“We have a Company of Danites in these Times”: The Danites, Joseph Smith, and the 1838 Missouri-Mormon Conflict

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Research Article| July 01 2019 “We have a Company of Danites in these Times”: The Danites, Joseph Smith, and the 1838 Missouri-Mormon Conflict Alexander L. Baugh Alexander L. Baugh ALEXANDER L. BAUGH is a professor and current chair of the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University. He received his BS from Utah State University, and his MA and PhD degrees from BYU. He specializes in researching and writing about the Missouri period of early LDS Church history (1831-1839). He is a member of the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association, having served as president of that organization in 2006-2007. He is also the past editor of Mormon Historical Studies, and past codirector of research for the BYU Religious Studies Center. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Mormon History (2019) 45 (3): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.5406/jmormhist.45.3.0001 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Alexander L. Baugh; “We have a Company of Danites in these Times”: The Danites, Joseph Smith, and the 1838 Missouri-Mormon Conflict. Journal of Mormon History 1 July 2019; 45 (3): 1–25. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jmormhist.45.3.0001 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Mormon History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.