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The Nauvoo charter has been repealed...
The Nauvoo charter has been repealed...
Item # 685134
February 08, 1845
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of the front page has a very brief item noting: "Illinois" "The Mormon charter of Nauvoo has been unconditionally repealed by the legislature or Illinois, by a decided majority of votes in each branch, after a long debate on the subject."
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, nice condition.
AI notes: The Nauvoo Charter, granted by the Illinois legislature in 1840, established Nauvoo as a city with extraordinary powers, including the authority to create a city militia, operate its own courts, and exercise broad municipal autonomy, reflecting the rapidly growing political and social influence of the Latter Day Saints under Joseph Smith. Tensions between the Mormon community and neighboring non-Mormon settlers, fueled by disputes over political control, economic competition, and religious differences, escalated after the assassination of Smith in June 1844. In response to widespread anti-Mormon sentiment and fears over the city’s quasi-independent governance, the Illinois legislature repealed the Nauvoo Charter in 1845, stripping the city of its legal protections, dissolving the Nauvoo Legion, and effectively dismantling the Mormon-controlled municipal government. This repeal left the Mormon community vulnerable to harassment and violence, directly contributing to the decision of the majority of Nauvoo’s residents to begin their forced migration westward in 1846, ultimately shaping the exodus that led to the establishment of Salt Lake City in Utah.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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