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Selections From:
The Works of Eber D. Howe


Eber D. Howe's
Painesville Telegraph



Articles on the Mormons:
1829-1846


1830   |   1831   |   1832   |   1833   |   1834   |   1835   |   1836   |   1837   |   1838-44

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Painesville  Telegraph

"Printed and Published every Tuesday --
at Painesville, Geauga County, Ohio."
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-- pre-1829 --

In his Nov. 16, 1830 article Howe says: "Some two or three years since, an account was given in the papers, of a book purporting to contain new revelations from Heaven..." However, no pre-1829 newspaper articles on Smith, the golden plates, or Mormonism have yet been located.

-- 1829 --

09-22  Golden Bible  (J. Smith & plates) 

-- 1830 --

11-16  Golden Bible  (Cowdery in OH)
11-30  Book of Mormon  (BoM in OH)
12-07  Book of Mormon  (Cowdery in OH)
12-14  Beware of Impostors  (Pratt in OH) 

-- 1831 --

01-18  Mormonism  (arrival of Whitmer)
02-01  Elder S. Rigdon  (Plain Truth letter)
02:15  Mormonism  (M. S. Clapp letter)
02:15  Mormon Challenge  (Th. Campbell)
02-22  The Saints  (LDS letter to Howe)
02-22  Gold Bible  (Reflector reprint)
03-01  to Mr. Howe  (def. of "Mormon")
03-08  Joseyism  (Reflector reprint)
03-08  Delusions  (Al. Campbell)
03-15  Martin Harris  (arrives in Ohio)
03-15  Internal Evidence  (Al. Campbell)
03-22  Billy Perkins  (Freemasonry)
03-22  Palmyra letter  (Mormons in NY)
03-29  Gold Bible fever  (from Reflector)
04-05  Fanaticism  (Doty's death)
04-12  Mormon Commission  (in Kirtland)
04-19  Mormon Creed  (articles/covenants)
04-26  to Mr. Howe  (Shattuck letter)
05-17  Mormon Emigration  (LDS from NY)
05-24  Backing Out  (Basset's apostasy)
05-24  Notice  (Alex. Campbell lectures)
06-14  Mormonism on the Wing  (MO plans)
06-21  Alex. Campbell  (Campbell in OH)
06-28  Mentioned 2 Weeks Ago  (Missouri)
07-12  Mormonism in Vermont  (unrelated)
09-13  Secret By-Laws  (Church Laws)
10-25  Mormonism 1  (Ezra Booth letter)
11-01  Mormonism 2  (Ezra Booth letter)
11-08  Mormonism 3  (Ezra Booth letter)
11-15  Mormonism 4  (Ezra Booth letter)
11-22  Mormonism 5  (Ezra Booth letter)
11-29  Mormonism 6  (Ezra Booth letter)
12-06  Mormonism 7  (Ezra Booth letter)
12-20  Mormonism 8  (Ezra Booth letter)
12-20  Sidney Rigdon  (challenges Booth)
12-27  Mormonism 9  (Ezra Booth letter) 

-- 1832 --

01-17  Miscellaneous  (Rigdon's commission)
03-13  Mormonism  (Rigdon/Smith in Hiram)
04-17  E. &. M. Star  (new LDS newspaper)
06-21  Mormonism  (McMahan's conversion)
08-19  (remarks on Mormons)  (under const.) 

-- 1833 --

04-26  Mormonism  (LDS court cases)
06-21  Mormonism  (debate challenge)
08-16  Mormon Colony  (MO troubles)
08-30  Mormons in MO  (MO troubles)
11-29  More Trouble  (MO troubles)
12-13  Painful Intelligence  (MO troubles)
12-13  Many Reports  (MO troubles)
12-27  War... Mormonites  (MO troubles) 

