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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Summary
Port city founded as Quaker settlement by William Penn, 1681. Site of signing of Declaration of Independence and drafting of U.S. Constitution. Nation’s capital city, 1790–1800. Population in 1830 about 170,000; in 1840 about 260,000; and in 1850 about 410,000. Latter-day Saint population in July 1840 about 200; in late 1842 about 300; and in Aug. 1844 about 330. First Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in city, fall 1837. JS organized branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in city, 23 Dec. 1839. JS spoke to congregation of about 3,000 people in city, Dec. 1839.
Links
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account of Meeting, 12 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire
- Agreement with Willard Richards, 14 December 1841
- Appendix 2: Copies of Book of Mormon Characters, Introduction
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Authorization for Ebenezer Robinson, 24 February 1842
- Bill in Chancery, circa 19 June 1843 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Certificate from Michael Chandler, 6 July 1835
- Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, 2 November 1836
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Deed from Joshua Moore, 24 July 1843
- Discourse from John C. Bennett, 18 December 1841
- Discourse, 1 March 1840
- Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Discourse, 25 April 1841, as Reported by Julius Alexander Reed
- Discourse, 27 May 1843, as Reported by Levi Richards
- Discourse, 5 February 1840
- 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 Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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 E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Instruction, 9 February 1843 [D&C 129], as Reported by Willard Richards
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to Egyptian Papyri, circa 300–100 BC
- 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
- Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 January–9 March 1837
- Letter from A. Miles, 21 March 1837
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 19 October 1841
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 18 September 1841
- Letter from Benjamin Winchester, 8 August 1842
- Letter from Church Members in New York City, circa 29 November 1841
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 26 and 28 June 1844
- Letter from David S. Hollister, 9 May 1844
- Letter from Edward Hobart, 29 January 1844
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 February 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 10 May 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 3 January 1840
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 22 March 1842
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 26 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Eliza Nicholson, 23 April 1843
- Letter from Emma Smith, 6 December 1839
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 11 April 1842
- Letter from Erastus Snow, 22 June 1842
- Letter from George Gee, 30 December 1841
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 1 April 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 13 September 1841
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 17 March 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 24 July 1841
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 7 February 1842
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from Isaac W. Stathem, 10 May 1843
- Letter from J. Brouder, 20 May 1844
- Letter from Jacob W. Jenks, 31 December 1839
- Letter from James B. Nicholson, 25 January 1842
- Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 16 April 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 1–2 March 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John Laws, 18 October 1841
- Letter from John P. Greene, 30 June 1839
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Joseph Coe, 1 January 1844
- Letter from Levick Sturges and Others, 30 January 1842
- Letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, 30 July 1842
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 17 April 1841
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 28 September 1840
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Peter Hess, 16 February 1843
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Richard Savary, 2 February 1842
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 24 December 1839
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 August 1841
- Letter from Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Smith Tuttle, circa 15 September 1841
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong and Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1 December 1842
- Letter from Sybella McMinn Armstrong, 1 May 1843
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter from William Appleby, circa March 1842
- Letter from William Smith, 28 October 1843
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 26 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 20–25 January 1840
- Letter to Isaac Morris, 16 June 1843
- Letter to John E. Page, 16 July 1842
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- 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 Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 30 December 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letter to the Saints Abroad, 24 May 1841
- Letter, Erastus Snow to Hyrum Smith and William Law, 4 February 1842
- Letterbook 2
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 5–6 September 1840
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Notes on Times and Seasons
- Petition from James B. Nicholson and Others, 22 April 1842
- Petition from Richard Savary and Others, circa 2 February 1842
- Phrenology Chart, 14 January 1840–A
- Phrenology Chart, 14 January 1840–B
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Promissory Note to Charles Ivins, 16 January 1840
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Schedule for General Conferences, between 10 and circa 15 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845