A History Of The Nauvoo Legion In Illinois PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII. The Mormons, or "Latter-Day Saints," settle in Illinois and build the city of Nauvoo--Biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon sect--His discovery of the golden plates--Persecuted by his neighbours--Translates the golden plates--Description of the " Book of Mormon"--The Spaulding manuscript--First settlement of Mormons at Kirtland in Ohio--The Mormons driven from Ohio and Missouri--The city of Nauvoo built by the Mormons--The Nauvoo Legion incorporated--Attack on the Nauvoo Expositor--Joseph and Hyrum Smith arrested and lodged in Carthage jail--The citizens of Carthage attack and kill the prisoners--The Mormons exhorted to peace and submission by their leaders--The Mormons settle in the valley of the Great Salt Lake--The present prosperous condition of the Mormons accounted for. In April, 1840, the "Latter-Day Saints," or Mormons, came in large numbers to Illinois, and purchased a tract of land on the east bank of the Mississippi, at a point formerly known by the name of Commerce. Here they commenced building a city which they called Nauvoo, a Hebrew word, signifying, according to Mormon interpretation, "peaceable," or "pleasant." Nature has not formed along the "Great River," a more picturesque or eligible site for a large city. The succession of terraces ascending from the river until the high land is reached, furnish a gradual slope of remarkable beauty; noble groves of tall oaks, interspersed by winding vistas, clothe the ground to the summit ridge, from whence an immense undulating prairie is visible. No shrubbery or undergrowth obstructs the view of the open forest. Near the river, on the right, was the-beautiful residence of Dr. Isaac Galland, where art had combined with nature to form one of the most...