Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I The Coming 0f the Mormons
6. Introduction 15
7. 1 The Lay of the Land 18
8. 2 Mormon Nauvoo 20
9. 3 The Nauvoo City Charter 21
10. 4 Mormon Leaders on the Gathering to Nauvoo 24
11. 5 A Non-Mormon Reminiscence of Nauvoo 29
12. 6 A Minister Criticizes warsaw and Nauvoo 32
13. 7 Remarks of the Prophet to Saints Newly Arrived from England 13 April 1843 35
14. 8 City of Dust and Water 38
15. 9 Josiah Quincy on Joseph Smith 44
16. 10 An Iowa Sheriff on the Mormons 51
17. 11 Celebrating the Power of Mormon Nauvoo 55
18. 12 Life in Nauvoo from a Non-Mormon Perspective 58
19. 13 The Mormon Leadership on Nauvoo 62
20. Part II The 0Rigins 0f the Conflict
21. Introduction 67
22. 1 Non-Mormon Report of Mormon Theft 70
23. 2 Oral History Accounts of Mormon Theft 72
24. 3 A Farmer’s Wife on Mormon Theft 75
25. 4 An 1840 Assessment of Smith's Political Power 78
26. 5 “Our Position-Again” : An Editorial by Thomas Sharp 79
27. 6 A Brief Historical Sketch of the Anti-Mormon Party 81
28. 7 The Prophet on the Local Political Campaign 82
29. 8 The Prophet and the 1843 Congressional Race 85
30. 9 A Mormon Account of Smith’s Missouri Troubles 87
31. 10 The Prophet’s Speech on His Arrest and Habeas Corpus 91
32. 11 The State of Warsaw: A Lyceum Speech 97
33. 12 A Neighboring County Becomes Alarmed 101
34. 13 Concerns about Mormon Despotism: An 1844 Historical Account 103
35. Part III The Trouble in Nauvoo
36. Introduction 111
37. 1 John C Bennett’s Exposé 115
38. 2 A Young Woman Rejects a Polygamous Relationship 121
39. 3 An Apostle’s Wife Recalls Smith, Bennett, and Polygamy 125
40. 4 Polygamy and Politics: A Non-Mormon Response 128
41. 5 The Reformed Mormon Church 131
42. 6 An Exposé Poem on Smith’s Polygamy 132
43. 7 The Prophet Denies “Spiritual Wiftism” 138
44. 8 The Nauvoo Expositor 142
45. 9 The Nauvoo City Council Acts against the “Expositor” 149
46. 10 A Dissenter Reports the Destruction of the “Expositor” 156
47. 11 John Taylor Defends the Destruction of the “Expositor” 159
48. 12 The Dissenters Flee to Burlington 161
49. 13 William Law Recalls the “Expositor” Affair 163
50. 14 The Dissenters Flee to Burlington 165
51. 15 Isaac and Sarah Scott Comment on the Trouble in Nauvoo 169
52. Part IV The Murders in Carthage
53. Introduction 175
54. 1 Fanning Flames 181
55. 2 Mormon Justifications 185
56. 3 The Last Speech of Joseph Smith 190
57. 4 “The Condition of Affairs in Nauvoo Were Very Critical” 194
58. 5 Non-Mormon Preparations 199
59. 6 The Last Letters of the Prophet to His Family 201
60. 7 An Official Explanation of the Trouble in Hancock County 203
61. 8 A Mormon Woman’s Reflections on the Smith Murders 214
62. 9 The Official Mormon Rendition of the Murders 217
63. 10 Willard ’s Eyewitness Account from Carthage Jail 220
64. 11 “Such an Excitement I Never Witnessed in My Life” 222
65. 12 “The Work of Death Has Commenced” 226
66. 13 A Youth’s Recollection of the Smith Murders 228
67. 14 “A Authentic Account of the Massacre” 231
68. 15 A View from warsaw 234
69. 16 A Heroic Poem of the Martyrdom 227
70. Part V The Trial and the Violence
71. Introduction 243
72. 1 Thomas Sharp on the Hancock County Conflict 247
73. 2 A Youth’s Recollection of the Smith Murders 251
74. 3 Thomas Ford to the People of Warsaw 253
75. 4 Isaac and Sarah Scott on the Aftermath of the Murders 256
76. 5 John Hay on the Trial of the Smiths’ Assassins 259
77. 6 The Anti-Mormons Demand an Investigation 262
78. 7 The Mormon Reaction 265
79. 8 The Repeal of the Nauvoo Charter 267
80. 9 Sheriff Minor Deming and the Resumption of Violence 270
81. 10 The Attack on the Durfee Settlement 273
82. 11 Thomas Sharp on the Killings of Worrell and McBratney 275
83. 12 The Disappearance of Phineas Wilcox 278
84. 13 Jacob Backenstos and his Proclamations 280
85. 14 An Eyewitness Account of the Military Occupation of Carthage 288
86. 15 An Anti-Mormon Plea for Support 291
87. 16 Mason Brayman Assesses the Situation 295
88. Part VI The Exodus and the Battle of Nauvoo
89. Introduction 299
90. 1 The Mormons Decide to Leave Illinois 302
91. 2 The Proceedings of the Carthage Convention 304
92. 3 Eliza Snow’s Poem “Let Us Go” 309
93. 4 Governor Ford Justifies the Use of Militia 309
94. 5 Continued Conflict in the Mormon Kingdom 313
95. 6 The Completion of the Temple 317
96. 7 A Mormon Interprets the Last Days of Nauvoo 321
97. 8 Brigham Young Describes the Exodus 324
98. 9 Nauvoo in the Spring of 1846 326
99. 10 The Battle of Nauvoo 329
100. 11 The Treaty That Ended the Conflict 334
101. 12 A Nauvoo Resident Who Tried to Stay Neutral 335
102. 13 A Mormon Woman Recalls the Battle of Nauvoo 338
103. 14 The Final Evacuation 340
104. 15 The Empty City 342
105. 16 Governor Ford Gets Reinvolved 345
106. 17 A Tourist Views Hancock County in 1852 347
107. Bibllographie Note 351
108. Index 355
109. About the Authors 369