- Town/City
- Burlington
- Township
- Burlington Township
- County
- Des Moines County
- State/Province
- Iowa Territory (now state)
- Country
- United States of America
Burlington, Iowa
Summary
Located in southeastern Iowa on west bank of Mississippi River. Site selected for construction of fort, 1805. Area settled, ca. 1833, by Europeans. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated 1837. Designated capital of Wisconsin Territory, 1837; capital of Iowa Territory, 1838. Capital of new state of Iowa, 1846–1848. Population in 1838 about 1,000; in 1840 about 1,300; in 1844 about 2,000; and in 1850 about 4,100. JS may have traveled to Burlington, Sept. 1839. Boat Little Nauvoo scheduled to receive provisions here en route from Nauvoo to “pinery” (church’s lumber operation) in Wisconsin, May 1843.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit from Henry T. Hugins, 31 May 1844
- Certificate, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Habeas Corpus, 30 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Rhodes , City of Nauvoo v. Walker , and City of Nauvoo v. McGraw
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from C. Horace, 2 June 1844
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from Henry T. Hugins, 17 June 1844
- Letter from John R. Wakefield, 24 June 1844
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from William Griffey, 18 May 1843
- Letter of Introduction to Nathaniel Pope for Jeremiah Smith and Henry T. Hugins, 30 May 1844
- Letter to Henry T. Hugins, 18 June 1844
- Letter to Henry T. Hugins, 23 June 1844
- Letter to John R. Wakefield, 23 June 1844
- Letter, John Chambers to John Cowan, 10 March 1843
- Letterbook 2
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Warrant, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]