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Day Saints in Nauvoo (Illinois) and all the World.
Brigham Young 1861
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Born Josephine Donna Smith, oldest daughter of Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, in Nauvoo, Illinois, March 10, 1841, she entered California through the Beckwourth Pass in a covered wagon train in 1852.
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In Nauvoo it was Joseph Smith at the helm as President-Prophet, City Mayor and commander Lieutenant General of the 5,000 man militia known as the Nauvoo Legion.
Obfuscating the Mormon Issue: It's The Priesthood Link Not The Church 2007
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Mormonism got a foothold in Illinois between 1840 and 1846, at a place called Nauvoo on the Mississippi, but Joseph Smith, the so-called prophet, precipitated a local civil war and was killed by a mob while in jail; the Mormons were driven out of Illinois and afterwards moved to Utah.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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These people, as we have seen, when driven from Missouri, built the city called Nauvoo in Illinois.
A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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Commerce, that is to say Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.
The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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The chief edifices of Nauvoo are the temple, and an hotel, called the Nauvoo
Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820
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The chief edifices of Nauvoo are the Temple, and an hotel, called the Nauvoo
Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820
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While all those people were climbing their hills and selling their worldly goods, looking heavenward in expectation of the end, the ancient prophecy was being fulfilled, right on schedule, in the state of Illinois, in a town called Nauvoo and in a tiny jailhouse called Carthage.
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While all those people were climbing their hills and selling their worldly goods, looking heavenward in expectation of the end, the ancient prophecy was being fulfilled, right on schedule, in the state of Illinois, in a town called Nauvoo and in a tiny jailhouse called Carthage.
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