“Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” between circa 11 February 1944 and circa 16 January 1968

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“Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” between circa 11 February 1944 and circa 16 January 1968
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“Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” [between ca. 11 Feb. 1944 and ca. 16 Jan. 1968]; microfilm at CHL.

The custodial history of this typescript is unknown. Wilford C. Wood acquired the manuscript from Frank C. Baum in 1944 and thereafter created three typescript transcripts of it.
1
Mrs. Frank Baum, Quincy, IL, to Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, Receipt, 11 Feb. 1944, microfilm, reel 16, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL; Letter, Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, to David O. McKay, 16 Feb. 1944, microfilm, reel 16, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL.
Comprehensive Works Cited
Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8617.
Two of the transcripts, identified as a first copy and a carbon copy, were retained by Wood and are in the possession of the Wilford C. Wood Museum in Bountiful, Utah.
2
See “Martyrdom Court Records (typed) carbon 4-c-b-2.2,” microfilm, reel 5, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL; and “Martyrdom Court Records (Typed) 4-c-b-2.4,” microfilm, reel 25, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL.
At an unknown time, Wood created a third transcript titled “Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet”
3
This title page is not included in the other typescripts.
that was donated to the Church Historian’s Office before Wood’s death in 1968.
4
“Rites Held for Wilford C. Wood,” Davis County Clipper, 26 Jan. 1968, [12].
Davis County Clipper. Bountiful, UT. 1892–.
The transcripts contain portions that are unaccounted for in the manuscript. The copy donated to the church is virtually identical to the copies at the Wood Museum, except that some of the documents are in a different order. The typescript was presumably placed in a Joseph Smith name file after its donation. Church Historical Department (now CHL) staff cataloged the typescript in 1973.
5
See the full bibliographic entry for “Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, 1844–1845,” in the CHL catalog; and Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 227.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.
Footnotes
[1]
Mrs. Frank Baum, Quincy, IL, to Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, Receipt, 11 Feb. 1944, microfilm, reel 16, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL; Letter, Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, to David O. McKay, 16 Feb. 1944, microfilm, reel 16, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL.
[2]
See “Martyrdom Court Records (typed) carbon 4-c-b-2.2,” microfilm, reel 5, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL; and “Martyrdom Court Records (Typed) 4-c-b-2.4,” microfilm, reel 25, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL.
[3]
This title page is not included in the other typescripts.
[4]
“Rites Held for Wilford C. Wood,” Davis County Clipper, 26 Jan. 1968, [12].
Davis County Clipper. Bountiful, UT. 1892–.
[5]
See the full bibliographic entry for “Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, 1844–1845,” in the CHL catalog; and Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 227.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.
Historical Introduction
See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C.
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“Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” between circa 11 February 1944 and circa 16 January 1968
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