The final installment of Joseph Smith's journal, covering the turbulent and incredibly productive final year of his life.
In the last year of his life, Joseph Smith served as the highly visible and determined leader of one of the largest cities in Illinois and of a church with members spread throughout the United States and other countries. With his influence at its peak, he balanced roles as church president and prophet, mayor, judge, and militia leader, all while responding to escalating conflict. The journal entries reproduced in this volume of The Joseph Smith Papers illuminate Smith's varied activities and his aspirations and struggles in the months leading to his violent death. This is the final volume of the Journals series.

The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Volume 3: May 1843-June 1844

Religion & Spirituality

Church Historian Press

This sixth volume of the Documents series contains personal letters, revelations, discourses, minutes, legal documents, and financial documents, among other documents. The documents in the volume trace the establishment of Far West, Missouri, as the center place of Zion; the spread of Mormon settlements in northwestern Missouri; Joseph Smith's incarceration in Clay County, Missouri; the Saints' expulsion from the state; and initial efforts to establish Church settlements in Illinois and in Iowa Territory. The documents highlight Smith's continued efforts to remove dissension from the Church, establish a city of Zion, protect the Saints from anti-Mormons, and prepare the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for a mission to Europe.

The Joseph Smith Papers Documents, Volume 6: February 1838-August 1839

Mark Ashurst-McGee

David W. Grua

Elizabeth A. Kuehn

Alexander L. Baugh

Brenden W. Rensink

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