Missouri

• Documents (3835)

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

• Journals (32)

  Journals and diaries

• Administrative Records (1614)

  Minutes and other official records

• Revelations and Translations (59)

  Early manuscript and printed versions of scriptural works

• Histories (52)

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

• Legal Records (1404)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (308)

  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

• New York (25)
• Pennsylvania (4)
• Ohio (296)
• Missouri (144)
• Illinois (903)
• Iowa (32)

Related Materials

• Locating, Researching, and Publishing Joseph Smith’s Legal Papers
• The Nauvoo Municipal Court and the Writ of Habeas Corpus
• Editorial Method

• JS v. McLellin, Clay Co., MO, Circuit Court, 21 August 1839 (9)
• Boosinger v. JS et al., Caldwell Co., MO, Circuit Court, 10 November 1839 (11)
• Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al., Caldwell Co., MO, Circuit Court, 12 November 1839 (11)
• State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (26)
• State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (33)
• State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (15)
• State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (14)
• State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (15)
• State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods, Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court, 5 August 1840 (10)