Discusses how economic struggles and the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society helped precipitate a crisis in Kirtland.

Episode 30—The Kirtland Crisis

Discusses some of Joseph Smith’s encounters with the legal system in New York and Ohio.

Episode 31—Joseph Smith and the Law: Part 1, New York and Ohio

Explores the experiences of the Mormons in Caldwell County, a place specifically designated by the state of Missouri for Mormon settlement.

Episode 32—The Mormons in Far West and Northern Missouri

Examines the causes and events of what became known as the Mormon War and Governor Lilburn W. Boggs’s “extermination order.”

Episode 33—The Mormon War

Looks at the events following the Mormon War and how Joseph Smith and his associates came to be incarcerated at Liberty jail, conditions in the jail, and how the experience changed Joseph Smith.

Episode 34—Liberty Jail

Examines the exodus of Latter-day Saints from Missouri under the “extermination order” signed by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs and executed by the state militia.

Episode 35—The Mormon Exodus from Missouri

Discusses the mission of the Twelve Apostles to England, which not only swelled the ranks of the church with thousands of British converts but also refined the leadership of the quorum.

Episode 36—The Mission of the Twelve to England

Examines the legal challenges Joseph Smith and the church faced in Missouri.

Episode 37—Joseph Smith and the Law: Part 2, Missouri

Explores church members’ settlement in Illinois, beginning in Quincy and eventually moving to Commerce, which was renamed Nauvoo.

Episode 38—Nauvoo Beginnings

Focuses on Joseph Smith’s efforts in Washington DC to obtain redress for the church’s losses in Missouri.

Episode 39—Joseph Smith Goes to Washington

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Season 1 Episodes 30-39: Joseph Smith Papers Television Documentary