Cultures In Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois
Cultures In Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois
by John Hallwas and Roger Launius
Utah State University Press, 1999 Paper: 978-0-87421-272-3 | Cloth: 978-0-87421-186-3 | eISBN: 978-0-87421-336-2
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Cultures in Conflict offers students of history an invaluable source of documents regarding the history of the Mormon presence in Illinois. Few local histories are so academically sound. —Illinois Times
Hallwas and Launius have compiled and written the most balanced and thorough account yet of the events and circumstances that led to the forced Mormon exodus from Nauvoo following the mini civil war that erupted in Illinois during the 1849s
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I
The Coming of the Mormons
Introduction
1.
The Lay of the Land
2.
Mormon Nauvoo
3.
The Nauvoo City Charter
4.
Mormon Leaders on the Gathering to Nauvoo
5.
A Non-Mormon Reminiscence of Nauvoo
6.
A Minister Criticizes Warsaw and Nauvoo
7.
Remarks of the Prophet to Saints Newly Arrived from England
8.
A Western Pennsylvanian Reports on Nauvoo
9.
Josiah Quincy on Joseph Smith
10.
An Iowa Sheriff on the Mormons
11.
Celebrating the Power of Mormon Nauvoo
12.
Life in Nauvoo from a Non-Mormon Perspective
13.
The Mormon Leadership on Nauvoo
Part II
The Origins of the Conflict
Introduction
1.
A Non-Mormon Report of Mormon Theft
2.
Oral History Accounts of Mormon Theft
3.
A Farmer's Wife on Mormon Theft
4.
An 1840 Assessment of Smith's Political Power
5.
“Our Position—Again”: An Editorial by Thomas Sharp
6.
A Brief Historical Sketch of the Anti-Mormon Party
7.
The Prophet on the Local Political Campaign
8.
The Prophet and the 1843 Congressional Race
9.
A Mormon Account of Smith's Missouri Troubles
10.
The Prophet's Speech on His Arrest and Habeas Corpus
11.
The State of Warsaw: A Lyceum Speech
12.
A Neighboring County Becomes Alarmed
13.
Concerns about Mormon Despotism: An 1844 Historical Account
Part III
The Trouble in Nauvoo
Introduction
1.
John C. Bennett's Exposé
2.
A Young Woman Rejects a Polygamous Relationship
3.
An Apostle's Wife Recalls Smith, Bennett, and Polygamy
4.
Polygamy and Politics: A Non-Mormon Response
5.
The Reformed Mormon Church
6.
An Exposé Poem on Smith's Polygamy
7.
The Prophet Denies “Spiritual Wifeism”
8.
The Nauvoo Expositor
9.
The Nauvoo City Council Acts against the “Expositor”
10.
A Dissenter Reports the Destruction of the “Expositor”
11.
John Taylor Defends the Destruction of the “Expositor”
12.
The Dissenters Flee to Burlington
13.
William Law Recalls the “Expositor”Affair
14.
Willard Richards Pleads for Help
15.
Isaac and Sarah Scott Comment on the Trouble in Nauvoo
Part IV
The Murders in Carthage
Introduction
1.
Fanning Flames
2.
Mormon Justifications
3.
The Last Speech of Joseph Smith
4.
“The Condition of Affairs in Nauvoo Were Very Critical”
5.
Non-Mormon Preparations
6.
The Last Letters of the Prophet to His Family
7.
An Official Explanation of the Trouble in Hancock County
8.
A Mormon Woman's Reflections on the Smith Murders
9.
The Official Mormon Rendition of the Murders
10.
Willard Richards's Eyewitness Account from Carthage Jail
11.
“Such an Excitement I Never Witnessed in My Life”
12.
“The Work of Death Has Commenced”
13.
A Youth's Recollection of the Smith Murders
14.
“An Authentic Account of the Massacre”
15.
A View from Warsaw
16.
A Heroic Poem of the Martyrdom
Part V
The Trial and the Violence
Introduction
1.
Thomas Sharp on the Hancock County Conflict
2.
The Mormons Call for Calmness
3.
Thomas Ford to the People of Warsaw
4.
Isaac and Sarah Scott on the Aftermath of the Murders
5.
John Hay on the Trial of the Smiths' Assassins
6.
The Anti-Mormons Demand an Investigation
7.
The Mormon Reaction
8.
The Repeal of the Nauvoo Charter
9.
Sheriff Minor Deming and the Resumption of Violence
10.
The Attack on the Durfee Settlement
11.
Thomas Sharp on the Killings of Worrell and McBratney
12.
The Disappearance of Phineas Wilcox
13.
Jacob Backenstos and his Proclamations
14.
An Eyewitness Account of the Military Occupation of Carthage
15.
An Anti-Mormon Plea for Support
16.
Mason Brayman Assesses the Situation
Part VI
The Exodus and the Battle of Nauvoo
Introduction
1.
The Mormons Decide to Leave Illinois
2.
The Proceedings of the Carthage Convention
3.
Eliza Snow's Poem “Let Us Go”
4.
Governor Ford Justifies the Use of Militia
5.
Continued Conflict in the Mormon Kingdom
6.
The Completion of the Temple
7.
A Mormon Interprets the Last Days of Nauvoo
8.
Brigham Young Describes the Exodus
9.
Nauvoo in the Spring of 1846
10.
The Battle of Nauvoo
11.
The Treaty That Ended the Conflict
12.
A Nauvoo Resident Who Tried to Stay Neutral
13.
A Mormon Woman Recalls the Battle of Nauvoo
14.
The Final Evacuation
15.
The Empty City
16.
Governor Ford Gets Reinvolved
17.
A Tourist Views Hancock County in 1852
Bibliographic Note
Index
About the Authors
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