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1839-41: 1842-43: 1842 - 07:14 American Bulletin -- J. C. Bennett's accusations -- mentions William 1842 - 08:06 Warsaw Signal -- William elected to Illinois Legislature 1842 - 11:19 Quincy Whig -- J. C. Bennett gives G. B. Frost affidavit mentioning Wm. 1844: 1844 - 09:15 New York Herald -- William Smith & G. J. Adams lecture in NYC 1844 - 09:16 New York Herald -- William Smith & G. J. Adams lecture in NYC 1844 - 11:01 Times & Seasons -- William's right to be chief Patriarch "by descent" 1845: Jan.-June 1845 - 03:05 Warsaw Signal -- William's exploits in Boston 1845 - 04:12 Alton Telegraph -- William Smith arrested in Philadelphia 1845 - 04:23 Peoria Democratic Press -- William released on bail in Winchester suit 1845 - 05:14 Nauvoo Neighbor -- William's lecture and self defense 1845 - 05:28 Nauvoo Neighbor -- Sam Brannan reinstated - Caroline Smith dies 1845 - 06:01 Times & Seasons -- John Taylor's article limiting William's power 1845 - 06:?? New York Herald -- William Smith and Sam Brannan 1845 - 06:11 Warsaw Signal -- William Smith at Nauvoo 1845 - 06:11 Nauvoo Neighbor -- William Smith -- "father to the church" 1845 - 06:18 Warsaw Signal -- William Smith the Patriarch 1845: July-Sept. 1845 - 07:23 Warsaw Signal -- William prophesied Hodges' death 1845 - 07:24 Davenport Gazette -- William splits away from the Twelve 1845 - 08:06 N. Y. Sun -- William is "the Patriarchal Jacob's Staff" 1845 - 09:03 Warsaw Signal -- William's polygamy sermon at Nauvoo 1845 - 09:10 Warsaw Signal -- "the split between Bill Smith and the Twelve" 1845 - 09:12 St. Louis Daily American -- William advocates spiritual wife system 1845 - 09:20 Albany Argus -- William is "the Patriarchal Jacob's Staff" 1845 - 09:28 St. Louis Daily American -- William lectures in St. Louis 1845: Oct.-Dec. 1845 - 10:21 Missouri Reporter -- Notice of William's Proclamation 1845 - 10:22 Warsaw Signal -- Notice of William's Proclamation 1845 - 10:23 Missouri Reporter -- William says Redden murdered Hodges 1845 - 10:25 Alton Telegraph -- Short version of William's Proclamation 1845 - 10:25 Missouri Reporter -- William says Redden murdered Hodges 1845 - 10:28 Missouri Reporter -- William again lectures in St. Louis 1845 - 10:29 Warsaw Signal -- William's 1845 Proclamation 1845 - 10:30 Burlington Hawk-Eye -- William's 1845 Proclamation -- Hodges 1845 - 11:01 N. Y. Sun -- William "has a new plan of operation" 1845 - 11:03 St. Louis Reveille -- William opposes move to Oregon 1845 - 11:05 Quincy Whig -- William's 1845 Proclamation pamphlet 1845 - 11:06 Sangamo Journal -- William writes a letter against the Twelve 1845 - 11:06 Burlington Hawk-Eye -- William lectures against the Twelve in St. Louis 1845 - 11:08 Janesville Gazette -- fictional story spoofs William's polygamy 1845 - 11:10 N. Y. Sun -- William lectures in St. Louis on "Spiritual Wife Doctrine" 1845 - 11:13 Burlington Hawk-Eye -- William's allegation about Jack Redding 1845 - 11:13 Conneaut Reporter -- William's flees Nauvoo for St. Louis. 1845 - 11:19 Warsaw Signal -- New York Observer's reaction to William 1845 - 11:19 N. Y. Sun -- William says Brighamites are anti-American 1845 - 11:19 Vermont Chronicle -- William Smith fled Nauvoo for St. Louis 1845 - 11:20 St. Louis Reveille -- G. J. Adams also lectures in St. Louis 1845 - 11:21 St. Louis Peoples' Organ -- William again lectures in St. Louis 1845 - 11:26 Religious Telescope -- William fled Nauvoo for St. Louis 1845 - 11:26 Peoria Democratic Press -- William against the move to California 1845 - 11:26 Warsaw Signal -- Hyde's reaction to William -- fictional story 1845 - 12:10 Warsaw Signal -- William Smith and the LDS "keyes" 1845 - 12:19 N. Y. Sun -- William wishes to "scatter" the Mormons 1845 - 12:31 Pittsburgh Gazette -- Extract of William's letter in Cincinnati 1845 - 12:31 Warsaw Signal -- William & G. J. Adams in Cincinnati 1846: Jan. - June 1846 - 02:24 Cincinnati Commercial -- William in Cincinnati -- may join Strang 1846 - 02:27 Northwestern Gazette -- William lectures against the Twelve in Cincinnati 1846 - 03:00 Voree Herald -- William in Cincinnati -- may join Strang 1846 - 03:07 St. Louis New Era -- William lectures against the Twelve in Cincinnati 1846 - 03:11 Warsaw Signal -- William on way to Nauvoo -- not hostile to Strang 1846 - 03:21 St. Louis Daily American -- Wm. flourishing in Nauvoo - Page joins Strang 1846 - 04:00 Voree Herald -- William's first letter to Strang -- will visit Voree 1846 - 04:08 Warsaw Signal -- W. J. Salisbury says William will leave Nauvoo 1846 - 04:10 Ottawa Free Trader -- Rockwell & Redding in Nauvoo (for William?) 