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Carlin, Thomas
Biography
18 July 1789–14 Feb. 1852. Ferry owner, farmer, sheriff, politician. Born in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Thomas Carlin and Elizabeth Evans. Baptist. Moved to what became Missouri, by 1803. Moved to Illinois Territory, by 1812. Served in War of 1812. Married Rebecca Hewitt, 13 Dec. 1814, in Madison Co., Illinois Territory. Moved to Greene Co., Illinois Territory, 1818. Appointed first sheriff of Greene Co., 1821. Served as state senator, 1824–1828. Donated land for construction of public buildings in Carrollton, Greene Co. Served in Black Hawk War as captain of spy battalion in Illinois Mounted Volunteers, 1832. Appointed receiver of public monies by U.S. president Andrew Jackson, 1834, in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Affiliated with Church of Christ in Quincy. Served as governor of Illinois, 1838–1842. Issued warrant for arrest of JS for alleged involvement in attempt to kill former Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs, 1842. Returned to Carrollton, 1842. Elected state representative, 1849. Died near Carrollton.
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papers
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Jubilee Songs, between 11 and 18 January 1843
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842
- Account of Meeting, 3 July 1841
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Bond to James Sloan, 21 May 1842
- Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 March 1841
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–B, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 27 August 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 27 August 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–A, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- Docket Entry, Motion Overruled and Discharge, 5 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Petition and Order for Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Docket Entry, circa 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 4 May 1841
- Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- 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]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Interview, 3 November 1841
- Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Owsley et al.
- Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.
- Invitation to Nauvoo Legion Officers and Wives, 28 April 1842
- 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 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Abraham Jonas, 21 March 1843
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from B. F. Withers, 28 December 1841
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 13 July 1842
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 31 August 1841
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter from George J. Adams and David Rogers, 11 October 1842
- Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
- Letter from James Adams, 17 December 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 1 October 1842
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
- Letter from William S. Wright, 24 July 1842
- Letter from Wilson Law, 16 August 1842
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter of Introduction from James Adams, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction from Sidney Rigdon, 9 November 1839
- Letter to Editor, 23 January 1843
- Letter to Editor, circa February 1843
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 30 June 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 October 1841
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letter, David S. Hollister to Hyrum Smith, 12 August 1842
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 16 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Emma Smith to Thomas Carlin, 27 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, James Arlington Bennet to Willard Richards, 24 October 1842
- Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 24 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 7 September 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennet, 20 November and 22 December 1842
- Letterbook 2
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 15 March 1841
- Minutes, 22 February 1841
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Wasp
- Minutes, 3 February 1841
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Oath, 21 June 1842
- Oath, 21 May 1842
- Ordinance, 14 November 1842
- Ordinance, 5 July 1842–A
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Poem from Eliza R. Snow, 12 October 1842
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840
- Requisition, 1 September 1840 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Resolution, 22 February 1841–A
- Resolution, 22 February 1841–A, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Resolution, 3 February 1841
- Resolution, 3 February 1841, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 27 July 1842
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Revised Minutes, circa 17 June 1844, Partial Draft
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Song, 7 January 1843
- Statement of Expenses to Thomas King, 30 September 1841
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton First Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton Second Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, as Published in Illinois Register [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in Reports [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in the Sangamo Journal [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842–A [ City of Nauvoo v. Thompson ]
- Warrant, 8 June 1841 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844
- “Persecution,” 15 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
Thomas Carlin Lithograph, unknown artist, no date. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male