December 9, 1843
Joseph Smith wrote a letter to William Clayton, asking him to pay $60 from city funds to the commandants of the Nauvoo Legion for the protection of Nauvoo.
Writings
December 16, 1843
Joseph Smith signed a "Memorial to Congress for redress of losses and grievances in Missouri" and prophesied that if Congress would not hear the petition, the administration in power would be broken up.
January 1, 1844
Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Illinois Governor Thomas Ford relative to the kidnapping of certain Saints who were falsely imprisoned in Missouri.
January 18, 1844
Joseph Smith dictated letters to Reuben McBride and Joseph Coe. McBride had become the Church's agent to regulate business affairs in Kirtland after Oliver Granger's untimely death. Coe had written Joseph claiming an interest in the Egyptian mummies. Joseph found Coe's "pretended claim" astonishing.
February 13, 1844
Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Joseph L. Heywood, an LDS merchant in Quincy, Illinois.
February 17, 1844
Joseph Smith wrote an article called "Pacific Innuendo," which explained the Church's desire for peace with all peoples.
February 29, 1844
Joseph Smith directed Brother William W. Phelps to write a reply to an article printed on January 31 in the Zanesville Gazette on a speech by Cassius M. Clay (a Kentucky abolitionist) about annexing Texas to the United States.
March 30, 1844
Joseph Smith prepared a written message for U.S. President John Tyler, requesting permission to enlist 100,000 men to help protect Americans seeking to settle in Oregon and other areas within U.S. territory and to help provide security for the independent republic of Texas.
March 31, 1844
Joseph Smith signed two petitions to the United States Congress and one to U.S. President John Tyler that he had written the previous day.
About May 3, 1844
Joseph Smith wrote a rhyming verse in Barbara Matilda Neff's autograph book.
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