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Critical thoughts on Mordecai Noah's plans for a Jewish homeland... A curious parallel to Mormon efforts a few years later...
One of the earliest newspaper mentions of Abraham Lincoln and Joseph Smith...
Early Ulysses S. Grant well before he was famous... Assaults upon the Mormons...
Mormons as fugitives from justice... Sidney Francis sold into slavery...
An April Fool's report on the abolishment of Nauvoo...
The Mormons are not to be removed... Beauty of Cooperstown...
Joseph Smith accused of beating a tax collector...
The Mormon Legion... Tyler's annual address... The Millerites...
Trouble with the Mormons in Illinois... Slave ships...
Rare & lengthy account of Joseph Smith running for President...
Report of the murder of Joseph Smith in a British magazine...
Founding of the U.S. Naval Academy... Much on the Mormon War...
Latest from the Mormons... Early on Ulysses S. Grant...
Creating the Naval Academy at Annapolis... Arresting Brigham Young...
Nice on the capture of slave ships... Last sermon of Brigham Young before Utah...
Mormons vs. the Anti-Mormons... On Iowa & Wisconsin joining the Union... The Mexican War...
Sloat takes command of California during the Mexican War.. Mormon War has ended?
The Mexican War, with thoughts of California joining the Union... End of the Mormon War...
Governor Ford on the Mormon situation... Much on California and the West...
Terrific account of the Taos Revolt... Mormons heading to California...
Rare mention of the 'Mormon Battalion' during the Mexican War...
Mormon Newspapers
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) is one of America's fastest growing religions. The LDS Church was founded with six original members. According to LDS Newsroom, the LDS church has 14.4 million members worldwide as of December 2011.
The first seed of Mormonism was sowed in 1820 when Joseph Smith has a vision of God the Father and Jesus in response to his prayer about which church he should join. According to Smith, God’s told him to join none of them because they were all wrong. Belief in the “First Vision” remains an essential part of modern Mormonism.
Another milestone in Mormon history came in 1830 when the Book of Mormon was published. Smith claimed it was translated from gold plates given to him from God. In 1844, a judge had Smith jailed for ordering the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor's printing press (the newspaper was severely critical of Smith and the LDS church). It was the first and only issue the newspaper printed.
Accounts of Mormons in newspapers from 1831-1835 were scarce, and are among the most desired among collectors today.
A particularly interesting period for collectors of Mormon newspapers involves the account of their westward journey from New York that ended in “Deseret”, which is present-day Utah. At the time (1847), Utah wasn’t even a territory of the United States—it was part of Mexico. Read more about Mormon history in newspapers.