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The Mormons in Nauvoo...
The Mormons in Nauvoo...
Item # 705183
October 01, 1842
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 1, 1842
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Prophet Joseph Smith
* Living in Nauvoo, Illinois
Pages 3 & 4 have a report headed: "Mormonites--From Nauvoo" beginning: "Our last accounts represented the Prophet Joe and the Mormons as going ahead quietly & rapidly. No arrest or delivery has been made..." and this is followed by another report: "Joe Smith Not Absqatulated [to leave abruptly]" concerning Joe Smith being arrested for the attempted assassination of Gov. Boggs.
Other news of the day including letters signed by Henry Clay, John Tyler & Winfield Scott.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, very nice condition.
AI notes: In 1842, Joseph Smith led the growing Mormon community in Nauvoo, Illinois, serving as both mayor and militia leader. He secretly practiced plural marriage and faced scandal when former ally John C. Bennett accused him of immorality and abuse of power. That year, Smith was also accused of involvement in the attempted assassination of Missouri’s ex-governor, prompting an unsuccessful extradition effort. Despite the controversies, Smith continued church expansion and directed the construction of the Nauvoo Temple.
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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