- Town/City
- Cincinnati
- County
- Hamilton County
- State/Province
- Ohio
- Country
- United States of America
Cincinnati, Ohio
Summary
Area settled largely by emigrants from New England and New Jersey, by 1788. Village founded and surveyed adjacent to site of Fort Washington, 1789. First seat of legislature of Northwest Territory, 1790. Incorporated as city, 1819. Developed rapidly as shipping center after opening of Ohio and Erie Canal, 1832. Seventh most populous city in U.S., by 1833. Port of entry and Hamilton Co. seat. Population in 1820 about 9,600; in 1830 about 25,000; and in 1840 about 46,000. Four Latter-day Saint missionaries to American Indians preached in city en route from Kirtland to Missouri, by Jan. 1831. JS visited city, June 1831, meeting with Campbellite minister Walter Scott. JS revelations directed him, Sidney Rigdon, and Oliver Cowdery to preach in city while traveling from Independence, Missouri, to Kirtland, Ohio, Aug. 1831. Lyman Wight baptized nearly one hundred people and formed first branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in city, 1833. Second branch formed, 1840, by John E. Page and Orson Hyde. Hyde departed city for Jerusalem to dedicate Palestine, at JS’s direction, for return of Jews. Third edition of Book of Mormon printed in city, 1840. Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Lyman Wight held conference in city, 27 May 1844.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith, 14 December 1840
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Blessing to Lorenzo Barnes, 3 January 1836
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1834–1836
- 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]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from A. Miles, 21 March 1837
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 8 September 1843
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 24 July 1839
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 1 May 1840
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 11 September 1839
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 12 February 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 14 May 1840
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 1 October 1831
- Minutes, 17 July 1840
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Printing Samples from Western Bank Note Engraving Company, circa March 1837
- Promissory Note from Lorenzo Young, 9 April 1838
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Report of the First Presidency, 4 October 1840
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 16 November 1835
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–A
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833