Table of Contents

; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I; The Coming of the Mormons; Introduction; 1.; The Lay of the Land; 2.; Mormon Nauvoo; 3.; The Nauvoo City Charter; 4.; Mormon Leaders on the Gathering to Nauvoo; 5.; A Non-Mormon Reminiscence of Nauvoo; 6.; A Minister Criticizes Warsaw and Nauvoo; 7.; Remarks of the Prophet to Saints Newly Arrived from England; 8.; A Western Pennsylvanian Reports on Nauvoo; 9.; Josiah Quincy on Joseph Smith; 10.; An Iowa Sheriff on the Mormons; 11.; Celebrating the Power of Mormon Nauvoo; 12.; Life in Nauvoo from a Non-Mormon Perspective; 13.; The Mormon Leadership on Nauvoo; Part II; The Origins of the Conflict; Introduction; 1.; A Non-Mormon Report of Mormon Theft; 2.; Oral History Accounts of Mormon Theft; 3.; A Farmer's Wife on Mormon Theft; 4.; An 1840 Assessment of Smith's Political Power; 5.; "Our Position-Again": An Editorial by Thomas Sharp; 6.; A Brief Historical Sketch of the Anti-Mormon Party; 7.; The Prophet on the Local Political Campaign; 8.; The Prophet and the 1843 Congressional Race; 9.; A Mormon Account of Smith's Missouri Troubles; 10.; The Prophet's Speech on His Arrest and Habeas Corpus; 11.; The State of Warsaw: A Lyceum Speech; 12.; A Neighboring County Becomes Alarmed; 13.; Concerns about Mormon Despotism: An 1844 Historical Account; Part III; The Trouble in Nauvoo; Introduction; 1.; John C. Bennett's Expose; 2.; A Young Woman Rejects a Polygamous Relationship; 3.; An Apostle's Wife Recalls Smith, Bennett, and Polygamy; 4.; Polygamy and Politics: A Non-Mormon Response; 5.; The Reformed Mormon Church; 6.; An Expose Poem on Smith's Polygamy; 7.; The Prophet Denies "Spiritual Wifeism"; 8.; The Nauvoo Expositor; 9.; The Nauvoo City Council Acts against the "Expositor"; 10.; A Dissenter Reports the Destruction of the "Expositor"; 11.; John Taylor Defends the Destruction of the "Expositor"; 12.; The Dissenters Flee to Burlington; 13.; William Law Recalls the "Expositor"Affair; 14.; Willard Richards Pleads for Help; 15.; Isaac and Sarah Scott Comment on the Trouble in Nauvoo; Part IV; The Murders in Carthage; Introduction; 1.; Fanning Flames; 2.; Mormon Justifications; 3.; The Last Speech of Joseph Smith; 4.; "The Condition of Affairs in Nauvoo Were Very Critical"; 5.; Non-Mormon Preparations; 6.; The Last Letters of the Prophet to His Family; 7.; An Official Explanation of the Trouble in Hancock County; 8.; A Mormon Woman's Reflections on the Smith Murders; 9.; The Official Mormon Rendition of the Murders; 10.; Willard Richards's Eyewitness Account from Carthage Jail; 11.; "Such an Excitement I Never Witnessed in My Life"; 12.; "The Work of Death Has Commenced"; 13.; A Youth's Recollection of the Smith Murders; 14.; "An Authentic Account of the Massacre"; 15.; A View from Warsaw; 16.; A Heroic Poem of the Martyrdom; Part V; The Trial and the Violence; Introduction; 1.; Thomas Sharp on the Hancock County Conflict; 2.; The Mormons Call for Calmness; 3.; Thomas Ford to the People of Warsaw; 4.; Isaac and Sarah Scott on the Aftermath of the Murders; 5.; John Hay on the Trial of the Smiths' Assassins; 6.; The Anti-Mormons Demand an Investigation; 7.; The Mormon Reaction; 8.; The Repeal of the Nauvoo Charter; 9.; Sheriff Minor Deming and the Resumption of Violence; 10.; The Attack on the Durfee Settlement; 11.; Thomas Sharp on the Killings of Worrell and McBratney; 12.; The Disappearance of Phineas Wilcox; 13.; Jacob Backenstos and his Proclamations; 14.; An Eyewitness Account of the Military Occupation of Carthage; 15.; An Anti-Mormon Plea for Support; 16.; Mason Brayman Assesses the Situation; Part VI; The Exodus and the Battle of Nauvoo; Introduction; 1.; The Mormons Decide to Leave Illinois; 2.; The Proceedings of the Carthage Convention; 3.; Eliza Snow's Poem "Let Us Go"; 4.; Governor Ford Justifies the Use of Militia; 5.; Continued Conflict in the Mormon Kingdom; 6.; The Completion of the Temple; 7.; A Mormon Interprets the Last Days of Nauvoo; 8.; Brigham Young Describes the Exodus; 9.; Nauvoo in the Spring of 1846; 10.; The Battle of Nauvoo; 11.; The Treaty That Ended the Conflict; 12.; A Nauvoo Resident Who Tried to Stay Neutral; 13.; A Mormon Woman Recalls the Battle of Nauvoo; 14.; The Final Evacuation; 15.; The Empty City; 16.; Governor Ford Gets Reinvolved; 17.; A Tourist Views Hancock County in 1852; Bibliographic Note; Index; About the Authors;