes and Discourse, 26 May 1842
• Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 27 May 1842
• Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
• Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
• Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
• Deed to Elias Harmer, 3 June 1842
• Discourse, 5 June 1842, as Reported by The Wasp
• Discourse, 5 June 1842, as Reported by John D. Lee
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Ebenezer Robinson, 6 June 1842
• Deed to John Bowen, 7 June 1842
• Pay Order from Reuben Hedlock for Mr. Thayer, 8 June 1842
• Minutes and Discourse, 9 June 1842
• Deed to John C. Annis, 10 June 1842
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hyrum Smith, 11 June 1842
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Smith, 11 June 1842
• Resolution, 11 June 1842–A
• Resolution, 11 June 1842–B
• Resolution, 11 June 1842–C
• Resolution, 11 June 1842–D
• Resolution, 11 June 1842–E
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Charles Warner, 11 June 1842
• Letter to Parley P. Pratt and Others, 12 June 1842
• Letter from Hinkle, 12 June 1842
• Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
• Deed to Emma Hale Smith, 13 June 1842
• Letter from James Blakeslee, 14 June 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
• Account of Meeting and Discourse, 18 June 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Deed from Ethan Kimball, 20 June 1842
• Promissory Note to Ethan Kimball, 20 June 1842
• Oath, 21 June 1842
• Ordinance, 22 June 1842
• Letter from Erastus Snow, 22 June 1842
• Resolution, 22 June 1842
• Letter to Jennetta Richards Richards, 23 June 1842
• Letter to the Church, 23 June 1842
• Letter from Calvin A. Warren, circa 23 June 1842
• Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
• Letter from Alonzo LeBaron, circa 29 June 1842
• Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 30 June 1842
• Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
• Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 30 June 1842
• Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 1 July 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
• Assignment from Robert D. Foster, 1 July 1842
• Letter to the Citizens of Hancock County, circa 2 July 1842
• Ordinance, 5 July 1842–A
• Ordinance, 5 July 1842–B
• Ordinance, 5 July 1842–C
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Allred, 5 July 1842
• Deed from Solon and Sarah Morris Powers, 5 July 1842
• Resolution, 5 July 1842
• Docket Entry, circa 5 July 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. McGraw]
• Letter from George Brandon, 6 July 1842
• Pay Order from Ebenezer Robinson for William Snow, 7 July 1842
• Receipt, 8 July 1842
• Notice, 9 July 1842
• Ordinance, 12 July 1842–A
• Ordinance, 12 July 1842–B
• Ordinance, 12 July 1842–C
• Minute Entry, Appointments of Dimick B. Huntington and Charles Warner, 12 July 1842
• City Council Order, 12 July 1842–A
• City Council Order, 12 July 1842–B
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer, 12 July 1842
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Sloan, 12 July 1842
• Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 13 July 1842
• Letter from John Harper, 13 July 1842
• Letter from John Harper, 14 July 1842
• Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842
• Editorial, 15 July 1842–A
• Editorial, 15 July 1842–B
• Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
• Notice, 15 July 1842
• Pay Order from Joseph W. Coolidge for Brother Fisher, 15 July 1842
• Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 18 July 1842
• Letter from William S. Wright, 21 July 1842
• Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published by Times and Seasons
• Resolution, 22 July 1842
• Letter from William S. Wright, 24 July 1842
• Revelation, 27 July 1842
• Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
• Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
• Letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, 30 July 1842
• Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
• Pay Order to Edward Hunter, 1 August 1842
• General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 2 August 1842
• Application for Land Patent, 2 August 1842
• Certificate for Land Patent, 2 August 1842
• Warrant, 2 August 1842–A [City of Nauvoo v. Thompson]
• Warrant, 2 August 1842–B [City of Nauvoo v. Thompson]
• Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
• Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
• Minute Entry, Appointment of Amasa Lyman, 5 August 1842
• Letter from John E. Page, 8 August 1842
• Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
• Deed from William Spears, 8 August 1842
• Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 8 August 1842
• Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
• Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
• Deed from James and Jane Rawlins, 13 August 1842
• Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
• Letter from P., 15 August 1842
• Letter from John E. Page, 15 August 1842
• Letter from Wilson Law, 15 August 1842
• Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
• Letter to Wilson Law, 16 August 1842
• Letter from Wilson Law, 16 August 1842
• Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 16 August 1842
• Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
• Letter from Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
• Letter from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, circa 16 August 1842
• Letter from Wilson Law, 17 August 1842
• Letter to Newel K., Elizabeth Ann Smith, and Sarah Ann Whitney, 18 August 1842
• Poem from Eliza R. Snow, before 20 August 1842
• Poem from Eliza R. Snow, 20 August 1842
• Agreement with George W. Robinson and Sidney Rigdon, 26 August 1842
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Shadrach Roundy, 27 August 1842
• Authorization for Thomas R. King, 27 August 1842
• Discourse, 29 August 1842, as Reported by William Clayton
• Deed from Daniel Law, 29 August 1842
• Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
• Letter from William Cadett, September 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
• Letter from P., circa 1 September 1842
• Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
• Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842
• Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–A
• Deed from Jacob Remick, 1 September 1842–B
• License for William Somerville, 1 September 1842
• Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
• Proverbs, between circa 11 August and circa 4 September 1842
• Letter from J. F. Edgerton, 5 September 1842
• Deed to Sarah Ann Whitney, 6 September 1842
• Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
• Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
• Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
• License for John Burk, 9 September 1842
• Letter from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 12 September 1842
• Deed to Edward Hunter, 13 September 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
• Account and Pay Order from Parley P. Pratt and Amos Fielding, 16 September 1842
• Letter from Myron Higley and Others, circa 16 September 1842
• Deed from John M. Bernhisel, 24 September 1842
• Deed from Knowlton Hanks, 24 September 1842
• Deed to David Fuller, 24 September 1842
• License for Justis Morse, 24 September 1842
• Discourse, 25 September 1842, as Reported by David Moore
• Letter from Thomas Ward, 26 September 1842
• Deed from Alonzo and Clarissa LeBaron, 26 September 1842
• Authorization for Samuel Eggleston, 26 September 1842
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, between 23 and 27 September 1842
• Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 1 October 1842
• Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
• Letter to William Clayton, 7 October 1842
• Bond from Samuel Bent, 11 October 1842
• Letter from George J. Adams and David Rogers, 11 October 1842
• License for Sidney Knowlton, 13 October 1842
• Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
• Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
• Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 15 October 1842
• Deed to Job V. Barnum, 15 October 1842
• Petition from John Hammond and Others, 18 October 1842
• Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 October 1842
• Bond from Chauncey Robison, 22 October 1842
• Promissory Note to Chauncey Robison, 22 October 1842–A
• Promissory Note to Chauncey Robison, 22 October 1842–B
• Deed from Benjamin and Anna Jones, 29 October 1842
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Henry G. Sherwood, 31 October 1842
• Letter from Oliver Olney, 31 October 1842
• Ordinance, 31 October 1842
• Deed to Thomas Dollinger, 2 November 1842
• Deed to Herman D. Bayles, 2 November 1842
• Deed from Ethan Kimball, 5 November 1842
• Letter from Lester Brooks, 7 November 1842
• Resolution, 12 November 1842
• Ordinance, 14 November 1842, Draft
• Ordinance, 14 November 1842
• Notice, 15 November 1842
• Letter from James M. Adams, 16 November 1842
• Authorization for Shadrach Roundy, 24 November 1842
• Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 26 November 1842
• Ordinance, 26 November 1842
• Notice, circa 1 December 1842
• Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
• Marriage Certificate for Jonathan Holmes and Elvira Annie Cowles, 1 December 1842
• Letter from James Toner, 4 December 1842
• Warrant, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]
• Subpoena, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]
• Affidavit, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]
• Minutes, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]
• Deed from Aaron and Martha Powers, 8 December 1842
• Lease to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, between 8 and 10 December 1842
• Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
• Letter from James Adams, 17 December 1842
• Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
• Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 19 December 1842
• Letter to “Hands in the Stone Shop,” 21 December 1842
• Letter to Richard M. Young, 23 December 1842
• Marriage Certificate for Wilson Law and Elizabeth Sikes, 25 December 1842
• Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
• Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
• Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
• Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
• Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842