Joseph Smith’s Correspondence

Joseph Smith wrote to and received letters from a wide variety of people, including his wife Emma and other family members; church leaders and members; and politicians, attorneys, businessmen, and newspaper editors. A few of the outgoing letters are in his own hand, but most were either dictated to a scribe or written by an associate under his direction. In some cases, the sent letters were authored by a group of individuals that included Joseph Smith, such as the church presidency; similarly, in some cases the received letters were addressed to him and others. Some of the original letters have survived but in most cases the best versions available are early copies, such as the copies made in Joseph Smith’s two letterbooks. Some letters were transmitted not by hand but by publication in a newspaper.

The following index provides one way to access the Joseph Smith correspondence on this website. Correspondents are listed in alphabetical order by surname, with individual items of correspondence listed underneath the name. Unnamed correspondents appear at the end of the list, as do groups of people with whom Joseph Smith corresponded.

Other ways to access correspondence on this website are to perform a search using the keyword “letter” (without quotation marks) and the name of the correspondent; or to open the correspondent’s biographical sketch and look through the documents listed under the tab for “Papers”; or to browse through the list of documents in the Documents series looking for items with the word “letter” in the editorial title.

This index will be updated as additional Joseph Smith correspondence is published on this website.

Named Individuals

Adams, Caroline Youngs

Adams, George J.

Adams, Hannah

Adams, James

Adams, James M.

Adams, Lucian

Allen, Adolphus

Appleby, William

Armstrong, Sybella

Atchison, David R.

Babbitt, Almon

Bachman, George

Ball, Joseph

Ballantyne, Richard

Barney, Hiram

Barstow, D.

From D. Barstow, 16 May 1843

Beman, Alvan

Bennet, James Arlington

Bennett, John C.

Benson, Benjamin

Bent, Samuel

Bernhisel, John M.

Bias, Garret

Father Bigler

Bishop, Gladden

Blakeslee, James

Blennerhassett, Richard S.

Bonney, Amasa

Boosinger, George

Bosworth, Joseph

Brandon, George

Bratton, George W.

Brayman, Mason

Brooks, Justin

Brooks, Lester

Browder, J.

Brown, Samuel

Browning, Orville

Brunson, Seymour

Buell, Presendia Huntington

Burdick, Thomas

Burk, John

Burr, Amasa

Bushnell, Nehemiah

Butterfield, Justin

Cadett, William

Cahoon, Reynolds

Calhoun, John C.

Campbell, Martha

Carlin, Thomas

Carter, Jared

Carter, John S.

Cass, Lewis

Chase, Justus

Clark, Hiram

Clay, Henry

Clayton, William

Cleminson, John

Cleveland, John

Cleveland, Sarah Kingsley

Coe, Joseph

Coltrin, Zebedee

Comer, Samuel

Cook, Halsey

Cooper, Jeramiah

Cordon, Alfred

Corrill, John

Cowan, John

Cowdery, Oliver

Cowles, Austin

Curtis, John V.

Cutler, Alpheus

Cyrus, H. A.

Daley, Moses

Deming, Miner R.

Derby, Erastus

Doniphan, Alexander

Edgerton, J. F.

Emmons, Sylvester

Evans, George H.

Fidler, George

Fielding, Amos

Fielding, Joseph

Ford, Thomas

From Thomas Ford, 29 January 1844

Fosdick, J. G.

Foster, Robert D.

Foster, Sarah Phinney

Foster, Thomas W.

French, Newton

Frost, Samuel

Galland, Isaac

Gee, George

Gilbert, Sidney

Granger, Oliver

Grant, Jedediah M.

Greene, Evan

Greene, John P.

Griffey, William

Gurley, Zenas

Guthrie, Edwin

Hale, Jonathan H.

Hardeman, Glen

Harper, John

Harris, George W.

Harris, Martin

Haskins, Nathan

Haswell, Nathan B.

Hedlock, Reuben

Hess, Peter

Henry, George W.

Hewitt, John

Hewitt, Richard

Heywood, Joseph L.

To Joseph L. Heywood, 2 November 1843

Hickok, Luther W.

Higbee, Elias

Higbee, Francis M.

Higby, Myron

Hinkle

Hobard, Edward

Hollister, David S.

Hopper, S. C.

Horace, C.

Hotchkiss, Horace

Hughs, James

Hugins, Henry

Hunter, Edward

Hyde, Orson

Jackson, Jarvis M.

Jacobs, Udney H.

Jaques, Vienna

James, George

Jarvis, Fields

Jenks, Jacob W.

Jennison, Henry Q.

Johnson, Benjamin F.

