Footnotes
This serialized history drew on the journals herein beginning with the 4 July 1855 issue of the Deseret News and with the 3 January 1857 issue of the LDS Millennial Star.
The labels on the spines of the four volumes read respectively as follows: “Joseph Smith’s Journal—1842–3 by Willard Richards” (book 1); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843” (book 2); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843–4” (book 3); and “W. Richards’ Journal 1844 Vol. 4” (book 4). Richards kept JS’s journal in the front of book 4, and after JS’s death Richards kept his own journal in the back of the volume.
“Schedule of Church Records, Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
“Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]; “Contents of the Historian and Recorder’s Office G. S. L. City July 1858,” 2; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]–[12], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Johnson, Register of the Joseph Smith Collection, 7.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Johnson, Jeffery O. Register of the Joseph Smith Collection in the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
Footnotes
Historical Introduction to JS, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842.
Source Note to JS, Journal, 1835–1836; Source Note to JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.
See Appendix 3.
TEXT: Transliteration from Taylor shorthand: “w-l-s-n”.
In the proclamation, JS as mayor noted the reported existence of a “band of desperadoes, bound by oaths of secrecy, under severe penalties in case any member of the combination divulges their plans of stealing and conveying properties from station to station, up and down the Mississippi and other routes.” Having heard that some members of the group would not provide legal authorities with information about the criminals for fear of retaliation, JS promised to “grant and ensure protection against all personal mob violence, to each and every citizen of this city” who would provide him with the names of those who were in any way involved with the thieves. (JS, “Proclamation,” The Wasp, 29 Mar. 1843, [3].)
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
Contrary to what the entry states, Jonas, a resident of Columbus, Illinois, was requesting the cannon to celebrate the fact that the proposed county of Marquette would not be created—and to irritate the residents of Quincy as well. At the time, citizens of Quincy were agitating that Adams County, home to both Quincy and Columbus, be split into two counties, Adams and Marquette. Residents of Columbus, which was to be in the new Marquette County if the plan were approved, opposed the move. Residents of Quincy fired off a cannon every time favorable news was received from Springfield regarding the creation of the new county—a gesture Columbus residents found offensive. The state legislature approved the new county, but as Jonas pointed out in his letter, its organization depended “on the people electing County officers— on the 1st Monday in april.” Jonas wrote that those living in the proposed county “have determined not to organize— nor elect officers— consequently the law will be inoperative.” Residents in the new county finally elected a state representative in 1846, although two years later the county (renamed “Highland” by this time) was merged with Adams County. (Abraham Jonas, Columbus, IL, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 21 Mar. 1843, JS Collection, CHL; JS, Nauvoo, IL, to Abraham Jonas, Columbus, IL, 25 Mar. 1843, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; Collins and Perry, Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois, 94–95; An Act to Change the Name of the County of Marquette . . . [27 Feb. 1847], Laws of the State of Illinois [1846–1847], pp. 38–41.)
Collins, William H., and Cicero F. Perry. Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1905.
Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Fifteenth General Assembly, at Their Session, Begun and Held in the City of Springfield, December 7, 1846. Springfield, IL: Charles H. Lanphier, 1847.
JS was in the process of purchasing the northwest quarter of Section 8, Township 6 North, Range 8 West from Walsh for $2,500. Young was acting as a liaison between JS and Walsh during the transaction. (JS per William Clayton, Nauvoo, IL, to Richard M. Young, Washington DC, 23 Dec. 1842; JS per William Clayton, Nauvoo, IL, to Richard M. Young, Washington DC, 9 Feb. 1843, copy, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.)