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• Documents (3912)

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• 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 (1755)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (388)

  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

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• The Estate of JS (45)

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• Locating, Researching, and Publishing Joseph Smith’s Legal Papers
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• Editorial Method
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• Series Team

• 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)
• JS v. Brotherton, St. Louis Co., MO, Circuit Court, 22 September 1843 (34)