# Phelps corpus manifest

Editorial matter by W. W. Phelps (1792-1872) from *The Evening and the Morning Star*, Independence, Missouri, June 1832 - July 1833 (the 14 numbers Phelps edited before the press was destroyed in July 1833). One file per issue.

Source transcriptions: http://www.centerplace.org/history/ems/ (v1n01.htm ... v2n14.htm).

Total: 62,825 words.

| File | Issue date | Words | Confidence | Pieces included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ems_v1n01.txt | June 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 2,282 | High + medium | TO MAN; TO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ABROAD IN THE EARTH; COMMON SCHOOLS; THE BOOK OF MORMON; TO AGENTS AND THE PUBLIC |
| ems_v1n02.txt | July 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 1,889 | Medium | HOSEA CHAPTER III; ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC; TO THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO THE WORLD |
| ems_v1n03.txt | August 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 3,228 | Medium | The Cholera; RESTORATION OF THE JEWS; PRESENT AGE OF THE WORLD; TO THE HONORABLE MEN OF THE WORLD; THE BOOK OF ETHER |
| ems_v1n04.txt | September 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 3,538 | Medium | Writing Letters; The Cholera; THE OLD AND NEW REVELATIONS; THE SECOND COMING OF THE SAVIOR, NO. I; VAIN DECEIT.-PAUL; THE POWER OF GOD |
| ems_v1n05.txt | October 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 4,241 | Medium | THE TEN TRIBES; THE FAR WEST; TO THE SAINTS IN THE LAND OF ZION, AND ABROAD; FOREIGN NEWS; THE BOOK OF MORONI; SIGNS OF THE TIMES |
| ems_v1n06.txt | November 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 3,617 | Medium | THE TRIBE OF JOSEPH; SACRED POETRY; THE GATHERING; TO THE SAINTS; HE THAT WILL NOT WORK, IS NOT A DISCIPLE OF THE LORD; THE BOOK OF JOB |
| ems_v1n07.txt | December 1832 (Independence, Missouri) | 5,474 | Medium | THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST; THE WAY OF JOURNEYING FOR THE SAINTS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST; THE INDIANS; ZION; THE CHOLERA |
| ems_v1n08.txt | January 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 6,043 | Medium | THE BOOK OF MORMON; THE WEST; THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM; LET EVERY MAN LEARN HIS DUTY; INDIAN TREATIES; SIGNS OF THE TIMES; THE BOOK OF ESTHER; THE NEW-YEAR |
| ems_v1n09.txt | February 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 4,306 | Medium | THE LAST DAYS; THE JEWS:-AGAIN; COMMANDMENTS |
| ems_v1n10.txt | March 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 6,497 | Medium | THE CHURCH OF CHRIST; REFLECTIONS; THE STAR; PROSPECTS OF THE CHURCH; THE TIMES; CHILDREN; PRAYER; FIRE!-GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY! |
| ems_v1n11.txt | April 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 7,040 | Medium | THE GOSPEL; TO THE BRETHREN ABROAD; RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST; OLDEN TIME; LAMENTABLE FACTS; THE SIXTH OF APRIL |
| ems_v1n12.txt | May 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 7,308 | Medium | PREACH THE WORD; CHILDREN; SAINT JOHN |
| ems_v2n13.txt | June 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 2,317 | Medium | THE SECOND COMING OF THE SAVIOR, No. II; GOOD PROOF; THE SECOND VOLUME; THE SEASON; ALL FLESH; GREAT EVENTS |
| ems_v2n14.txt | July 1833 (Independence, Missouri) | 5,045 | Medium | BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS; ERRORS OF THE BIBLE; THE GATHERING, &c; SCHOOLS; A BEE STORY; THE BOOK OF MORMON; FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR |

## Selection rules (authorship integrity)
- Included: unsigned editorials and editor's notices in the editorial voice of issues Phelps edited (attributable to him as editor -- confidence **medium**), plus "To Man" (June 1832), which is signed W. W. PHELPS (confidence **high**).
- Excluded: revelations and commandments (D&C texts), Book of Mormon / Bible / Apocrypha extracts, the Articles and Covenants, testimonies of the witnesses, "Selected." pieces and reprints from other papers (identified by source attributions such as -[London paper.], -[Gilpin.], -[Chateaubriand's Travels]), letters and reports signed by others (Edward Partridge, Simeon Carter, Samuel Bent, Seymour Brunson, G. M. Hinkel, Eliel Strong/Eleazer Miller, etc.), the collective "The Elders Stationed in Zion to the Churches Abroad" address, [COMMUNICATED.] items, conference minutes, news compilations ("Worldly Matters", "Foreign News" item lists), hymns and all verse, contents lists, letters-received lists, and the paper's terms/masthead.
- Quotation handling: double-quoted spans stripped; the transcripts also embed *unmarked* scripture inside editorials (e.g. Jacob 5 inside "The Book of Jacob", Wisdom of Solomon inside "The New-Year", the Decalogue inside "Commandments"). These were removed by an archaic-diction density filter (unto/ye/thee/thou/hath/saith/verily/behold/it-came-to-pass, etc.), colon-/"saying,"-introduced quote truncation, leading/trailing dense-sentence trimming, and a manually reviewed blacklist; all borderline paragraphs were individually adjudicated.
- Transcriber bracket-corrections (e.g. "loose [lose]") removed keeping the original 1832-33 spelling.

## Caveats
- Unsigned editorials are attributed to Phelps per standard practice for the Independence Star; contributions or edits by others in Zion cannot be fully excluded -- hence confidence medium.
- Short unmarked scriptural phrases woven inline into Phelps's own sentences may survive the filters (residual, low volume).
- Scripture-heavy pieces lost their quoted portions, so some retained essays are thinner than the originals.
