Historic Newspapers: Mormon Issues

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER Baltimore, April 5, 1823

• Jews and Mormons ?

An inside page has a brief report noting: "...that the society for meliorating the condition of the Jew, are now engaged in a

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 12, 1837

• Very early mention of Abraham Lincoln
• Early Mormon & Joseph Smith mention

An inside page has a report headed "Illinois" being an account of activities

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 13, 1838

• Early Mormons in Missouri - troubles
• Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon

An inside page has: "The Mormon Difficulties" which takes a bit over a full

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, Nov. 17, 1838

• The Mormon War
• Northwestern Missouri

The front page has a very nice item headed: "The Mormon War" portions of which include: "...from the

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, Jan. 5, 1839

• Missouri Mormon War
• Latter-day Saints settlers
• Governor Lilburn Boggs

Page 2 has a report from the Missouri legislature which includes

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 20, 1839

• Very early Ulysses S. Grant
• West Point cadet admission
• Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois

A fascinating and extremely early mention of Ulysses S. Grant, as

THE NON-RESISTANT, Boston, Aug. 25, 1841

• Nauvoo, Illinois 4th of July celebration
• Joseph Smith & the Mormons - Mormonism
• Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
• New England Non-Resistance Society
• About

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 23, 1842

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Illinois morals

Page 3 has an article headed: "Illinois" with subhead: "The Mormons" which has near the beginning:

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 17, 1842

The back page has a brief yet rather rare report with a mini-head: "Joe Smith" stating: "This wonderful fellow is to be bodily absent from his

NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, New York, Sept. 29, 1842

• Rare abolitionism publication
• American Anti-Slavery Society

As the title would suggest, an anti-slavery newspaper from 19 years before the

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 21, 1843

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Joseph Smith cleared of murder
• Millerites Movement

A back page report about "Joe Smith" notes in part: "...This personage, who

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 18, 1843  The back page has a brief item: "Mormons" noting: "A late number of the Nauvoo Wasp contains an account of four cargoes, amounting in all to 801

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, April 1, 1843

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Illinois hoax ?
• Millerism - Millerites

The back page has what is apparently an "April Fools" report concocted by the

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 27, 1843  Page 4 has a report from Illinois: "Conference at Nauvoo" which notes: "The Mormons recently had the most interesting religious conference at

PENNSYLVANIA INQUIRER & NATIONAL GAZETTE, Philadelphia, July 10, 1843

• Arrest of Joseph Smith
• Mormonism - Mormons
• Nauvoo, Illinois description

Page 2 has two early & notable reports concerning the

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 22, 1843

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Earliest of Brigham Young

The back page has a heading: "The Mormon Prophet" which begins: "The arrest of Joe Smith it appears

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 3, 1844

• Mormons - Mormonism
• The Rise of Nauvoo, Illinois
• Frontier Conflict and Kidnappings
• The Calhoun-Smith Letters

Pages 2 and 3 contain a lengthy article

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, April 13, 1844

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Illinois

An inside page has a brief item discussed in the federal Congress with a small heading: "Mormons" noting: "Mr.

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 18, 1844

• Mormons leader Joseph Smith
• Election campaign for president
• 1st presidential candidate to be killed

Page 2 has a report under: "Political--Presidential

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 22, 1844

• Mormons leader Joseph Smith
• Election campaign for president
• 1st presidential candidate to be killed

It is not known by many today that Joseph Smith,

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 27, 1844

• Mormonism - re. Joseph Smith assassination
• Macon Bolling Allen - 1st black lawyer

Pages 4 and 5 contain a nearly full-column article on: "The

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 5, 1844

• Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
• Mormons - Mormonism War ?
• Governor Thomas Ford

Pages 3 and 4 has a report from Illinois: "More Trouble at Nauvoo"

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 12, 1844

• Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
• Mormons - Mormonism War ?
• Governor Thomas Ford

The back page has a report: "Mormon Troubles" which mentions in part:

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 28, 1844

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Charter for the City of Nauvoo, Illinois

Page 3 has a report with a small heading: "The Mormons" which reads more

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1845

• Nauvoo Charter - Mormons - Mormonsim
• Illinois legislature repeals - post Joseph Smith murder
• Prelude to exodus to Salt Lake City, Utah

The bottom of

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 24, 1845

• Mormons Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Illinois settlement
• Capture of the slaver "Spitfire"

Inside has a full column of reports concerning the Mormons in Illinois.

