Table of Contents for the History of Hancock County

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Topic	Page
Introductory Remarks	242
Origin of Mormonism	247
The Testimony of Three Witnesses	249
An Inquiry: The Book of Mormon	250
What the Neighbors Say	254
Mrs. (Spaulding) Davison's Story	259
Extracts and Opinions	265
The Gold Plates	270
Dr. John C. Bennett	273
The Call to Zion	276
Theft Denounced	278
Quarrels among the Chiefs	283
Further Requisitions	288
Further Attempts at Prosecution	290
Excitement at Nauvoo	295
The "Expositor" Exposed	296
"Nauvoo Neighbor"	303
Smith's Proclamation	318
The Atonement--The Killing of the Smiths	319
How it was done--The Killing of the Smiths	324
Before Indictment and Trial	326
Trials and Acquittals	328
Struggle for the Succession	331
Strang's Four Witnesses	332
More Violence and Bloodshed	336
Murder of Col. Davenport	338
The Beginning of the End	342
The Exodus Begun	344
War Impending	347
The Battle and Result	349
Nauvoo Charter and Ordinances	354
The Kinderhook Plates	360
"Sons of Dan"	361
Beasts in the Land of Promise	361
William W. Phelps	361
The Titles of the Twelve	362
The Prophet as a Linguist	362
John D. Lee	364
The "Revelations"	364
Polygamy	365
Temperance Clause	366
A Toleration Ordinance	366
The Mansion House	367
Egyptian Hieroglyphics	367
The Temple	367
The Nauvoo House	368
James C. Brewster	368
A Story from Stenhouse	371
Col. Thomas Geddes' Statement	372
Mrs. Eliza R. Wells	372
The Carthage Greys	372
Parley P. Pratt as a Prophet	373
The Baptismal Font	373
Incidents of the Burning	374
Mormon Methods	374
Gov. Ford's Inaccuracies	375
The Prophet a Land Speculator	375
The Re-organized Church	376
Conclusion	377