-- 1834 --

01-03  Church & State  (Northern Times)
01-10  Letters at P. O.  (D. P. Hurlbut)
01-24  Scrap of Mormonism  (revelation)
01-31  To the Public  (on D.P. Hurlbut, etc.)
02-07  To the Public  (on D.P. Hurlbut, etc.)
05-09  Mormon War  (Zion's Camp to MO)
07-11  Mormon War  (Smith going to MO)
07-18  Mormon War  (Smith soon in MO)
07-25  Mormon War  (Cholera deaths MO)
08-08  Mormon Wae  (Smith returns to OH)
10-10  Court House Question  (Mormon politics)
10-31  Gladden Bishop  (20,000 Mormons)
11-21  ???  (John C. Bennett - under constr,)
11-28  Mormonism Unvailed  (Howe's book ad)
12-05  Law Question  (lawsuit filed)
12-12  Mormonism Unvailed  (Howe's book ad) 


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Tyrant's Foe - Peoples' Friend

"Beware of Secret Combinations"
... Washington
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-- 1835 --

01-23  Validictory  (Howe's last editorial)
02-20  Great Accession  ("Northern Times")
03-27  Mummies  (Chandler's mummies)
04-03  Mormonism  (a religious mockery)
04-17  Extract from a Letter  (LDS politics)
04-24  Mormon Prophet  (LDS legal case)
06-12  Important  (Cowdery as editor)
06-26  To the Editor  (Smith's legal case)
07-10  Getting Notice  ("Northern Times")
08-14  Mormon Times  ("Northern Times")
09-04  A Windfall  (Mormon mummies)
09-11  Mormon Times  ("Northern Times")
10-16  Letters at P. O.  (D. P. Hurlbut)
11-20  Prophet Catch Prophet  (Mormons) 

-- 1836 --

02-26  For Telegraph  (Fitch letter)
03-04  To Rev. Fitch  (Hewitt letter)
05-20  Mormonism  (Kirtland visit)
08-12  Letter from Missouri  (LDS in Missouri) 

-- 1837 --

01-20  Mormon Money  (Kirtland Bank)
02-03?  Mighty have Fallen  (Monroe Bank)
02-10  (title unknown)  (Monroe Bank)
02-24  Monroe Bank  (Monroe Bank)
03-31  For the Telegraph  (Monroe Bank)
04-07  List of Letters  (several Mormons)
05-26  Golden Bible  (poem)
05-19  To S. Rigdon #1  (Newell's letter)
05-26  To S. Rigdon #2  (Newell's 2nd letter)
06-09  Much interest  (Smith's Trial)
06-16  Prophet was apprehended  (Smith's Trial)
06-30  To the Editor  (Newell's letter)
07-14  List of Letters  (several Mormons)
10-13  List of Letters  (several Mormons) 

-- 1838 --

01-11  Jared Carter; M. C. Davis  (notices)
05-31  (title unknown)  (fire in Kirtland)
09-13  Mormonism at Far West  (Rigdon) 

-- 1839 --

09-26  The Mormons  (J. P. Green in NY)  

-- 1840 --

05-21  The Mormons  (Mormon redress)
10-15  The Mormons  (Boggs & Carlin) 

-- 1841 --

02-11  Times & Seasons  (Nauvoo)
03-31  The Mormons  (LDS Money)
04-28  The Mormons  (Nauvoo)
06-09  Smith Dead?  (Nauvoo)
06-30  Arrest of Smith  (Nauvoo)
09-15  The Mormons  (Nauvoo)
09-22  Distinguished Men  (Nauvoo)
 

-- 1842 --

10-12  Reward for Smith  (Nauvoo)
11-02  Jo Smith  (Nauvoo)
 

-- 1843 --

04-05  The Mormons  (Nauvoo)
10-04  The Prairies...  (J. Smith, etc.)
 

-- 1844 --

02-21  Smith & Calhoun  (LDS politics)
03-20  Mormon War  (Nauvoo)
03-27  Smith for President  (politics)
07-03  Trouble -- Mormons  (Nauvoo)
07-10  Death of Smith  (Nauvoo)
07-24  The Mormons  (Hancock Co.)
08-14  The Mormons  (Hancock Co.)
10-16  The Mormon War  (Hancock Co.)

(under construction)
 

-- 1845 --

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-- 1846 --

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