Oliver Cowdery Photograph, unknown photographer, circa 1845. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City. Copy by Coe studio, 1883.)
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Cowdery, Oliver
Biography
3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828. Taught term as local schoolmaster at Manchester, Ontario Co., New York, 1828–1829. Assisted JS as principal scribe in translation of Book of Mormon, 1829. With JS, baptized and received priesthood authority, 1829. Moved to Fayette, Seneca Co., New York, and was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Helped oversee printing of Book of Mormon by E. B. Grandin, 1829–1830. Among six original members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 Apr. 1830. Served as church recorder, 1830, 1835–1837. Led missionaries through Ohio and to Missouri, 1830–1831. Ordained a high priest by Sidney Rigdon, 28 Aug. 1831. With John Whitmer, left Ohio to take revelations to Missouri for publication, Nov. 1831. Assisted William W. Phelps in conducting church’s printing operations at Jackson Co., Missouri, 1832–1833. Married Elizabeth Ann Whitmer, 18 Dec. 1832, in Kaw Township, Jackson Co. Edited The Evening and the Morning Star, 1833. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by Sept. 1833. Member of United Firm, Literary Firm, and Kirtland high council. Appointed assistant president of church, 5 Dec. 1834. Edited Kirtland continuation of The Evening and the Morning Star, 1833, and edited reprint under modified title Evening and Morning Star, 1835–1836. Edited LDS Messenger and Advocate, 1834–1835, 1836–1837, and Northern Times, 1835. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Elected justice of the peace in Kirtland, 1837. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837. Excommunicated, 1838. Driven from Far West, late June 1838. Moved to Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, summer 1838. Returned to Kirtland, 1838, and briefly practiced law. Moved to Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, where he continued law practice and held political offices, 1840–1847. Attended Methodist Protestant Church at Tiffin. Moved to Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Wisconsin Territory, 1847. Ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin State Assembly, 1848. Coeditor of Walworth County Democrat, 1848. Requested and received readmission to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1848, at Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Died at Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Book of Mormon Manuscript Excerpt, circa June 1829 [1 Nephi 2:2b–3:18a]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Account of Hearing, between circa 3 and 9 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Account of John, April 1829–C [D&C 7]
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Affidavit, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Affidavit, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Agreement with Martin Harris, 16 January 1830
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Agreement with David Cartter, 14 January 1837
- Agreement with Ira Bond, 25 June 1836
- Agreement with Isaac Hale, 6 April 1829
- Agreement with Moses Chase, 10 October 1836
- Appendix : Proposed Sixth Gathering of the Book of Commandments
- Appendix 1: Agreement of Josiah Stowell and Others, 1 November 1825
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2, Document 1. Characters Copied by John Whitmer, circa 1829–1831
- Appendix 2, Document 2a. Characters Copied by Oliver Cowdery, circa 1835–1836
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix 2: Copies of Book of Mormon Characters, Introduction
- Appendix 2: Letter to the Saints Scattered Abroad, June 1835
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 3: “Articles of the Church of Christ,” June 1829
- Appendix 4: Declaration on Government and Law, circa August 1835 [D&C 134]
- Appendix 4: Testimony of Three Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Blessing to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Blessing to Hyrum Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Blessing to Samuel Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 4. Blessing to William Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 5. Blessing to Don Carlos Smith, 1 October 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 6. Blessing to Oliver Cowdery, 2 October 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 7. Blessing to Frederick G. Williams, 2 October 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 8. Blessing to Sidney Rigdon, 2 October 1835
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, 2 January 1837, Excerpt
- Assignment from William Barker, 25 May 1837
- Attachment, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Attachment, 14 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Attachment, 17 May 1839 [ Rigdon et al. for the use of L. Cowdery v. W. Smith ]
- Balance of Account, 23 April 1834
- Bible Used for Bible Revision
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, circa 1836
- Bill of Services, Jonathan Scribner to Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, between circa 5 April 1838 and circa 19 October 1840
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing from Oliver Cowdery, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Alvin Winegar, 7 February 1836
- Blessing to Daniel Stephens, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Frederick G. Williams, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Harpin Riggs, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Harvey Stanley, 28 February 1835
- Blessing to James Ivins, 7 January 1840
- Blessing to John Corrill, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to John Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Blessing to Orson Hyde, 15 February 1835
- Blessing to Parley P. Pratt, 21 February 1835
- Blessing to Thomas B. Marsh, 26 April 1835
- Blessing to William W. Phelps, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Zebedee Coltrin, 1 March 1835
- Bond, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Bond, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May 1842
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Book of Mormon, 1837
- Capias ad Respondendum, 11 October 1837 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 16 February 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 20 April 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 22 March 1837 [ Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 26 July 1837 [ Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 6 June 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Certificate for Land Patent, 22 June 1836–B
