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- Creator:
- Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
- Published / Created:
- 1843 June 6
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2399 Sm611
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Holograph document, a contemporary copy of the Daviess County Missouri Circuit Court’s indictment of Joseph Smith, Jr. for treason. The charges stem from Smith’s actions in the "Mormon War" in northwest Missouri in the fall of 1838. Document is signed by George W. Dunn, the Circuit Attorney; the Grand Jury included Adam Black.
- Description:
- P. 4 docket title, signed and dated on flap by Rob[er]t Wilson, clerk.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Daviess County (Mo.) and Missouri. Daviess County. Circuit Court
- Subject (Name):
- Black, Adam, fl. 1838-1841, Dunn, George W, and Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844
- Subject (Topic):
- Mormon Church --Missouri and Mormons --Missouri
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Indictment of Joseph Smith, Jr., 1843?]