From Benjamin F. Johnson, 16 April 1843

Johnson, Joel

Johnson, Joseph

Johnston, Edward

Jonas, Abraham

Jones, Dan

Keeler, Thaddeus, Sr.

Kesler, Frederick

Kimball, Heber C.

King, Austin A.

King, H.

Knight, Newel

Ladd, Amos

Lamb, Abel

Latson, John W.

Law, Wilson

Laws, John

Leal, Clark

LeBaron, Alonzo

Lee, John D.

Legare, Hugh

Littlefield, Lyman O.

Lotson, J. W.

Lugenbühl, J. J.

Mace, Fayette

Maginn, Eli

Malin Jr., Elijah

Manning, Egbert S.

Marks, William

Marsh, Thomas B.

Martin, Moses

Masquerier, Lewis

Maxwell, James

McBride, Reuben

McClanathan, Samuel

McClintock, Joseph

From Joseph McClintock, 14 February 1844

McCorkle, R. A. H.

McKee, John

McNeil, Daniel

Miles, A.

Miller, George

Millet, Artemus

Mills, John

Montague, John

Morley, Isaac

Morris, Isaac

Morton, John

Moss, Woodson

Nicholson, Eliza

Nicholson, James B.

Nickerson, Moses

Olney, Oliver

Orr, David

P.

Page, John E.

To John E. Page, 9 April 1844

Parrish, Warren

Partridge, Edward

Patrick, Shepherd

Peirce, Robert

Perry, D. S.

Phelps, Sally Waterman

Phelps, William W.

Pine, Matthew

Pitt, J. D.

Pope, Nathaniel

Post, Stephen

Pratt, Orson

Pratt, Parley P.

Pratt, William

Randall, Alfred

Rawcliff, Thomas

Redfield, Harlow

Reid, Hugh T.

Richards, Jennetta Richards

Richards, Seth

Richards, Willard

Rigdon, Sidney

Ripley, Alanson

Robertson, Andrew

Robinson, George W.

Robison, Chauncey

Rockwell, Orrin Porter

Rogers, Isaac

Rogers, Peter

Ross, Stephen

Rupp, Israel Daniel

Sagers, Harrison

Savary, Richard

Saxton, Noah C.

Scobey, Almira Mack

Scott, Jacob

Seixas, Henrietta Raphael

Sirrine, Mephibosheth

Seymour, James H.

Shaw, Thomas

Shearer, Daniel

Simon, George

Slater, Peter

Sloan, James

Small, William

Smalley, Ellis

Smith, Agnes Coolbrith

Smith, Don Carlos

Smith, Emma

Smith, Hyrum

Smith, John (no relation to JS)

Smith, John (JS’s uncle)

Smith, Silas

Smith, William

Snow, Erastus

Southwick, Edward

Southwick, Wall

From Wall Southwick, 1 June 1844

Stathem, Isaac W.

Stollings, Jacob

Sturges, Levick

T., I.

Taylor, Frederick

Taylor, John

Tewksbury, Abijah

Thomas, David

Thomas, Jesse B.

From Jesse B. Thomas, 21 June 1844

Thompson, James

Thompson, Robert B.

Thornton, John

Tibbals, Samuel

Tippets, Alvah

Tippets, Joseph

Toner, James

Townsend, James

Tucker, Washington

Tuttle, Smith

Tyler, John

Vance, John

Wakefield, John R.

Walker, Joel Hamilton

Walton, John H.

Ward, Thomas

Warren, Calvin A.

Wasson, Lorenzo D.

Wear, J. C.

Weber, John B.

Weedgie, B. G.

Welch, Osee

Wentworth, John

White, Harrison

Whitlock, Harvey

Whitmer, John

Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith

Whitney, Newel K.

Whitney, Sarah Ann

Wight, Lyman

Wild, S. J.

Williams, Archibald

Williams, J. Wilson

Wilson, George C.

Winchester, Benjamin

Windt, John

Winters, Hiram

Withers, B. F.

Witter, Daniel

Wood, Joseph

Wood, William

Woods, James W.

Woodruff, Wilford

Worthyson, William

Wright, William

Wyckoff, R. T.

Young, Alphonso

Young, Brigham

Young, Richard M.

Zeigler, Lewis

Unknown

From Unidentified Author, 15 February 1844

Groups of People and Unnamed Individuals

Quorum of the Twelve

Church Leaders and Members in New York

Church Leaders and Members in Ohio

Church Leaders and Members in Missouri

Church Leaders and Members in Illinois

Other Groups of Church Members

Editors of Newspapers

Letter to Editor of Washington (DC) Globe (Francis P. Blair), 15 April 1844

Other Groups

Letter to Gentlemen, 10 April 1844