- Certificate from Joshua Seixas, 30 March 1836
- Certificate from Michael Chandler, 6 July 1835
- Charges against Asahel Perry and Job Lewis Preferred to the Church Presidency, circa 23 May 1836
- Charges against Hannah Brown and Lucena Elliott Preferred to the Church Presidency, 16 May 1836
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Charges against Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury and Charles Kelly Preferred to the Presidency of the High Council, 14 May 1836
- Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, 2 November 1836
- Conversations with Robert Matthews, 9–11 November 1835
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- 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
- Covenant of Oliver Cowdery and Others, 17 October 1830
- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- Declaration, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, 7 May 1838 [ JS for the use of J. Granger v. Smalling and Coltrin ]
- Declaration, circa 17 December 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 24 April 1837 [ Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Declaration, circa 29 April 1837 [ Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Declaration, circa 4 December 1837 [ Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Declaration, circa 4 December 1837 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 4 May 1838 [ Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Declaration, circa 7 July 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Declaration, circa 8 July 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–A
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–B
- Deed from Jacob Bump, 5 December 1836
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed, 24 May 1842 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, 27 May 1842 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Discourse, 6 April 1837
- Discourse, 6 May 1838
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 14 May 1842 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 15 October 1842 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 16 October 1841 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 18 October 1843 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 20 May 1844 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 27 May 1843 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 12 November 1839 [ Rigdon et al. for the use of L. Cowdery v. W. Smith ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 20 October 1840 [ Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 24 October 1837 [ Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 24 October 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 27 October 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 6 June 1837 [ Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal and Judgment, 12 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, 29 October 1844 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, Order of Publication, and Continuance, 9 July 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 27 October 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, Plea, and Judgment, 10 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between 12 and circa 14 September 1837 [ State of Ohio v. Ritch ]
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Docket Entry, between 20 July and circa 5 August 1837 [ Cahoon, Carter & Co for the use of JS v. Avery ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 July 1837 [ C. Lake for the use of Quinn v. Millet et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 24 June 1837 [ Fisher v. Stratton–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 June 1837 [ Fisher v. Stratton ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 October 1844 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Docket Entry, circa 31 July 1837 [ Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery for the use of JS v. Woodworth ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 February 1838 [ Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, circa 8 January 1838 [ Allen v. JS et al. ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–A
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–B
- Execution, 19 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Fragment of Book of the Dead for Nefer-ir-nebu, circa 300–100 bc
- Fragment of Book of the Dead for Semminis–B, circa 300–100 bc
- Fragment of Book of the Dead for Semminis–C, circa 300–100 bc
- Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, circa July–circa November 1835
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa Summer 1832
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- Indenture from Warren A. Cowdery, 23 November 1836
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Instruction on Priesthood, circa 5 October 1840
- Introduction to Allen v. O. Granger
- Introduction to Allen v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery
- Introduction to Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- Introduction to C. Lake for the use of Quinn v. Millet et al.
- Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Avery
- Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Draper
- Introduction to Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery
- Introduction to Fisher v. Stratton
- Introduction to Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al.
- Introduction to JS v. O. Cowdery
- Introduction to Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock
- Introduction to Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to People v. JS
- Introduction to Rigdon et al. for the use of L. Cowdery v. W. Smith
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery for the use of JS v. Woodworth
- Introduction to Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. Ritch
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Introduction to Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al.
- Introduction to Usher v. JS–A and Usher v. JS–B
- Introduction to Wright v. Rigdon et al.
- Introduction to Book of Abraham Manuscripts, circa July–circa November 1835
- Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co.
- Introduction to Copies of Egyptian Characters, circa Summer 1835
- Introduction to Egyptian Alphabet Documents, circa Early July–circa November 1835
- Introduction to Egyptian Papyri, circa 300–100 BC
- Introduction to Facsimile Printing Plates and Published Book of Abraham, circa 23 February–circa 16 May 1842
- Introduction to Notebooks of Copied Egyptian Characters, circa Early July 1835
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Co.
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to the Kirtland Safety Society
- Invoice and Letter, Gardner & Patterson to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 27 June 1836
- Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
- Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 20 June 1836
- Invoice, G. C. Coit to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 18 June 1836
- Invoice, George B. Walbridge to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 18 June 1836
- Invoice, Hempstead & Keeler to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
- Invoice, J. F. Scribner to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 16 June 1836
- Invoice, J. F. Scribner to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 16 June 1836
- Invoice, John A. Newbould to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 17 June 1836
- Invoice, John A. Newbould to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 17 June 1836
- Invoice, John V. Ayer to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 16 June 1836
- Invoice, M. H. Birge to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 17 June 1836
- Invoice, Mead & Betts to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- 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, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Account with Bank of Monroe, 11 February–4 April 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
- Letter from John Corrill, 17 November 1833
- Letter from Abel Lamb and Others, circa 28 May 1837
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 December 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 6 November 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 15 June 1835
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 21 January 1838
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 December 1835
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Thaddeus Keeler Sr., 10 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 1 May 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 November 1833
- Letter from William Smith, 18 December 1835
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 24 August 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 27 February 1834
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Geneseo, New York, 23 November 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 19 August 1836
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to George James, 10 November 1834
- Letter to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, between 6 and 13 February 1836
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to J. G. Fosdick, 3 February 1834
- Letter to John Hewitt, 14 June 1835
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to John Whitmer, 9 April 1838
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 22 October 1829
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 24 September 1834
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, December 1834
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Sally Waterman Phelps, 20 July 1835
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 May 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church in Colesville, 2 December 1830
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Church, circa April 1834
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 30 November–1 December 1835
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Evan Greene, 29 June 1835
- License for Parley P. Pratt, 26 April 1835
- License Record Book
- License for Christian Whitmer, 9 June 1830
- License for Brigham Young, 30 March 1836
- License for Ebenezer Page, 7 May 1836
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 21 March 1836
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 25 February 1834
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- License for George Brooks, 31 March 1836
- License for Hyrum Smith, 30 March 1836
- License for James Snow, 2 November 1836
- License for John Whitmer, 9 June 1830
- License for John P. Greene, 25 February 1834
- License for John P. Greene, 30 March 1836
- License for John Smith, 30 March 1836
- License for Jonathan Crosby, 19 September 1836
- License for Joseph Smith Sr., 9 June 1830
- License for Moses Gardner, 31 March 1836
- License for Oliver Cowdery, 21 March 1836
- License for Thomas Butterfield, between circa 21 and circa 31 March 1836
- License for William W. Phelps, 29 March 1836
- License, 21 March 1836
- List of Fees, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Map of Kirtland City, between circa 6 April and 18 May 1837
- Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 10 November 1837
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 November 1831
- Minutes, 11 October 1831
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 12 February 1836
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 12 September 1831
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 14 September 1835
- Minutes, 14 February 1835
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 16 January 1836
- Minutes, 16 June 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 May 1836
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–A
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 March 1836
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 2 April 1836
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 2 May 1833
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 21 April 1838
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Minutes, 22 December 1836
- Minutes, 22 February 1836
- Minutes, 23 August 1834
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 23 May 1836
- Minutes, 24 August 1835
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 September 1830
- Minutes, 26 September 1835
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 27 October 1839
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 June 1838
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 29 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 March 1836
- Minutes, 3 May 1834
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 January 1836
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, 4 April 1834
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 6 April 1838
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 6 November 1837
- Minutes, 6 September 1831
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 8 August 1835
- Minutes, 8 November 1831
- Minutes, 8 September 1834
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- New Testament Revision 1
- New Testament Revision 2
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Notebook of Copied Egyptian Characters, circa Early July 1835
