The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 9: December 1841 - April 1842

The rich detail about Joseph Smith and church history captured in Documents, Volume 9 is possible because of a burgeoning of records created during the final years of the prophet's life. New municipal religious organizations, together with converts and religious organizations, together with converts arriving at the church's gathering place by the thousands, helped generate a wealth of correspondence, deeds, sermon accounts, meeting minutes, journals, and other documents. Consequently, a more complete view of Smith's daily activities is available for this span of months than for any earlier period of his life.