Printing office, Kirtland Township, Ohio

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Following destruction of church printing office in Independence, Missouri, July 1833, JS and other church leaders determined to set up new printing office in Kirtland under firm name F. G. Williams & Co.

JS History, vol. A-1, 345, 358, 406; Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833; Frederick G. Williams, Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” Independence, MO, 10 Oct. 1833, in JS Letterbook 1, pp. 56–60; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:17, 30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

JS Letterbook 1 / Smith, Joseph. “Letter Book A,” 1832–1835. Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 2, fd. 1.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

Oliver Cowdery purchased new printing press in New York, Oct. 1833, and Kirtland printing office was opened and dedicated in John Johnson inn, Dec. 1833.

JS History, vol. A-1, 345, 358, 406; Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:33–34; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

JS revelation, dated 23 Apr. 1834, gave Williams and Cowdery joint stewardship of office.

Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104:29].

Publication of Missouri newspaper The Evening and the Morning Star soon resumed.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:33–34; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:17.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

In Dec. 1834, printing office was moved to second story of newly built schoolhouse, immediately west of temple lot.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:20; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:29.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

Press later launched new periodical, Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate (Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837), followed by Elders’ Journal (Oct.–Nov. 1837).

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:72; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

Also published local political paper Northern Times (Feb. 1835–ca. Feb. 1836), first Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnal, first edition of Doctrine and Covenants (1835), and second edition of Book of Mormon (1837).

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:52; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:30.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

Printing office destroyed when schoolhouse was torched by arsonist, 16 Jan. 1838.

Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:20; Berrett, Sacred Places, 3:31.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.

Berrett, LaMar C., ed. Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999–2007.

Printing office, Kirtland Township, Ohio

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