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Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; “Conference Minutes,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1844, 5:693; see also Minutes, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:30.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Andrus and Fuller, Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 24; Wilkinson et al., Brigham Young University, 4:255.
Andrus, Hyrum L., and Chris Fuller, comp. Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers. Provo, UT: Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1978.
Wilkinson, Ernest L., Leonard J. Arrington, and Bruce C. Hafen, eds. Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. Vol. 4. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1976.
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Willard Richards noted that two Vermont gentlemen stayed at the Nauvoo Mansion on this date and that a worship service occurred in the evening, which matches Haswell’s newspaper account. William Clayton also recorded the presence of two gentlemen who rode around Nauvoo with JS, which also agrees with Haswell’s narrative. (JS, Journal, 20 Nov. 1843; Clayton, Journal, 20 Nov. 1843; see also “Nauvoo,” Burlington [VT] Sentinel, 26 Jan. 1844, [2]–[3].)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Burlington Sentinel. Burlington, VT. 1830–1844.
The article provided favorable portraits of JS, Hyrum Smith, and Emma Smith. Haswell also made observations about the physical landscape, the temple, the Nauvoo House, Latter-day Saint worship, JS’s family life, and the arrival of “eleven people of color” from Connecticut. After his visit, Haswell felt “confident that many of the reports made against Joe Smith are false.” Moreover, he concluded that “before giving credit to the thousand rumors in circulation, persons would do well to visit Nauvoo.” (“Nauvoo,” Burlington [VT] Sentinel, 26 Jan. 1844, [2]–[3].)
Burlington Sentinel. Burlington, VT. 1830–1844.
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“Nauvoo,” Burlington (VT) Sentinel, 26 Jan. 1844, [2]–[3].
Burlington Sentinel. Burlington, VT. 1830–1844.
“The Doctor” is likely a reference to Willard Richards, JS’s secretary, although it could be a reference to either John M. Bernhisel or Robert D. Foster, who also used the title “doctor.” (See JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1843; 5, 13, and 17 Nov. 1843.)
A tax title was a title to land based on a sale of the property to pay delinquent taxes. (See An Act Supplemental to an Act, Entitled “An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue” [19 Jan. 1829], Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois [1828–1829], p. 123, sec. 11.)
The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois, Enacted at the Fifth General Assembly, at Their Session Held at Vandalia, Commencing on the Fourth Day of December, 1826, and Ending the Nineteenth of February, 1827. Vandalia, IL: Robert Blackwell, 1827.