Interim Content
Jail, Liberty, Missouri
Summary
Two-story building containing dungeon on lower floor with access through trap door. Constructed, 1833. JS and five others confined there for just over four months, beginning 1 Dec. 1838, while awaiting trial for charges in connection with “Mormon War.” JS and others attempted to escape jail and failed, 7 Feb. and 4 Mar. 1839. JS and others transferred from jail to Daviess Co., Missouri, 6 Apr. 1839. While imprisoned there, JS wrote or coauthored at least twelve letters and two petitions.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–A
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 29 September 1839, as Reported by James Mulholland
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, circa 28 March 1841
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, Draft
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 1 December 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 April 1839
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 26 January 1841
- Letter to Presendia Huntington Buell, 15 March 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 22 July 1840
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Recorded in “General” Record Book
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, Extract, Phebe Carter Woodruff Copy
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 [D&C 127]
- Letterbook 2
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Memorial to the Missouri Legislature, 24 January 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Promissory Note to John Brassfield, 16 April 1839
- Receipt from William Collins, 8 February 1839
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- County
- Clay County
- State/Province
- Missouri
- Country:
- United States of America