essay
The murder of Joseph Smith
Mormonism and American culture • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 74-86
By: Huntress, Keith Gibson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author explains Joseph Smith's murder in context of political problems of limited government in the American West, absolving the Illinois governor who has been blamed for not offering Smith needed protection. It is argued that the governor believed he had only limited powers, which he did not want to overstep. Although he officially disbanded the militia prior to Smith's death, it continued on its mission to attack the Mormon settlement. For references cited see Hill and Allen (1972 “Selected bibliography”).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Prophets and ascetics
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin; Martin Malone; 1978. Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1844-1846
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hancock County, Illinois, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Keith Huntress
- For bibliographical references see document 95
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72082900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons