HISTORY
OF THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
PERIOD I.
History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet,
By Himself.
Volume IV.
An Introduction and Notes
By
B. H. Roberts
Published by the Church.
Salt Lake City, Utah,
1908.
Table of Contents.
Volume IV.
The Departure of the Twelve for England—Manifestation of God's Power in Healing the Sick at Commerce.
The Prophet's Literary Methods.
Farewell to the Twelve.
The L. D. S. Hymn Book.
Administration to the Sick.
Discourses by the Brothers Pratt.
Prayer Meeting for the Sick.
Letter to Isaac Russell, reproving him for issuing Pretended Revelations to the Saints.
Conference in New Jersey.
Progress of the Work in England.
The Prophet's Letter to Isaac Galland—Nauvoo Affairs.
Brigham Young Starts on his Mission.
Departure of Elders Young and Kimball from Nauvoo.
Items of Doctrine, The Prophet.
Minutes of Conference at Commerce, Illinois, October 6th, 7th and 8th, 1839.
Death of John Young, Brigham Young's Father.
Hardships of the Elders of the British Mission.
The Prophet's Journey To Washington—The Petition Of The Saints To The Congress Of The United States For Redress Of The Wrongs Inflicted Upon Them In Missouri.
Departure of the Prophet for Washington.
Progress of the Twelve towards England.
Canadian Saints En Route for Nauvoo.
Elder Taylor Anointed in the Kirtland Temple.
Excerpt from Parley P. Pratt's Letter to the Prophet.
First Issue of the Times and Seasons.
The Elements Obey.
The Prophet's Adventure En Route to Washington.
The Saints' Petition to Congress.
The Prophet's Efforts at Washington to Obtain Redress of Grievances for the Saints--Affidavits on Missouri Affairs.
The Prophet's Letter to Hyrum Smith--Reporting State of Affairs at Washington.
Letter of the Prophet and Elias Higbee to the High Council at Nauvoo--Preliminary Hearing of Grievances.
Brigham Young in New York.
Letter of Hyrum Smith to Parley P. Pratt--On Printing the Book of Mormon in New York.
The Prophet in New Jersey.
Affidavit of Simon Carter on his Sufferings in Missouri.
Letter of Hyrum Smith to the Prophet and Judge Higbee.
Affidavit of William F. Cahoon--Missouri Wrongs.
Letter of C. Adams to the Prophet--Cause of the Saints before the Illinois Legislature.
Law Suits to be Abandoned.
Extract from Elder Orson Pratt's Letter to his wife--Reporting Movements of the Brethren in the Eastern States.
Letter from John B. Weber to the Prophet--On Supplementing the Latter's Effort to Obtain Redress from Congress.
Affidavit of John M. Burke--Missouri Outrages.
Affidavit of John Lowry--Ditto.
Affidavit of Jedediah Owen--Ditto.
Affidavit of T. Alvord--Ditto.
Affidavit of William Hawk--Missouri Affairs.
Affidavit of Timothy B. Clark--Ditto.
Affidavit of Urban V. Stewart--Ditto.
Affidavit of John Smith--Ditto.
Affidavit of Samuel Smith--Ditto.
Affidavit of Daniel Avery--Ditto.
Affidavit of James Powell--Ditto.
Affidavit of John Smith--Ditto.
Affidavit of Smith Humphrey--Ditto.
Affidavit of Henry Root--Ditto.
Affidavit of Joseph Clark--Ditto.
Affidavit of Thomas D. Casper--Ditto.
Affidavit of Jesse W. Johnston--Ditto.
Affidavit of Owen Cole--Ditto.
Affidavit of Ezekiel Maginn--Ditto.
Affidavit of Addison Green--Ditto.
Affidavit of John P. Greene--Ditto.
Affidavit of Asahel A. Lathrop--Ditto.
Affidavit of Burr Riggs.
Affidavit of Simon P. Curtis.
Affidavit of Elisha H. Groves.
Affidavit of Jacob Foutz.
Affidavit of Frederick G. Williams.
Statement of James Sloan.
Affidavit of David Shumaker.
Affidavit of Levi Richards.
Affidavit of Gibson Gates.
