- Town/City
- Springfield
- County
- Sangamon County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country
- United States of America
Springfield, Illinois
Summary
Settled by 1819. Incorporated as town, 1832. Became capital of Illinois, 1837. Incorporated as city, 1840. Sangamon Co. seat. Population in 1840 about 2,600. Stake of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized in Springfield, Nov. 1840; discontinued May 1841; branch organized, Jan. 1842. After arrest on charge of being accessory in assassination attempt on former Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs, JS traveled to Springfield, late Dec. 1842, for habeas corpus hearing before federal judge Nathaniel Pope. After hearing, early Jan. 1843, JS was discharged.
Links
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Affidavit from Joseph Smith, 2 January 1843
- Affidavit from Wilson Law and Others, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 10. Jacob B. Backenstos and Stephen A. Douglas, Affidavit, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 11. Court Ruling, 5 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 12. Thomas Ford, Order Discharging Joseph Smith, 6 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 3. Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 4. Joseph Smith, Petition for New Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 5. Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 6. Joseph Smith, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 7. Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 8. Joseph Smith, Affidavit, 2 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 9. Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 March 1841
- 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
- Discourse, 9 October 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 20 December 1841
- 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]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- 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 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Abraham C. Hodge and Springfield, Illinois, Branch, 25 January 1842
- Letter from Abraham Jonas, 21 March 1843
- Letter from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 12 September 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Henry Hugins, 17 June 1844
- Letter from Henry Hugins, 6 June 1844
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 1 April 1840
- Letter from Hugh Legare, 31 March 1843 [Forgery]
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from James Adams, 14 March 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 17 December 1842
- Letter from James Adams, 27 April 1843
- Letter from James Adams, 4 January 1840
- Letter from James Adams, 8 June 1843
- Letter from Joel Hamilton Walker, 9 May 1844
- Letter from John B. Weber, 6 January 1840
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 25 July 1840
- Letter from John C. Bennett, 27 July 1840
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Luther W. Hickok, 6 June 1844
- Letter from Mason Brayman, 29 July 1843
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from S. C. Hopper, 10 January 1844
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 12 December 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 13 September 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
- Letter from William S. Wright, 21 July 1842
- Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
- Letter of Introduction from James Adams, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction from Sidney Rigdon, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction to Nathaniel Pope for Jeremiah Smith, 30 May 1844
- Letter to Church Leaders in Eugene, Indiana, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Editor, circa 15 February 1843
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 9 November 1839
- Letter to Henry Hugins, 18 June 1844
- Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 27 November 1843
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 14 June 1843
- Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 January 1843
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 1 January 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 11 December 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 October 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 20 September 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 August 1843
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–B
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 December 1843
- Letter, John M. Bernhisel to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter, John R. Wakefield to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter, Richard Barret to Moses Nickerson and George Miller, 19 June 1841
- Letter, Samuel Owens to Thomas Ford, 10 June 1843
- Letter, Stephen A. Douglas to William Smith, 27 August 1842
- Letter, Thomas Ford to Jacob B. Backenstos, circa 6 July 1843
- Letter, William Ewing to John Bills, circa 30 November 1843
- Letter, William W. Phelps and Willard Richards to Thomas Ford, 4 July 1844, John McEwan First Copy
- Letter, William W. Phelps and Willard Richards to Thomas Ford, 4 July 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
- Letter, William W. Phelps to Thomas Ford, 30 December 1843
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Military Order to Hugh McFall, 16 June 1844
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Requisition from Thomas Reynolds, 22 July 1842
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Song, 7 January 1843
- Warrant, 21 May 1844 [ U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–B ]
- “Pacific Innuendo,” 16–17 February 1844