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 27, 1845

• The Mormon War
• Hancock County, Illinois
• Nauvoo Temple construction

Inside has various reports under: "Illinois" including: "The Temple at Nauvoo"

EMANCIPATOR & WEEKLY CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 1, 1845  One of the less common anti-slavery newspapers with content as you might suspect. Page 3 has: "Mormons" noting in part: "The troubles between

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1845

• Early Mormons - Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

Inside has an address to the anti-Mormon citizens of Hancock (Ill.), submitting copies of

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 15, 1845

• Latter-day -Saints founder Joseph Smith's widowed wife Emma

The back page has an item noting: "Emma Smith, the widow of the deceased prophet,

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1846

• United States Naval Academy is born
• Brigham Young arrested - Mormons

Near the back is a nice article on the establishment of the Naval Academy at

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1846  Page 15 has a nice article on the establishment of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, headed: "The Naval School At Annapolis".
It includes: "It is

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 14, 1846

• Mormons - Mormonism exodus Westward
• Leaving Nauvoo, Illinois for Salt Lake City, Utah

The  back page has an interesting article with a small head:

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 21, 1846  The front page has an editorial concerning the Mexican War: "Shall We Have Peace or War?" Page 3 has a report: "Slavers Captured" being an

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 15, 1846

• Mormons Battalion - Mormonism
• Only U.S. military religious unit ever
• Mexican-American War

The top of the back page has a very notable report: "Mormon

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 8, 1846

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Battle of Nauvoo, Illinois

Page 3 has a lengthy report headed: "More Mormon Troubles" taking about three-quarters of

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 12, 1846

• Early Abraham Lincoln
• Springfield, Illinois (Whig)
• 7th district election victory

Page 3 has a report from Illinois on election returns, which notes:

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 26, 1846

• Commodore John D. Sloat
• Mexican-American War
• Claims California for U.S.
• Illinois Mormon War ending
• Nauvoo, Hancock County

Inside has a very historic

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 17, 1846   Page 3 has: "Illinois. The Mormon War ended" which is an interesting account taking close to a full column. It notes in part: "...Articles of

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 20, 1847  Near the top of an inside page has a brief yet notable report: "Letters received also state that Col. Cook and the Mormon battalion were 350

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1847

• Early Mormons - Mormonism

Page 3 has a few items on the Mexican War including: "Reinforcements for the Army Under Gen. Scott"; a letter

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1849

• California gold rush - 49ers
• Mormons at Salt Lake City
• Mormonism - emigration

Two-thirds of a column on page 3 is taken up with: "The Mormons"

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington D.C., May 4, 1849  Page 2 has over 1 1/12 columns taken up with: "Annexation of Texas" - Letter from Sam. Houston to A. J. Donelson" signed by him in type:

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 1850

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Early Salt Lake City, Utah

The front page has: "From The Valley Of Salt Lake" which is an early report on the Mormons at

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, Feb. 22, 1851

• British Mormons - Mormonism
• Great Salt Lake City, UT journey

Rarely are we able to secure antebellum newspapers from this city.

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, March 1, 1851

• Mormons - Mormonism population
• Rare Antebellum publication
• 10 years prior to the Civil War

Rarely are we able to secure

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (now spelled Greensboro) North Carolina, July 5, 1851  Page 2 has: "The Mormons" which is a brief item mentioning Jeremiah chapt. 17 vs. 5-6 in reference to the Mormons at

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 1852  Page 3 has a report headed: "Immigrants" noting the numbers of foreign immigrants who have landed on American shores. Also: "Two Weeks

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1852  Page 2 has an article: "From Salt Lake City" with the latest news from there, mostly concerning the situation with Indians in the

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Jan. 8, 1853

• Nauvoo, Illinois - Mormons
• Washington monument

A short-live newspaper which preceded the first issue of "Harper's Weekly". This is the volume 1, number 2