1846 - 04:11 Janesville Gazette -- Rockwell & Redding in Nauvoo (for William?) 1846 - 04:24 Northwestern Gazette -- William in Nauvoo -- intends to move 1846 - 04:15 Warsaw Signal -- William Smith joins the Strangites 1846 - 05:00 Voree Herald -- Lucy Smith, William and the Twelve 1846 - 05:01 Millennial Star -- William's supporters in St. Louis 1846 - 05:06 Warsaw Signal -- The Voree Herald prints William's letter 1846 - 06:00 Voree Herald -- William and family endorse Strang 1846: July-Dec. 1846 - 08:00 Voree Herald -- Lucy Smith letter -- William leaving soon 1846 - 08:22 St. Louis New Era -- William and family endorse Strang 1846 - 09:24 Sangamo Journal -- William's letter mentions the Hodge murder, etc. 1846 - 11:14 Warsaw Signal -- Reprint of William's letter from the Sangamo Journal. 1846 - 11:00 Cincinnati Com. -- "Bennett: William...is a noble fellow" 1846 - 12:00 Zions Reveille -- William will not go west with Twelve 1847: Jan.-June 1847 - 01:14 Zions Reveille -- William is the Chief Patriarch 1847 - 01:21 Zions Reveille -- William's role in Strang's ordination 1847 - 01:23 Warsaw Signal -- William acknowledged Partiarch by Zion's Reveille 1847 - 01:28 Zions Reveille -- William Smith lecturing in Peoria 1847 - 02:03 Quincy Whig -- Zion's Reveille says William Smith is chief Patriarch 1847 - 02:25 Zions Reveille -- William Smith letter -- he's a friend of Bennett 1847 - 04:01 Zions Reveille -- Strangite conference at Voree -- William is Patriarch 1847 - 04:22 Zions Reveille -- William's last published letter to the Strangites 1847: July-Dec. 1847 - 07:29 Zions Reveille -- Shippy & Nickerson report on last mission with William 1847 - 08:26 Zions Reveille -- William previously suspended from Strang's church 1847 - 09:?? Ottawa Free Trader -- William breaks with Strang -- phosphorus story 1847 - 09:11 Warsaw Signal -- J. J. Strang suspends William's membership & offices 1847 - 09:15 Quincy Whig -- J. J. Strang suspends William Smith 1847 - 10:02 Warsaw Signal -- William announces Palestine Stake of Zion 1847 - 10:12 Chicago Democrat -- William breaks with Strang -- phosphorus story 1847 - 10:14 Gospel Herald -- William's excommunication published 1847 - 10:28 Missouri Whig -- William's phosphorus story reprinted. 1847 - 11:04 Davenport Gazette -- William exposes Strang as an imposter 1847 - 11:25 Gospel Herald -- Wm. McLellin always knew Wm. Smith was corrupt 1847 - 11:29 Millennial Star -- William's wants to rejoin LDS 1847 - 12:09 Gospel Herald -- Wm. Smith's fall 1847 "Patriarch & Prophet" broadside 1847 - 12:23 Gospel Herald -- Wm. Smith and the "phosphorus" story 1848: 1848 - 08:17 Gospel Herald -- Wm. Smith and the "phosphorus" story again 1849: 1849 - 02:07 Frontier Guardian -- William builds up his church in the East 1849 - 03:00 M & A Herald -- William Smith writes from Hartford Connecticut 1849 - 03:22 Gospel Herald -- William Smith's newspaper is a failure 1849 - 09:00 M & A Herald -- William Smith excommunicates the Twelve 1849 - 09:00 Cincinnati Com. -- William exposes Strang's Illumination 1849 - 09:09 Frontier Guardian -- Elder Simon Swan, in NY, joins with William 1849 - 10:00 M & A Herald -- William accuses Twelve of secret oath -- Samuel's murder 1849 - 10:03 Frontier Guardian -- William Smith and the Cincinnati Nonpariel 1849 - 10:17 Frontier Guardian -- Elder Justus Morse rejects William and others 1849 - 11:01 Gospel Herald -- Strang reprints William's "Martyrs" article 1849 - 11:10 People's Organ -- William in St. Louis denouncing Deseret statehood 1849 - 11:14 Frontier Guardian -- Orson Hyde castigates William and his mother 1849 - 11:17 Jefferson City Enquirer -- reprints St. Louis Organ article on William 1849 - 11:28 Frontier Guardian -- William recommends A. W. Babbitt for Utah Gov. 1849 - 12:27 Gospel Herald -- William's newspaper "contains... blackguardism" 1850: 1850 - 01:00 Cincinnati Com. -- Smith & Sheen (under constr.) 