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The following is a brief chronology of Mormonism in Illinois:

• 1839: the Latter-day Saints arrive in Illinois, as refugees from Missouri
• 1841: the City of Nauvoo is incorporated; provisions for a legion, a police force and other governments are included in the Nauvoo charter
• 1844: Joseph and Hyrum Smith are killed at Carthage Jail
• 1846: the Nauvoo Temple is completed, and thousands of Latter-day Saints receive ordinances there before leaving Illinois

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