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Located in northeast region of U.S.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 704.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Area settled by Dutch traders, 1620s; later governed by Britain, 1664–1776.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 704–705; Chapin, Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States, 214.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Chapin, William. A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America; Containing a General View of the United States. . . . New York: W. Chapin and J. B. Taylor, 1839.

Admitted to U.S. as state, 1788.

Haskel and Smith, Gazetteer of the United States of America, 469.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Haskel, Daniel, and J. Calvin Smith. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America. . . . New York: Sherman and Smith, 1843.

Population in 1810 about 1,000,000; in 1820 about 1,400,000; in 1830 about 1,900,000; and in 1840 about 2,400,000.

Darby and Dwight, New Gazetteer of the United States, 67, 353.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Darby, William, and Theodore Dwight, Jr. A New Gazetteer of the United States of America; Containing a Copious Description of the States, Territories, Counties, Parishes, Districts, Cities and Towns. . . . Hartford, CT: Edward Hopkins, 1833.

New York City was major port of European trade and immigration.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 705.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Canals, particularly Erie Canal (completed 1825), further escalated inland mercantilism.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 705; Chapin, Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States, 218; Haskel and Smith, Gazetteer of the United States of America, 468.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Chapin, William. A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America; Containing a General View of the United States. . . . New York: W. Chapin and J. B. Taylor, 1839.

Haskel, Daniel, and J. Calvin Smith. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America. . . . New York: Sherman and Smith, 1843.

Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family lived in Palmyra and Manchester areas, 1817–1830.

Coray, Notebook, ca. 1841–ca. 1850, [25]; Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches, 67–71; Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, 1:273, 5:384; Vogel, Making of a Prophet, 20–22; Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 31–32, 40–41; JS, “To the Elders of the Church of Latter Day Saints,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Sept. 1835, 1:179–182.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton. Notebook, ca. 1841–ca. 1850. BYU.

Smith, Lucy Mack. Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853.

Vogel, Dan, ed. Early Mormon Documents. 5 vols. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996–2003.

Vogel, Dan. Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004.

Porter, Larry C. “A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1971. Also available as A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

Western New York known as “burned-over district” during JS’s early life because of numerous religious revivals.

“New York, Early LDS Sites in,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 3:1014.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

JS married Emma Hale in South Bainbridge (now Afton), 1827.

JS Family Bible; JS History, 1834–1836, 9; Joseph Smith III, “Last Testimony of Sister Emma,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Oct. 1879, 289; Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 12; Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory, 81, 84.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JS Family Bible / Joseph Smith Family Bible, ca. 1831–1866. Private possession. Copy of genealogical information in Joseph Smith Sr. Family Reunions Files, 1972–2003. CHL.

JS History, 1834–1836 / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1834–1836. In Joseph Smith et al., History, 1838–1856, vol. A-1, back of book (earliest numbering), 9–20, 46–187. Historian's Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, box 1, vol. 1.

Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

Child, Hamilton, comp. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ontario County, N.Y., for 1867–8. Syracuse, NY: By the author, 1867.

Book of Mormon published in Palmyra, 1830.

“The Book of Mormon,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, NY), 26 Mar. 1830, [3]; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:29–31; Holzapfel and Cottle, Old Mormon Palmyra and New England, 90.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Wayne Sentinel. Palmyra, NY. 1823–1852, 1860–1861.

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Holzapfel, Richard N., and T. Jeffery Cottle. Old Mormon Palmyra and New England: Historic Photographs and Guide. Santa Ana, CA: Fieldbrook Productions, 1991.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized in Fayette, 1830.

JS History, vol. A-1, 37–38; “New York,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 844; “New York, Early LDS Sites In,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 3:1014; Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 12; Berrett, Sacred Places, 2:6.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

In 1830, three main branches of church located in townships of Fayette, Manchester, and Colesville.

Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 12.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

JS and most Latter-day Saint residents emigrated to Ohio, 1831.

“New York,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 845; Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 12; Berrett, Sacred Places, 2:6.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

JS traveled through New York, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1836, and 1837.

JS History, vol. A-1, 240; JS, Journal, 30–31 Oct. 1833; JS, Journal, 1–2 Mar. 1834; Berrett, Sacred Places, 2:252–253.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

JS dictated dozens of revelations in New York.

Harper, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants, ix–xi.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Harper, Steven C. Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants: A Guided Tour through Modern Revelations. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

Several Latter-day Saint congregations established in New York, 1830s and 1840s.

Platt, “Early Branches,” 3–50.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Platt, Lyman De. “Early Branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1850.” Nauvoo Journal 3 (1991): 3–50.

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