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Letter from Nauvoo shortly after Joseph Smith's murder...



Item # 684894

August 24, 1844

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 24, 1844  Page 3 has an article: "Affairs at Nauvoo--Politics, etc." This is a letter datelined "Nauvoo, Illinois, Aug. 3, 1844". Keep in mind that Joseph Smith was assassinated June 27, 1844.
It begins: "I write you from the 'City of the Saints' and from the Head-Quarters of the late Mormon Prophet, Joe Smith. You must know that Joe was a tavern-keeper as well as a Prophet..." with much more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #356, released for July, 2025

Category: Pre-Civil War