Correspondence, 1841–1844

• Documents (3906)

  Letters, revelations, reports of discourses, minutes, etc.

• Journals (32)

  Journals and diaries

• Administrative Records (1693)

  Minutes and other official records

• Revelations and Translations (60)

  Early manuscript and printed versions of scriptural works

• Histories (52)

  Early histories and draft material for the later History of the Church

• Legal Records (1658)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (386)

  Deeds, promissory notes, invoices, agreements, daybooks, ledgers, etc.

Related Resources

• Other Contemporary Papers

  Selected papers of Joseph Smith's contemporaries

• Calendar of Documents

  Chronological list of all known Joseph Smith documents, including multiple versions of documents

• Comprehensive Works Cited

  List of all sources cited on the Joseph Smith Papers website

Images and Transcripts

• Letterbooks (2)
• Minute Books (2)
• Ecclesiastical Records (2)
• Records of Organizations (3)
• Municipal Records (1296)
• Miscellaneous (1)
• Office Papers (377)

Related Materials

• Joseph Smith’s Administrative Records
• Editorial Method

• Correspondence, 1841–1844 (41)
• Financial Records, 1835–1838 (107)
• Financial Records, 1839–1843 (23)
• Land Records, 1839–1841 (83)
• Legal Records, 1841–1844 (19)
• Memorials and Affidavits, 1842–1844 (66)
• Nauvoo City Records, 1843–1844 (16)
• Miscellaneous Records, 1842–1844 (22)

Related Materials

• Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Office Papers

• Letter, Horace Hotchkiss to Hyrum Smith, 13 May 1841
• Letter, Richard Barret to Moses Nickerson and George Miller, 19 June 1841
• Letter, Erastus Snow to Hyrum Smith and William Law, 4 February 1842
• Letter, William Goforth to George Dykes, 17 February 1842
• Letter, John C. Dodds to Lyman Wight, 29 July 1842
• Letter, David S. Hollister to Hyrum Smith, 12 August 1842
• Letter, Charles Ivins to Hyrum Smith, 22 August 1842
• Letter, Stephen A. Douglas to William Smith, 27 August 1842
• Letter, David S. Hollister to William Clayton, 1 September 1842
• Letter from George Miller, 4 September 1842
• Letter, Horace Hotchkiss to Sidney Rigdon, 8 November 1842
• Letter, Caleb Atwater to Nauvoo Postmaster, 16 November 1842
• Letter, John Chambers to John Cowan, 10 March 1843
• Resolutions of the Boston Conference, 12 March 1843
• Letter, Joseph H. Reynolds to Newel K. Whitney, 7 April 1843
• Letter, Samuel Owens to Thomas Ford, 10 June 1843
• Letter, London, England, to “Gentlemen,” 28 June 1843
• Letter, Thomas Ford to Jacob B. Backenstos, circa 6 July 1843
• Letter, John Pickels to William Clayton, 10 July 1843
• Letter, D. D. T. Benedict to Amasa Bonney, 10 August 1843
• Letter, William Ewing to John Bills, circa 30 November 1843
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 December 1843
• Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman, 6 December 1843
• Letter, J. White to Jesse Hunter, 10 December 1843
• Letter, William W. Phelps to J. White, 21 December 1843
• Letter, William W. Phelps to Thomas Ford, 30 December 1843
• Letter, George Walker to William Clayton, 3 January 1844
• Letter, John Whitmer to William W. Phelps, 8 January 1844
• Poem from Stephen Ross, 15 January 1844
• Letter, Wilford Woodruff to Solomon Copeland, 19 March 1844
• Letter, Edmund Brown to “Sir,” 5 April 1844
• Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, Partial Draft
• Letter, John M. Bernhisel to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
• Letter, John R. Wakefield to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
• Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1844
• Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1844, John McEwan Copy
• Letter, Richard Ballantyne to Samuel Smith, 3 July 1844
• 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, Robert D. Foster to Nauvoo City Council, 8 July 1844
• Letter, Glasgow, Scotland, to “Brethren,” 28 August 1844