1850 - 01:11 Liberty Tribune -- William writes to Cincinnati newspaper 1850 - 02:06 Frontier Guardian -- Why William was excommunicated 1850 - 03:22 Star & Banner -- Isaac Sheen's petition on Council Bluffs mail 1850 - 03:28 Gospel Herald -- William plotting with Elder Nickerson 1850 - 03:30 Warsaw Signal -- William's followers' petition Congress. 1850 - 04:03 Painesville Telegraph -- Sheen's petition on Council Bluffs mail 1850 - 05:20 Cincinnati Com. -- Smith cuts off Sheen (under constr.) 1850 - 05:21 Cin. Nonpareil -- Isaac Sheen accuses William of polygamy 1850 - 05:22 Cincinnati Com. -- Isaac Sheen accuses William of polygamy 1850 - 05:30 Gospel Herald -- William Smith and Isaac Sheen split 1851: 1852-53: 1853 - 05:02 Adams Sentinel -- William charged in Illinois with polygamy 1853 - 04:30 Dixon Telegraph -- Aaron Hook defends Wm. -- copy of Wm.'s old letter 1853 - 05:07 Dixon Telegraph -- Isaac Sheen defends Roxie Ann Smith 1853 - 07:02 Dixon Telegraph -- William Smith letter unclaimed at post office 1854: 1854 - 04:26 Missouri Republican -- William arrested in St. Louis 1854 - 04:27 St. Louis Intelligencer -- William arrested in St. Louis 1854 - 04:29 Alton Telegraph -- William arrested in St. Louis 1854 - 05:04 Dixon Telegraph -- William Smith returned to Dixon jail 1854 - 06:22 Northern Islander -- William Smith back in Dixon jail 1855: 1855 - 04:30 Painesville Telegraph -- Martin Harris in Ohio -- joined by William 1855 - 05:05 St. Louis Luminary -- Letter to the editor regarding William 1855 - 06:02 St. Louis Luminary -- Letter to the editor regarding William 1855 - 06:22 Liberty Tribune -- mention of William's 1855 Sangamo Journal letter 1855 - 05:05 Illinois State Chronicle -- mention of Wm.'s Sangamo Journal letter 1855 - 11:01 Northern Islander -- William Smith joins Martin Harris in Ohio 1856-57: 1857 - 06:11 Illinois State Chronicle -- reprint of Wm.'s not-a-Mormon letter 1858-70: 1871-72: 1872 - 02:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1872 - 12:01 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1873-74: 1875-76: 1875 - 11:00 The Messenger -- William Smith's polygamous church 1875 - 12:00 The Messenger -- William Smith's polygamous church 1877: 1877 - 12:15 Saints' Herald -- William visits his two RLDS sisters 1878: 1878 - 03:01 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1878 - 04:01 Saints' Herald -- William preaches in RLDS chapel 1878 - 05:01 Saints' Herald -- William received into the RLDS Church 1878 - 09:01 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1878 - 10:00 Saints' Advocate -- William refutes LDS endowment claims 1879: Saints' Herald -- Obituaries, 1879, p. 48 -- death of Mary Jane Smith Scott, dau. of Wm. (under constr.) 1879 - 04:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1879 - 06:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1879 - 12:00 Saints' Advocate -- William refutes LDS endowment claims 1879 - 12:01 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1879 - 12:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1880: 1880 - 05:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1880 - 09:15 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1880 - 12:01 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1881-82: 1883: 1883 - 06:09 Saints' Herald -- William's testimony 1883 - 08:11 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1884: 1884 - 05:10 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1884 - 06:14 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1884 - 06:28 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1884 - 08:02 Saints' Herald -- William's arrival at Lamoni 1884 - 10:04 Saints' Herald -- William's "Old Soldier's Testimony" 1884 - 11:08 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1884 - 12:06 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1885: 1884 - 04:18 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1885 - 05:00 The Expositor -- William Smith letter extract 1885 - 11:00 The Expositor -- William's article: "The Polygamy Question." 1886: 1886 - 05:00 The Expositor -- William Smith letter 1886 - 07:31 Saints' Herald -- letter from William 1886 - 09:00 The Expositor -- William's response to T. J. Andrews "schismatic" charge 1887-88: 1888 - 10:00 The Expositor -- more response to LDS Elder Andrew Jensen |
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