Chapter XI

ORSON PRATT SENT TO WASHINGTON AS AGENT OF NAUVOO--AMOS FIELDING TO ENGLAND, DITTO--COMMENT ON THE CANDIDACY OF JOSEPH SMITH FOR PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.--CONSPIRACY OF THE LAWS, HIGBEES, FOSTERS ET AL AGAINST JOSEPH SMITH--THE PROPHET'S MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS--OCCUPATION OF THE WEST CONTEMPLATED.

Credentials of Orson Pratt as Agent for the City of Nauvoo.

Co-operative Store Planned.

Credentials of Elder Amos Fielding on Departing for England.

John Wilkie, the Blessing upon him.

Status of Nauvoo in the Spring of 1844.

Wind Storm at Nauvoo.

General Joseph Smith a Candidate for President.

New Candidate in the Field.

Origin of Memorial to Congress.

The Seventies' Hall, Instruction on Rebuilding.

President Smith's Interview with Mrs. Foster.

Discourse of President Smith--Conspiracies in Nauvoo.

Progress on Memorial to Congress.

The Prophet's Memorial to Congress.

Ordinance.

Affidavit of Abiathar B. Williams.

Affidavit of M. G. Eaton.

The Robbery at Rollasson's Store in Nauvoo.

Memorial to the President of the United States.

Credentials of Orson Hyde.

CHAPTER XII.

THE AUTHORITIES OF NAUVOO _vs._ THE HIGBEES ET AL.--DEDICATION OF THE MASONIC HALL--THE CHURCH CONFERENCE IN APRIL, 1844--ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT DISNEY RIGDON.

Comments on the Negro Chism's Case.

The Higbee Brothers in Trouble.

Counter Move of the Higbees.

Conference in New York.

General Conference Minutes of the Church.

Opening Address of President Joseph Smith.

Elder Sidney Rigdon.

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CHAPTER XIII.

CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH, APRIL, 1844, CONTINUED--ADDRESS OF PATRIARCH HYRUM SMITH--THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.

Address of Elder Hyrum Smith, Patriarch of the Church--Plans suggested to secure Means for Completing the Nauvoo Temple.

CHAPTER XIV.

GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR APRIL, 1844, (CONCLUDED)--THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE WHOLE LAND OF AMERICA IS ZION--INSTRUCTIONS TO ELDERS SET APART FOR MISSIONS--A GENERAL CONFERENCE IN ENGLAND.

President Joseph Smith's Remarks--the whole of America Zion.

Special Meeting of Elders.

Address of Brigham Young.

North and South America Zion.

Address of Hyrum Smith, the Patriarch.

Address of Heber C. Kimball.

Brigham Young's Instruction to the Elders.

Comment of President Smith on the Conference.

A General Conference in England.

CHAPTER XV.

DIFFICULTIES WITH THE HIGBEES AND FOSTERS, CONFERENCES APPOINTED BY THE TWELVE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES--INSTRUCTIONS TO REUBEN HEDLOCK, PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH MISSION--PREPARATIONS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF THE WORK--FRANCIS M. HIGBEE'S SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT SMITH--THE PROPHET RELEASED.

Excommunication of the Laws Fosters, _et al_.

Violence of the Fosters and Higbees.

The Foster-Higbee Embroilment.

Letter: Brigham Young and Willard Richards to Reuben Hedlock.

Letter: Parley P. Pratt to Joseph Smith, _et al_.

The Prophet's Petition for Writ of _habeas corpus_.

Order of the Municipal Court.

The People of the State of Illinois to the Sheriff of Hancock County.

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CHAPTER XVI.

ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET--HIS PROPHETIC CALLING AND THE RESURRECTION--STATUS OF AFFAIRS AT NAUVOO--HYDE'S REPORT FROM WASHINGTON OF THE WESTERN MOVEMENT--OREGON.

Theatricals in Nauvoo.

President Joseph Smith's Address--Defense of his Prophetic Calling.

Nauvoo and President Smith--_Neighbor_ Editorial.

Letter: Elder Orson Hyde's Report of Labors in Washington.

Letter: Orson Hyde's Second Letter from Washington Anent the Western Movement of the Church.

Letter: Henry Clay to the Prophet.

The Prophet's Answer to Clay's Letter.

Status of Affairs at Nauvoo.

Withdrawal of William Smith as Candidate from the Legislature.

Session of Municipal Court--Case of Jeremiah Smith.

Letter: William Clayton, Describing the Farcical Proceedings of the Court at Dixon in the Case of Joseph Smith.

Steamboat Election.

CHAPTER XVII.

THE STATE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION AT NAUVOO--THE STATES REPRESENTED--SPEECH OF JOHN S. REID, ESQ.--EARLY DAYS WITH THE PROPHET.

State Convention at Nauvoo.

Resolutions.

Synopsis of the Remarks of Hon. John S. Reid.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT SMITH BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT--HIS VOLUNTARY APPEARANCE AT COURT--TREATMENT--RETURN TO NAUVOO.

Court Session at Carthage.

Letter: George A. Smith to _Times and Seasons_.

Visit of Sac and Fox Indians to Nauvoo.

Address of the Prophet to the Indians.

Hyrum's Caution to the Prophet on the Freedom of Speaking.

Letter: Central Campaign Committee to Hugh Clark, Esq.

Reported Indictment of the Prophet.

Letter: Willard Richards to Orson Hyde.

Editorial Comment.

Conference in Jefferson Co., N. Y.

Conference, Dresden, Tenn.

Threat to Kidnap Jeremiah Smith.

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The Return to Nauvoo.