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Errata for Documents, Volume 9

This sheet identifies errors found in Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842. Minor errors, such as in the format of source citations, are not reported. The errors reported here occur in all printings of the volume and have been corrected in the transcripts, annotation, and reference material presented on this site. This sheet will be updated as additional errors are found. Please report additional errors by emailing josephsmithpapers@churchofjesuschrist.org.
Page xx, line 19. Change “JS applied for bankruptcy” to “Smith applied for bankruptcy”.
Page 4, note 11. Change “Book of the Law of the Lord, 26–27” to “Book of the Law of the Lord, 27”.
Page 15, note 66, line 2. Change “Samuel Mullinger” to “Samuel Mulliner”.
Page 22, note 106, lines 4–6. Change “Appointment, 2 Feb. 1841, Hancock Co., IL, Bonds and Mortgages, 1840–1904, vol. 1, p. 95, microfilm 954,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL” to “Appointment as Trustee, 2 Feb. 1841, in JSP, D8:4–6”.
Page 24, line 18. Change “17 January 1841” to “17 January 1842”.
Page 30, note 145. Change “JS to Reuben McBride, Letter of Attorney, 28 Oct. 1841, in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 214–215” to “Power of Attorney to Reuben McBride, 28 Oct. 1841, in JSP, D8:334–336”.
Page 31, line 14. Remove “signatures of JS and James Sloan;” Comment: Joseph Smith’s signature is in the handwriting of James Sloan.
Page 31, lines 20–21. Change “JS and his clerk James Sloan filled out and signed a preaching license in Nauvoo, Illinois, for Peter Haws, a high priest in the church”” to “JS’s clerk James Sloan filled out a preaching license for high priest Peter Haws and signed it on behalf of JS”.
Page 31, line 23. Change “JS likely signed dozens of such licenses” to “JS authorized hundreds of such licenses”.
Page 32, line 17. Remove footnote 160: “text: Signature of JS.” Comment: Joseph Smith’s signature is in the handwriting of James Sloan.
Page 32, line 17. Remove bold typeface from “Joseph Smith”.
Page 33, note 163. Change “microfilm 7,760” to “microfilm 7,706”.
Page 65, note 30. Change “JS to Reuben McBride, Letter of Attorney, 28 Oct. 1841, in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 214–215” to “Power of Attorney to Reuben McBride, 28 Oct. 1841, in JSP, D8:334–336”.
Page 65, note 32. Change “JS to Reuben McBride, Letter of Attorney, 28 Oct. 1841, in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 214–215” to “Power of Attorney to Reuben McBride, 28 Oct. 1841, in JSP, D8:334–336”.
Page 75, note 82, lines 7–9. Change “Appointment, 2 Feb. 1841, Hancock Co., IL, Bonds and Mortgages, 1840–1904, vol. 1, p. 95, microfilm 954,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL” to “Appointment as Trustee, 2 Feb. 1841, in JSP, D8:4–6”.
Pagy 79, caption, line 5. Change “officially organized in that room in March 1841” to “officially organized in that room in March 1842”.
Page 79, note 116. Change “JS, Journal, 1 and 5 Jan. 1841” to “JS, Journal, 1 and 5 Jan. 1842”.
Page 87, lines 5–6. Change “counter dealing out goods” to “counter <​all day myself​> dealing out goods”.
Page 87, line 9. Change “that I may be exalted” to “that I may be exalteed”.
Page 96, line 26. “Joseph Smith” should be in bold typeface.
Page 99, lines 12–13. Change “JS signed the featured declaration—a requirement when submitting plats to the county” to “JS signed the declaration—a requirement when submitting plats to the county for filing”.
Page 107, note 246, line 8. Change “Revelation, 20 Mar. 1841, in Book of the Law of the Lord, 15” to “Revelation, 20 Mar. 1841, in JSP, D8:76–77”.
Page 128, lines 27–28. Change “Wilford Woodruff likely took notes during the discourse and then recorded those notes into his booklet titled “Book of Revelations,” as was his common practice.” to “Wilford Woodruff copied this sermon into his booklet titled ‘Book of Revelations,’ though his journal indicates Woodruff was away from Nauvoo on 30 January. Woodruff likely used someone else’s notes of the sermon when he recorded it.” Also added the following footnote after “on 30 January.”: “Woodruff, Journal, 30 Jan. 1842.”