- Notice, 26 January 1842 [ JS v. O. Cowdery ]
- Old Testament Revision 1
- Old Testament Revision 2
- Oliver Cowdery’s Copy of the Book of Commandments
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Ordination and Blessing of Oliver Cowdery, 5 December 1834
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Petition, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Petition, 18 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Power of Attorney to Hyrum Smith, 5 September 1837
- Power of Attorney to Hyrum Smith, 5 September 1837
- Power of Attorney to Oliver Granger, 27 September 1837
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Preface to Book of Mormon, circa August 1829
- Preface to Doctrine and Covenants, 17 February 1835
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Promissory Note to Bailey, Keeler, & Remsen, 12 October 1836
- Promissory Note from Eli Woodworth, 19 September 1836
- Promissory Note from Ephraim Badger and William Barker, 26 September 1836
- Promissory Note from Lyman Sherman and Roger Orton, 26 September 1836
- Promissory Note to Ambrose Palmer, 8 June 1836
- 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
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Jonathan Burgess, 17 August 1836
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B
- Promissory Note to William Barker, 7 July 1836
- Promissory Note, 23 May 1836 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Promissory Note, 26 May 1836 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A [D&C 113:1–6]
- Receipt, Bailey Hewitt to Vinson Knight, 27 September 1836
- Receipt, Gardner & Patterson to Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 14 December 1836
- Receipt, Norton & Carlisle to John Ayer, 20 June 1836
- Receipt, Oliver Cowdery to John Parrish, 20 February 1837
- Recognizance, 22 July 1837 [ C. Lake for the use of Quinn v. Millet et al. ]
- Recommendation for Brigham Young, 3 June 1839
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Recommendation for Lyman Wight, 4 April 1836
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, September 1830–B [D&C 28]
- Revelation, September 1830–C [D&C 30:1–4]
- Revelation, September 1830–D [D&C 30:5–8]
- Revelation, September 1830–E [D&C 30:9–11]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–B [D&C 107 (partial)]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- Revelation, 14 June 1831 [D&C 55]
- Revelation, 15 March 1832 [D&C 81]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 15 May 1831
- Revelation, 16 April 1830 [D&C 22]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 2 November 1835
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 November 1834 [D&C 106]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 29 March 1836–A
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 30 October 1831 [D&C 65]
- Revelation, 31 August 1831
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 4 February 1831 [D&C 41]
- Revelation, 5 January 1831 [D&C 39]
- Revelation, 5 December 1834
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830 [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 7 May 1831 [D&C 49]
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 8 November 1835
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 December 1830 [D&C 36]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Revelation, April 1830–A [D&C 23:1–2]
- Revelation, April 1830–C [D&C 23:4]
- Revelation, April 1830–E [D&C 23:6–7]
- Revelation, April 1829–A [D&C 6]
- Revelation, April 1829–B [D&C 8]
- Revelation, April 1829–D [D&C 9]
- Revelation, February 1831–A [D&C 43]
- Revelation, February 1829 [D&C 4]
- Revelation, July 1830–B [D&C 26]
- Revelation, July 1830–A [D&C 24]
- Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]
- Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17]
- Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
- Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18]
- Revelation, June 1829–C [D&C 15]
- Revelation, June 1829–D [D&C 16]
- Revelation, June 1829–E, as Published in Messenger and Advocate [D&C 17]
- Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5]
- Revelation, May 1829–A [D&C 11]
- Revelation, May 1829–B [D&C 12]
- Revelation, October 1830–B [D&C 33]
- Revelation, October 1830–A [D&C 32]
- Revelation, September 1830–A [D&C 29]
- Revelation, September 1830–D, Extract, as Recorded in Whitmer, Journal [D&C 30:5–6]
- Revelation, September 1830–F [D&C 31]
- Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10]
- Revelation, between circa 8 and circa 24 March 1832
- Revelation, circa August 1835 [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–A [D&C 46]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–B [D&C 47]
- Revelation, circa August 1830 [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelation, circa Summer 1829 [D&C 19]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Revised Plan of the House of the Lord, circa 10 August–circa 4 September 1833
- Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Scrap, circa July–circa November 1835
- Special Bail, 10 June 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Special Bail, 25 March 1837 [ Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Special Bail, 5 June 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 3 April and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Summons, 15 October 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Summons, 18 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Summons, 26 October 1837 [ Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Summons, 28 March 1837 [ Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 12 November 1839 [ Rigdon et al. for the use of L. Cowdery v. W. Smith ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 20 October 1840 [ Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 24 October 1837 [ Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 24 October 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 27 October 1837 [ Eaton v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [ Wright v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 4 June 1838 [ Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [ Martindale v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 5 June 1837 [ Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 6 June 1837 [ Kelley v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Travel Account and Questions, November 1837
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Visions of Moses, June 1830 [Moses 1]
- Visions, 21 January 1836 [D&C 137]
- Visions, 3 April 1836 [D&C 110]
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Valuable Discovery,” circa Early July 1835