Departure of the Prophet from Washington--Labors of Elias Higbee Before the Senate Judiciary Committee--Report of the Committee.
Ministry of Brigham Young and George A. Smith at Richmond, New York.
Appointments in the British Mission.
Matthew S. Davis' Description of the Prophet, and a Report of his Washington Discourse.
The Prophet's Interview with Van Buren and Calhoun.
Elias Higbee's Letter to the Prophet, Reporting Progress in the Cause of the Saints before the Senate Committee.
Second Letter of Elias Higbee to the Prophet--Cause of the Saints before the Senate Committee.
Third Letter of Elias Higbee to the Prophet--Cause of the Saints before the Senate Committee.
The Fourth Letter of Elias Higbee to the Prophet--Announces that the Senate Committee's Report will be Adverse to the Saints.
The Prophet En Route for Nauvoo.
Death of James Mulholland.
Report of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Case of the Saints vs. Missouri.
Affairs of the Saints before United States Senate--General Conference of the Church at Nauvoo--Action of the Church with Reference to Senate Committee's Report--Mission to Palestine.
Extract from the Minutes of the Iowa High Council.
Fifth Letter of Elias Higbee to the Prophet--The Affairs of the Saints at Washington.
Extract from Elder John Taylor's Letter--Affairs in British Mission.
Judge Elias Higbee's Course at Washington Approved.
Letter R. B. Thompson to Elias Higbee, Announcing Approval of the Church Authorities of the Latter's Course at Washington.
Letter of Horace R. Hotchkiss to Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, Jun.,--Inquiring Concerning the Progress made before Congress.
Sixth Letter of Elias Higbee to the Prophet--Affairs of the Saints at Washington--Papers Withdrawn.
Letter of Horace R. Hotchkiss to Joseph Smith, Jun.,--Offering Tract of Land for Sale.
Letter of Sidney Rigdon to the Prophet.
Arrival of Brigham Young and Associates in England.
Minutes of the General Conference of the Church.
Development Of The Work In England—The Palestine Mission—Postoffice Name Changed From Commerce To Nauvoo.
Letter of Hon. Richard M. Young to Elias Higbee.
Orson Hyde's Credentials as a Missionary to Palestine.
Ordination of Willard Richards to the Apostleship.
Letter of Heber C. Kimball to the Saints of the United States—Affairs of the British Mission.
Council Meeting of the Twelve in England—Hymn Book and the Millennial Star Projected.
Letter of Brigham Young to the Prophet.
Mission opened in Scotland—Orson Pratt.
Letter of Robert Johnstone to Senator Young—Postoffice Name Changed from Commerce to Nauvoo.
Letter of Senator Young to Judge Elias Higbee—Postoffice Name, etc.
Letter of Wilford Woodruff to Don Carlos Smith—Success of Woodruff's Ministry.
Letter of Elders Hyde and Page to the Prophet—Plans for the Palestine Mission.
Letter of Brigham Young to the Prophet—Affairs of the British Mission.
Release of Elder Turley from Prison.
Letter of the Prophet to Elders Hyde and Page—Palestine Mission Considered.
Letter of Willard Richards to the Editor of the Millenial Star—Reporting Labors.
First Foreign Periodical Of The Church—The "Millennial Star"—The Prophet Seeks Release From Secular Responsibilities.
The Beacon Hill Conference.
A Letter of Heber C. Kimball, et al., Recommending English Saints to the Bishop of the Church.
Death of Bishop Partridge.
First Number of the Millennial Star.
The First Company of Saints from England.
Brigham Young's Dream.
Minutes of the Conference Held at Gadfield Elm Chapel, in Worcestershire, England, June 14th, 1840.
Memorial of Joseph Smith, Jun., to the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 18th, 1840.
Proceedings of the High Council on the Foregoing Memorial, June 20th, 1840.
Minutes of the Conference Held at Stanley Hill, Castle Froome, Herefordshire, England, June 21st, 1840.
Carpenter's Hall.
Minutes of the High Council.
Letter of William W. Phelps—Confessing Errors Committed in Missouri.
Letter of Elders Orson Hyde and John E. Page to Presidents Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Pleading for William W. Phelps.