Page 165, line 18. Change “Lorenzo Wilson” to “Lorenzo D. Wasson”. Comment: The original deed was signed by Lorenzo Wasson.
Page 166, line 4. Change “The deed was likely produced in Nauvoo by someone other than JS and Emma Smith.” to “The deed was produced in Nauvoo by Willard Richards.
Page 166, lines 5–6. Change “Lorenzo Wilson” to “Lorenzo D. Wasson”. Comment: The original deed was signed by Lorenzo Wasson.
Page 167, line 16. Change “Lorenzo Wilson” to “Lorenzo Wilson [Lorenzo D. Wasson]”. Comment: The original deed was signed by Lorenzo Wasson.
Page 204, line 17. Change “a later docket on the recto of the leaf” to “a later docket on the verso of the leaf”.
Page 204, line 21. Change “notation, likely in the handwriting of Richards, near the top of the verso” to “notation, in the handwriting of Richards, near the top of the recto”.
Page 215, note 194. Change “Pay Order from Oliver Granger” to “Pay Order from Oliver Granger for Samuel Clark”.
Page 215, note 195. Change “JS to Reuben McBride, Letter of Attorney, 28 Oct. 1841, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 215” to “Power of Attorney to Reuben McBride, 28 Oct. 1841, in JSP, D8:336”.
Page 215, note 198. Change “Newel K. Whitney, Legal Documents, BYU” to “Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU”.
Page 231, note 283, lines 5–6. Change “1 Mar. 1842, 3:719–722 [Abraham 2:19–5:21]” to “1 Mar. 1842, 3:703–706 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]”.
Page 239, note 315. Change “‘City Nauvoo Divided into Four Militia Districts,’ 12 Mar. 1842, Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL” to “‘City Nauvoo Divided into Four Militia Districts,’ 12 Mar. 1842; ‘Resolution of Court Martial,’ 12 Mar. 1842, Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL”
Page 255, note 382. Change “16 May 1842, 3:797” to “16 May 1842, 3:796–797”.
Page 286, note 475. Change “vol. M, pp. 402–403” to “vol. M, pp. 403–404”.
Page 289, line 14. Change “filed for Recvd” to “filed for Record”.
Page 359, note 222. Change “‘State Bank of Illinois,’ Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, 3:728–729” to “Selections from Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, pp. 286–287 herein”.
Page 361, note 229. Change “Calvin A. Warren, Quincy, IL, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 3 June 1842” to “Calvin A. Warren, Quincy, IL, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 3 June 1842, JS Collection, CHL”.
Page 367, line 18. Change “John Ayres [Ayers]” to “John Ayres [John V. Ayer”.
Page 367, note 253, line 1. Change “Rigdon, Smith & Co.” to “Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery”.
Page 367, note 256, line 3. Change “William Jones, Buffalo, NY” to “William Tell Jones & Co., Buffalo, NY”.
Page 368, note 257, line 1. Change “from Ayers on 16 June 1836” to “from Ayer on 16 June 1836”.
Page 368, note 257, line 3. Change “John Ayers, Buffalo, NY” to “John V. Ayer, Buffalo, NY”.
Page 368, note 260, line 1. Change “JS, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery” to “The church firm Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery”.
Page 368, note 260, lines 2–3. Change “JS, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery, to Thompson & Company, New York City, NY, Invoice, 13 Oct. 1836, JS Office Papers, CHL” to “Thompson & Company, New York City, NY, to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, Invoice, 13 Oct. 1836, JS Office Papers, CHL”.
Page 393, line 8. Change “on the first three leaves” to “on the first three pages”.
Pages 421–559. A number of updates and changes have been made to the reference material. The updates correct factual errors, add additional information, and remove biographical information that, while possibly accurate, could not be documented in primary sources or the most reliable secondary sources. Because the reference material supports all published volumes and all documents published on the website, the Smith Papers staff will not keep a record of the specific changes made to each entry published in Documents, Volume 9. Readers should refer to the Reference section of the Joseph Smith Papers website to find the corrected and updated information.
Page 511, line 34. Change name of Sexton from “William Huntington” to “William D. Huntington”.
Page 511, line 37. Change “Lewis Robinson” to “Lewis Robison”.
Page 511, line 41. Change “James Robinson” to “James Robison”.
Page 513, line 8. Change “Zenos Gurley” to “Zenas Gurley”.
Page 513, line 14. Change “John S. Butler” to “John L. Butler”.
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