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220–221
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265
Bryant, William Cullen,
261
Bullock, Thomas,
185
Burton, Sir Richard,
3
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268
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276
Byron, Lord,
250
Cahoon, Reynolds,
149
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150
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152
Calhoun, John C.,
31
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148–149
Calhoun, John C., Jr.,
149
California,
3
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32
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33
,
34
Campbell, Alexander,
19
Campbellites,
7
Canaanites,
52
Carthage, Illinois,
45
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66
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75
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105
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124
,
139
Expositor
affair in,
138–150
Smith, Joseph surrender and,
151–168
Carthage Greys militia,
125
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146
Carthage jailhouse lynching and,
171–172
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175–176
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178
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183
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216
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220
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222
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227
Smith, Joseph surrender and,
157
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159–160
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161
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165
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167
Carthage jailhouse lynching
aftermath of,
189–206
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231–257
Carthage Greys militia and,
171–172
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175–176
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178
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179
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183
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216
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220
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222
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Ford, Thomas and,
170–173
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175
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183–185
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207
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209
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214
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news of,
199–201
response to,
201–203
Richards, Willard and,
177–178
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179
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181
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182–183
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185–187
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208
Smith, Hyrum and,
173
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176
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177
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179
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180
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183
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Taylor, John and,
176–182
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186
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190–191
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208
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274–277
trials for,
207–227
vengeance and,
196–199
See also
Nauvoo Expositor
Carthagenian
newspaper,
139
Caswall, Henry,
51
Celestial marriage,
86
,
91
,
93
See also
Polygamy
Celibacy,
15
Chicago Democrat
,
44
Christensen, C. C.,
181fig
Christianity,
19
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
eleventh birthday celebration of,
55–59
First Presidency of,
24
formation of,
19–21
,
35
Smith, Joseph, death of and,
202
See also
Mormonism, Mormons
The City of the Saints
(Burton),
276
Civil War, U.S.,
260–261
,
266
Clay, Henry,
31
Clayton, Lucy,
163
Clayton, William,
87–88
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97
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150
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163
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194
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195
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207
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208
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233
,
247
,
252
,
263
Cochran, Jacob,
86
Cochranites,
86
Columbus, Christopher,
25
Commentaries on the Laws of England
(Blackstone),
120
Commerce, Ill.,
38–39
See also
Nauvoo, Illinois
Communism,
20
Compton, Todd,
91n
Congregationalists,
41
,
139
Congress, U.S.,
5
,
37–38
Constitution, U.S.,
45
,
120
,
145
,
147–148
Conversion, converts,
19
,
21
,
79
,
84
“Correct Account of the Murder of Generals Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith at Carthage, on the 27th Day of June, 1844” (Daniels),
216–222
Council of Fifty,
5
,
32–33
,
69
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73–74
,
111
,
232
,
236
Councils.
See
Council of Fifty
;
Quorum of the Anointed
;
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Counterfeiting,
73–74
Cowdery, Oliver,
18
,
19
,
232
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272
Cowles, Austin,
115
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117
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118
,
123
Cowles, Elvira,
115
Creation story,
20
,
27
Cromwell, Oliver,
250
Cutler, Alpheus,
149
Daniels, William,
216–222
,
224
,
226
Danite guerrilla force,
2
,
14
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36
,
43
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64
,
178–179
,
183
David, King,
84
,
85
Davis, George T. M.,
158–159
,
189
Davis, Jacob,
211–212
,
217
,
222–223
,
225
,
264
Death on the Pale Horse
(West),
128–130
,
129fig
Declaration of Independence,
25
,
113
Deming, Minor,
159
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160
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171
,
174
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190
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224
Democratic Party,
30
,
66–67
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69
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70
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71
,
135
Deseret,
275
Divorce,
88
,
94
Doctrine of eternal progression,
29
Douglas, Stephen,
44
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67
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76
,
135–136
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138
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210
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211
,
254–255
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261–262
Douglass, Charley, a.k.a. Elvira Field,
250
Dreams,
130–131
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137
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164
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169–170
Driscoll, John,
137
Duncan, Joseph,
138
Dunham, Jonathan,
121
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143
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155
Dunn, James,
155–156
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157–158
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160
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174
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175
Eagle, John,
176
Eaton, Marinus,
74
Eden, Garden of,
27
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35
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48
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119
Election of 1844,
6
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8
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30–33
Elijah,
15
Elijah, Prophet,
56
Emmons, Sylvester,
110
,
111–112
,
117
End Times,
59
England.
See
Great Britain
Enoch,
20
Esdras,
244
Eternal life,
5
,
20
,
28
,
82
Evangelicalism,
19
,
20
Eve,
20
,
119
Evening and the Morning Star
newspaper,
119
Excommunication,
24
,
73
,
94
,
103
,
123
,
234
,
239
,
245
,
251
Expositor
affair.
See
Nauvoo Expositor
Extermination Order of 1838,
2
,
36–37
,
67
,
81
Fate of the Persecutors of the Prophet Joseph Smith (Lundwall),
262
Fausett, Lynn,
256fig
Federal government,
31
Federalist Party, Federalists,
67
Female Relief Society,
233
Field, Elvira, a.k.a. Charley Douglass,
250
Fielding, Joseph,
77
Finney, Charles Grandison,
7
First Amendment,
9
,
120
First Presidency,
24
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103
,
236
Follett, King,
28–29
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83
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116
Ford, Thomas,
9
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40–41
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43
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71
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266–267
Carthage jailhouse lynching and,
170–173
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175
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183–185
,
207
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209
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214
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217
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227
Expositor
affair and,
134
,
145–149
Illinois governorship and,
135–139
Mormon-hating and,
74
Smith, Joseph, death of and,
203–204
Smith, Joseph surrender and,
152
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155–156
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158
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159
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160
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161
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164
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165–166
Fordham, Elijah,
184–185
Foster, Charles,
101
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121
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124
Expositor
affair and,
109–111
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113
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117
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118
Foster, Robert,
95
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99–101
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103
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130
Expositor
affair and,
109–111
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113
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