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Mormonism and the Founding of Nauvoo
During the bitter winter of 1838-1839 some 5,000 Latter-day Saints crossed the Mississippi River from Missouri and settled in western Illinois. Since the organization of the Mormon church almost ten years before, this group of religious pioneers, led by Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Community of Christ, History, Mormonism, Personal, Politics, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Edward Hunter, Far West, George Miller, History, Independence, Joseph Smith, Kirtland, Missouri, Mormonism, Nauvoo Temple, Ohio, public perceptions, Thomas Gregg, Warsaw
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Mormon Militancy and the Conflict in 1840s Nauvoo?
The non-Mormons of Hancock County, Illinois, in the early 1840s probably disliked the Mormons from the first, in the same way that most Americans have generally disliked what they have viewed as religious fanaticism, but they were initially disposed toward toleration … Continue reading
Posted in Community of Christ, History, Mormonism, Personal, Politics, Religion, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tagged American exceptionalism, Carthage, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, current-events, Hancock County, hancock county illinois, human-rights, Illinois, Joseph Smith, Mormon Nauvoo, Mormonism, Nauvoo, nauvoo area, Nauvoo Legion, Nauvoo Temple, politics, public perceptions, religion, Warsaw
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