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1.
A License Liberty Power & Authority given to John Whitmer signifying & proveing that he is an Elder

Creator:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Published / Created:
1830 June 9
Call Number:
WA MSS 79
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The appointment as elder was given to John Whitmer at a conference in Fayette, Seneca County, New York. Both signatures appear to be in the same hand, possibly Cowdery’s writing.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cowdery, Oliver, Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844, and Whitmer, John, 1802-1878
Subject (Topic):
Mormons --New York (State)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A License Liberty Power & Authority given to John Whitmer signifying & proveing that he is an Elder of this Church of Christ... /signed by Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, 1830 Jun 9

2.
Document stating that Christian Whitmer is a teacher of the Mormon Church : Fayette, Seneneca

Creator:
Cowdery, Oliver
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Published / Created:
1830 June 9
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2044 Sm611
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
ADS by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery dated June 9, 1830, stating that "License Liberty Power and Authority [is] given to Christian Whitmer signifying & proving that he is a Teacher of this Church of Christ established and regularly organized in these last days ..." The document also states that Whitmer was baptized and received into the Church according to the Articles of the Covenants of the Church and ordained under the hand of Oliver Cowdery, Second Elder of the Church.
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cowdery, Oliver, Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844, and Whitmer, John, 1802-1878
Subject (Topic):
Mormons --New York (State)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Document stating that Christian Whitmer is a teacher of the Mormon Church : Fayette, Seneneca County, New York, 1830 Jun 9

3.
Joe and Hiran [!] Smith are dead!

Published / Created:
1844
Call Number:
BrSides Zc61 I3 844qu
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Quincy daily herald.
Description:
At head of title: Quincy herald-extra. Quincy, Friday morning, 5 o'clock., In two columns., and Includes a statement by Governor Ford to the people of Illinois.
Subject (Name):
Illinois. Governor (1842-1846 : Ford) To the people of the state of Illinois, Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Subject (Topic):
Mormons--Illinois
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joe and Hiran [!] Smith are dead!

5.
Mormon letters

Creator:
Pickel, Leonard
Published / Created:
1841-1844
Call Number:
WA MSS 383
Image Count:
63
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters from friends in Nauvoo to Leonard Pickel describe the journey from Pennsylvania to Nauvoo, economic conditions, the community's growth, the arrest and death of Joseph Smith, and the departure of Sidney Rigdon. There are also letters from Elisha Davis, a Mormon missionary.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Leonard Pickel, a cooper of Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became a Mormon and considered moving to Nauvoo.
Subject (Geographic):
Nauvoo (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Davis, Elisha H., Pickel, Leonard, Rigdon, Sidney, 1793-1876, Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Subject (Topic):
Mormons--Illinois
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mormon letters

6.
Photographs relating to Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah [graphic].

Published / Created:
1903-1911
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 18
Image Count:
30
Abstract:
Photographs of the homes and haunts of prominent Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah, and of Salt Lake City and Saltair views, In Nauvoo, Illinois, views of the homes of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow and John Taylor and the grave of Joseph Smith, and of the jail in Carthage where Joseph and Hyram Smith were held, and the room in which they were killed. In Missouri, views of the jail at Liberty and of Lyman Wight's home at Adam-on-di-Aliman [?], near Gallatin, Missouri, and In Utah, views of the Tabernacle, Beehive houses, Eagle Gate, Temple Block, Assembly house, Court house, the grave of Brigham Young, and various street scenes in Salt Lake City. One photograph shows an advertisement for a baseball game between Salt Lake and Spokane. There are also views of the pavilion at Saltair Beach featuring bathers at Black Rock floating in the salt water, and of produce farming (beans, potatoes, onions) showing irrigated fields and water pipes
Description:
Individual prints are 9.6 x 12.8 cm. or smaller and are attached to both sides of large ledger pages. They are accompanied by manuscript captions and numbers. and The pages appear to constitute a proof book of photographs. See also WA Photos Folio 17 and WA Photos 1175.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Nauvoo (Ill.), and Carthage (Ill.)
Subject (Name):
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844, Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901, Wight, Lyman, 1796-, Taylor, John, 1808-1887, and Saltair Resort (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Mormons, and Irrigation farming
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs relating to Mormons in Illinois, Missouri and Utah [graphic].

9.
Startling disclosures of the wonderful ceremonies of the Mormon spiritual-wife system. Being the

Creator:
Van Deusen, Increase
Published / Created:
1852
Call Number:
Zc64 847vae
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
An account of the first remarkable vision of Joe Smith
Description:
Cover title: The "endowment", or, Peculiar ceremonies of the Mormons. and Originally published in 1847 with the title: A dialogue between Adam and Eve ...
Subject (Name):
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844 and Van Deusen, Maria
Subject (Topic):
Mormon Church --Controversial literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Startling disclosures of the wonderful ceremonies of the Mormon spiritual-wife system. Being the celebrated "endowment," as it was acted by upwards of twelve thousand men and women in secret in the Nauvoo temple, in 1846, and said to have been revealed from God. by I. M’Gee Van Dusen and Maria his wife, who were initiated into these dreadful mysteries

10.
[Indictment of Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843?]

Creator:
Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Published / Created:
1843 June 6
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2399 Sm611
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Holograph document, a contemporary copy of the Daviess County Missouri Circuit Court’s indictment of Joseph Smith, Jr. for treason. The charges stem from Smith’s actions in the "Mormon War" in northwest Missouri in the fall of 1838. Document is signed by George W. Dunn, the Circuit Attorney; the Grand Jury included Adam Black.
Description:
P. 4 docket title, signed and dated on flap by Rob[er]t Wilson, clerk.
Subject (Geographic):
Daviess County (Mo.) and Missouri. Daviess County. Circuit Court
Subject (Name):
Black, Adam, fl. 1838-1841, Dunn, George W, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Subject (Topic):
Mormon Church --Missouri and Mormons --Missouri
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Indictment of Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843?]

11.
[Portraits of Joseph and Hyrum Smith]

Published / Created:
1855
Call Number:
Zc10 +855pi
Collection Title:
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake valley ...
Image Count:
1
Description:
Between p. 70 & p. 71, Engraved by Edwin Roffe, and From a Lithograph published in New York
Publisher:
F.D. Richards
Subject (Name):
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
Subject (Topic):
Mormons
Collection Created:
Liverpool, F.D. Richards, 1855
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portraits of Joseph and Hyrum Smith]