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Printing office, Independence, Missouri
Summary
JS revelations, dated 20 July and 1 Aug. 1831, directed establishment of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s first printing office in Independence, Missouri. Dedicated by Bishop Edward Partridge, 29 May 1832. Located on Lot 76, on Liberty Street just south of courthouse square. Westernmost press in U.S. Housed on top floor of two-story brick building, with family of church printer, William W. Phelps, residing on first floor. Established to print revelations, to facilitate communication between church bodies in Ohio and Missouri, and to educate public about church. Printed fourteen issues of first church periodical, The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–July 1833. W. W. Phelps & Co. also published Upper Missouri Advertiser, featuring community and national news, in printing office. Mob damaged press, scattered type, and leveled building, 20 July 1833. Some printed sheets of Book of Commandments recovered by church members and later collated and bound.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Appendix : Proposed Sixth Gathering of the Book of Commandments
- Balance of Account, 23 April 1834
- Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835
- Blessing to William W. Phelps, 22 September 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Collection of Sacred Hymns, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- 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 F. G. Williams & Co.
- Introduction to the United Firm
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from John E. Page, 15 August 1842
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to J. G. Fosdick, 3 February 1834
- Letter to John Whitmer, 9 April 1838
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 24 September 1834
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letterbook 2
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, John Frierson Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 February 1834
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Preface to Doctrine and Covenants, 17 February 1835
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- 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
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- Township
- Blue Township
- Town/City
- Independence
- County
- Jackson County
- State/Province
- Missouri
- Country:
- United States of America