Minutes of a Meeting of the Crooked Creek Branch of the Church.
Minutes of High Council at Nauvoo.
Reflections of the Prophet on the Action of Congress.
Important Conference of the Church in England—Kidnapping of Brown and Boyce by Missourians—Action of the Citizens of Nauvoo.
Conference of the Church in England.
A Council of Church Officers, Held at Manchester, England.
Extract from Elder Woodruff's Letter to the Editor of the Millennial Star—Detailing Incidents of his Ministry.
Special Instruction for High Councils.
The First Missionary for Australia.
Kidnapping of Alanson Brown and Benjamin Boyce—Affidavit of Daniel H. Wells.
Statement of James Allred.
Action of the Citizens of Nauvoo in the Matter of the Kidnapping of Brown and Boyce by the Missourians.
Report of the Committee on Resolutions.
Memorial to Governor Carlin.
The Return of a Prodigal—Conditions in Kirtland—Progress of the Work in Great Britain—The Coming of John C. Bennett—Australian Mission.
Extract of a Letter from Elder William Barratt.
The Prophet's Letter to William W. Phelps—Welcoming him back into the Church.
Credentials of Elders Samuel Bent and George W. Harris.
The Prophet's Letter to Oliver Granger—Dealing Chiefly with affairs at Kirtland.
Letter of John C. Bennett to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon—Announcing his Intention to Join the Saints.
Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon—Making Further Tender of his Services to the Church.
Letter of the Prophet to Horace R. Hotchkiss—Rock River Lands and the White Purchase.
Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon—Expressing Anxiety to be with the Saints.
A Voice from the Holy City—Rebuilding the Temple of Solomon—Recall of the People of God to the Land of Judah.
Circular.
Extract of a Letter from Wilford Woodruff to the Editor of the Millennial Star—Reporting Labors.
The Prophet's Letter to John C. Bennett—Bidding him Welcome to Nauvoo, to partake of—Poverty.
Letter of John C. Bennett to Messrs. Smith and Rigdon—Announcing that he will soon be in Nauvoo.
A Missouri Kidnapping—Continued Development of the Work in Great Britain—The Death of Joseph Smith, Sen., First Patriarch of the Church.
Settlement of a Difficulty.
The Kidnapping of Benjamin Boyce, Mr. Brown, et al.
The Beginning of Open-air Meetings.
The Electric Telegraph.
An Address by the First Presidency to the Church.
Minutes of the High Council Meeting, at the Office of Joseph Smith, Jun., Nauvoo, September 5th, 1840.
The Generosity of John Benbow.
Earthquake at Mount Ararat.
The Death of Joseph Smith, Sen.
Biography of Joseph Smith, Sen., Presiding Patriarch of the Church, by the Prophet, his Son.
The Discourse of Elder Thompson at the Funeral of Joseph Smith, Sen.
Threatening Portents in the Actions of Missouri—General Conferences in Nauvoo and England—The Doctrine of Priesthood.
Letter of Samuel Bent and George W. Harris to the Presidency—Reporting Labors.
Letter of John E. Page to the Presidency, Reporting Progress of Palestine Mission.
Extracts from Orson Hyde's Letter—Signs in the Heavens.
Elder Heber C. Kimball's Dream.
Minutes of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in Nauvoo, October 3d, 1840.
Report of the Presidency.
Minutes of a General Conference in England.
Minutes of a Council of the Twelve in England.
Progress of the Work in Great Britain—The Saints at Kirtland Reproved for Their Course During the Missouri Persecutions—The Prophet's Address to the Twelve and Saints in Great Britain.
Charge against Oliver Walker.
Minutes of the High Council.
Letter of Heber C. Kimball et al. to Messrs. Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith—Reporting Affairs in the British Mission.
"Remarkable Visions" by Orson Pratt.
Letter of Joseph and Hyrum Smith to the Saints in Kirtland—Reproving the Saints for Neglect of their Brethren and Sisters During the Missouri Persecutions.
An Epistle of the Prophet to the Twelve.
Introduction of the Gospel in the Isle of Man—The Nauvoo Charter.
Mormonism in the Isle of Man.
Opposition to the Work in England.
Excommunication of Sidney Roberts.
