# Sidney Rigdon Corpus - MANIFEST

Corpus of texts authored by Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876) for stylometric authorship analysis.
All files are UTF-8 plain text; each begins with three `#` comment lines (title / date / source+provenance).

**Total: 26 files, 74,267 words** (excluding `#` header lines).

## Curation rules applied

- Only texts signed by Rigdon or firmly attributable to him as author were included; navigation, editorial
  notes, and surrounding newspaper matter from the source web pages were stripped.
- Documents merely quoted by Rigdon (affidavits, military orders, certificates, mob resolutions) were removed
  and replaced with `[quoted document omitted -- not Rigdon's words]` markers.
- Extended verbatim scripture quotations were removed and replaced with `[scripture quotation omitted]`;
  short inline quotes and scripture paraphrase woven into his own syntax were retained.
- EXCLUDED on authorship grounds: Lectures on Faith (disputed); "Dear Brethren" May 10, 1834 circular and the
  May 17, 1839 Quincy Whig letter (both co-signed with others); the Aug. 1837 Elders' Journal prospectus and
  the Pittsburgh M&A pieces "The First Presidency" and Dec. 16, 1844 squibs (unsigned, authorship uncertain);
  the 1844 Nauvoo conference sermon (scribal report of spoken word); "Millennium"/"The Gospel"/"Faith of the
  Church" serials (unsigned, attribution not firm).
- All texts are human transcriptions (Dale Broadhurst's sidneyrigdon.com; Joseph Smith Papers), not OCR.

## Files

| File | Title | Date | Words | Confidence | Scribal status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rigdon_1834_bentley_statement.txt | 'To the Public' (on Adamson Bentley), Evening and Morning Star II:19 | 1834-04 | 513 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed from Rigdon MS; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1835_ancient_order.txt | 'The Ancient Order of Things', Messenger and Advocate I:12 | 1835-09 | 2,330 | medium (signed 'R.', attributed to Rigdon) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1835_order_nt_church.txt | 'Order of the New Testament Church No. I', Messenger and Advocate II:2 | 1835-11 | 1,866 | medium (signed 'R.', attributed to Rigdon) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1835_letter_barr1.txt | Letter to Elder O. Barr on revelation (Kirtland, Nov. 15, 1835), Messenger and Advocate II:5 | 1835-11-15 | 3,620 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1835_declaration_government.txt | Declaration on Government and Law ('Of Governments and Laws in General'), 1835 D&C pp. 252-254 (D&C 134) | 1835-08 | 919 | medium (unsigned; attribution to Rigdon probable, NOT certain) | printed 1835; not scribal | https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/appendix-4-declaration-on-government-and-law-circa-august-1835-dc-134/1 |
| rigdon_1836_letter_on_evangelist.txt | Letter to Bro. Whitmer on Walter Scott's 'Evangelist', Messenger and Advocate II:4 | 1836-01 | 3,671 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_letter_barr2.txt | Second letter to O. Barr (on the gospel), Messenger and Advocate II:6 | 1836-03 | 781 | high (signed S. RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_rider_reply.txt | Letter to O. Cowdery on Simonds Rider, Messenger and Advocate II:7 | 1836-04 | 1,901 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_letter_barr3.txt | Third letter to O. Barr, Messenger and Advocate II:9 | 1836-06 | 2,747 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_rider_note2.txt | Second note on Simonds Rider, Messenger and Advocate II:9 | 1836-06 | 465 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_latter_day_glory.txt | 'The Latter Day Glory', Messenger and Advocate III:2 | 1836-11 | 2,624 | medium (signed 'S. R.') | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1836_saints_and_world.txt | 'The Saints and the World', Messenger and Advocate III:3 | 1836-12 | 5,224 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1837_persecution1.txt | 'Persecution' (first essay), Messenger and Advocate III:4 | 1837-01 | 2,712 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1837_persecution2.txt | 'Persecution' (second essay), Messenger and Advocate III:6 | 1837-03 | 1,933 | medium (signed 'S. R.') | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1837_terre_haute_letter.txt | Letter from Terre Haute, Ind., to Don C. Smith, Elders' Journal I:1 | 1837-10-13 | 1,015 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1838_to_saints_abroad.txt | 'To the Saints Abroad', Elders' Journal I:4 (Far West, Mo.) | 1838-08 | 1,030 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/RigWrit3d.htm |
| rigdon_1838_oration.txt | Oration Delivered on the 4th of July 1838 at Far West, Mo. (pamphlet) | 1838-07-04 | 5,031 | high (published under his name, 1838) | delivered orally, but corpus text is the pamphlet Rigdon published -- authorial, not a scribal report; long scripture block-quotes removed with markers | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/rigd1838.htm |
| rigdon_1839_spalding_denial.txt | Letter to the Quincy Whig editors denying the Spalding claims (Commerce, Ill.) | 1839-05-27 | 1,576 | high (signed S. RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/whig1839.htm |
| rigdon_1840_appeal.txt | An Appeal to the American People (2nd ed., Cincinnati, 1840) -- preface + narrative only | 1840 (written 1839) | 20,055 | high (acknowledged author; JSP concurs) | printed book; embedded non-Rigdon documents (affidavits, Boggs order, Haun’s Mill testimonies) and Appendix removed with markers | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/1840RigA.htm |
| rigdon_1844_pa_memorial.txt | Memorial to the Pennsylvania Senate and House, Times and Seasons V:3 | 1844-01/02 | 4,704 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON, P.M.) | printed; quoted Jackson Co. mob preamble removed with marker | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/Rigd1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_to_public.txt | 'To the Public', Messenger and Advocate (Pittsburgh) I:1 | 1844-10-15 | 401 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_letter_greig1.txt | Letter to J. Gregg/Greig, part 1, Messenger and Advocate (Pittsburgh) I:1 | 1844-10-15 | 1,551 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_editorial_oct15.txt | Editorial replying to Times and Seasons / Nauvoo Neighbor, M&A (Pittsburgh) I:1 | 1844-10-15 | 988 | medium (unsigned; Rigdon was editor and content is first-person his) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_prospectus.txt | Prospectus for the Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate (Pittsburgh) | 1844-10 | 282 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_letter_greig2.txt | Letter to James M. Greig, concluded, M&A (Pittsburgh) I:2 | 1844-11-01 | 6,015 | high (signed SIDNEY RIGDON) | printed; extended scripture block-quotes removed with markers | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
| rigdon_1844_ma_affairs_nauvoo.txt | 'Affairs at Nauvoo' editorial, M&A (Pittsburgh) I:2 | 1844-11-01 | 313 | medium (unsigned editorial, first-person Rigdon content) | printed; not scribal | http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/MA-1844.htm |
