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Accounts of Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844

The following chart lists all of the versions in the Church History Library of accounts of two discourses JS reportedly delivered in late June 1844 to members of the in , Illinois. Extant documents are listed in one of three groupings: those that contain a transmission history, those that claim to originate from a nonextant record kept by John E. Forsgren, and those with little or no transmission history. The documents are identified through call numbers and collection information from the Church History Library catalog. For more information on these discourses, see Historical Introduction to Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as Recorded in John S. Fullmer, Letterbook.
 
Documents with Transmission History
Call Number Item/Collection Creation Date Dates of Discourses Transmission History
MS 117 John S. Fullmer, Letterbook, 1836–1881, 83–87 28 Apr. 1881 22 and 23 June 1844 William Clayton → W. Gallup → Philo Dibble → John S. Fullmer
CHL Wilford Woodruff, Historian’s Private Journal, 1858–1878 18 Nov. 1878 22 and 23 June 1844 Philo Dibble → Wilford Woodruff
MS 6000, fd. 3 “A Few Words of Counsel Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 After 1878 22 and 23 June 1844 Philo Dibble → Wilford Woodruff → unknown scribe
MS 155 Eliza R. Snow, “Copy of Remarks Made by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” JS Collection, 1827–1844 No date 22 and 23 June 1844 Unknown scribe → Lorenzo Snow
MS 1658, fd. 5 William B. Pace, Notebook, ca. 1885, William B. Pace, Papers, 1847–1904 Ca. 1885 22 and 24 June 1844 Alfred Bell → William B. Pace
MS 1658, fd. 1 William B. Pace, Autobiography, 1904, pp. 37–41, William B. Pace, Papers, 1847–1904 1904 22 and 24 June 1844 Copied from William B. Pace, Notebook
Documents That Come from John E. Forsgren
Call Number Item/Collection Creation Date Dates of Discourses Transmission History
MS 6000, fd. 1 “A Speech Delivered to the Nauvoo Legion by General Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 22 and 23 June 1844 “taken from the private journal of Elder John E. Forsgren”
MS 6000, fd. 2 “Speech of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 Ca. 26 Nov. 1876 24 and 22 June 1844 “History kept by John Forsgren and copied by Job Smith, who was also present on the occasion and heard the speech.”
MS 6000, fd. 4 “A Synopsis of the Last Two Speeches of Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 After ca. 1870 22 and 24 June 1844 “as reported by John E. Forsgren”
MS 6000, fd. 8 “A Few Words of Counsel Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 22 and 23 June 1844 “Copied from History in the life of Elder John E. Forsgreen”
MS 6000, fd. 9 “An Epitomy of the Speech of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No later than 1945–1946 24 June 1844 “Reported by John Forsgreen and listened to by myself being one in the ranks.”
MS 29550 “A Manuscript Furnished by Jno Forsgreen,” Ruia Holden Bushman, Collection, 1842–1948 Ca. 1868 Undated [ca. 23 or 24 June 1844] “A Manuscript furnished by Jno Forsgreen”
MS 7573 George Lake, Journal, Sept. 1870–Aug. 1879, [289]–298 After Sept. 1878 22 and 23 June 1844 “Copied from a copy which was copied from the history of Elder John E. Forsgren. by Bro. S. F. Wilson.”
Documents with Little or No Transmission History
Call Number Item/Collection Creation Date Dates of Discourses Transmission History
MS 6000, fd. 5 “The Last Discourses [of] Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 22 and 24 June 1844 “Written by Mother Betsy Boley”
MS 6000, fd. 6 “A Discourse Delivered by Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 22 and 24 June 1844
MS 6000, fd. 7 “This Is the Last Discourse That the Prophet Joseph Smith Delivered in Nauvoo,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 After ca. 1850 24 June 1844
MS 6000, fd. 10 “A Few of the Words of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 Ca. 23 July 1908 22 and 23 June 1844 “To Edward G. Snow”
MS 6000, fd. 11 “A Few Words of Counsil Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 22 and 23 June 1844
MS 6000, fd. 12 “The Prophet Joseph Smith Called upon the Legion,” Collected Accounts of Addresses of Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion, June 1844 No date 24 <​18​> and 22 June 1844
MS 21882 Joseph Smith Address to the Nauvoo Legion, 22 June 1844 No date 22 June 1844
MS 16397 “A Discourse Delivered by Joseph Smith to the Nauvoo Legion,” Hosea Stout Papers, 1832–1875 After ca. 1850 22 June 1844
MS 33390 The Prophet Joseph Smith’s Addresses to the Nauvoo Legion No date 22 and 24 June 1844
MS 14538 “A Few Words of Council Given by the Prophet Joseph Smith,” James G. Bleak Papers, 1885–1906 After ca. 1850 22 and 23 June 1844
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