Letter of Brigham Young to the Presidency, Detailing Movements of the Mission in England.
Elder Taylor's Defense of the Work.
An Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo.
Of the Legislative Powers of the City Council.
Letter of John C. Bennett to the Times and Seasons—Announcing the Passage of the Act Incorporating Nauvoo.
Vale 1840—Enter 1841—List of Publications for and Against the Church—Whereabouts of the Twelve Apostles—"Election and Reprobation"—Proclamation to the Saints.
The Acquittal of R. D. Foster.
An Objector Put Down.
Brigham Young's Letter to the Prophet—Reporting Labors in England.
Election and Reprobation—by Brigham Young and Willard Richards.
A Proclamation of the First Presidency of the Church to the Saints Scattered Abroad, Greeting.
Reconstruction of Church Affairs at Nauvoo—Revelation—Municipal Organization of Nauvoo—Installation of Civic and Military Officers.
Reproof of John E. Page and Orson Hyde.
Revelation given to Joseph Smith at Nauvoo, January 19th, 1841.
Hyrum Smith Installed as Patriarch.
First Election of Municipal Officers in Nauvoo.
Joseph Smith made Sole Trustee of the Church.
Nauvoo City Council Organized.
The Mayor's Inaugural Address.
Minutes of the Meeting which Organized the Nauvoo Legion.
Nauvoo Council Opened by Prayer.
The Echo Company.
Minutes of the London Conference.
Ordinance.
Missouri's "White-washing."
Legion Resolutions.
Resolution.
Ordinance.
An Act to Incorporate the Nauvoo House Association.
An Act to Incorporate the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association in the County of Hancock.
Division of Nauvoo into Municipal Wards.
Ordinance on Religious Liberty in Nauvoo.
An Ordinance in Relation to Public Meetings.
Committee Report.
Appointment of City Officers.
Letter of Brigham Young to the Editor of the Star—On Family Prayer.
Appointment of Joseph Smith Lieutenant-General of the Nauvoo Legion.
Organization of the Lesser Priesthood at Nauvoo.
The First Foreign Mission of the Church, 1837-1841.
History of the British Mission.
Celebration of the Twelfth Anniversary of the Organization of the Church—Order of Laying Corner-Stones of Temples—Council Meetings of the Twelve in England.
Staffordshire Conference.
Union of Commerce and Nauvoo Plats.
Letter of Wilford Woodruff to Don C. Smith—Relating to Affairs in England.
Minutes of a Council Meeting of the Twelve.
Council Meeting of the Twelve—Continued.
Council Meeting of the Twelve—Continued.
Twelfth Anniversary of the Organization of the Church.
Sidney Rigdon's Speech.
Conduct of the People.
Order of Laying Corner-stones of Temples.
Conference at Philadelphia.
Meeting of the Council of the Twelve in Manchester.
General Conference at Nauvoo—Epistle of the Twelve to the Saints in England—Difference Between Baptists and Latter-Day Saints.
Minutes of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the 7th day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one.
Report of the First Presidency.
Letter of George A. Smith to the Star—Report of Labors.
Conference in New York City.
An Epistle of the Twelve Apostles to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Isle of Man, Greeting.
Difference Between the Baptists and Latter-day Saints, from the North Staffordshire Mercury.
The Difference Between the Baptists and the Former-day Saints.
Organization of the Nauvoo Legion—Notable Persons at Nauvoo—The Prophet's Sermon on Individual Responsibility for Sin and the Doctrine of Election.
The Twelve Embark for Home.
Changes in the Iowa Stake.
Organization of the Legion.
New Burying Ground for Nauvoo.
Nauvoo Legion Affairs.
Letter of the Prophet to the Times and Seasons—Visit of Notable Persons to Nauvoo.
The Prophet's Discourse.
Minutes of a Conference in London.
Arrival of Rochester at New York.
The Healing of one who was Deaf.
Rowdyism in New York Harbor.
Mob Violence in England.
Conference in Kirtland.
Letter of the Presidency to the Saints—Concentration at Nauvoo.
Legion Affairs.
Arrest of the Prophet on Demand of Missouri—Trial at Monmouth—The Acquittal.
The Prophet's Visit with Governor Carlin.