Footnotes
“Obituary of Leo Hawkins,” Millennial Star, 30 July 1859, 21:496–497.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [3], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
Historical Introduction to Recommendation for Heber C. Kimball, between 2 and 13 June 1837.
“Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, pp. 1–3, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 11 and 23 May 1843; and “Editorial,” Millennial Star, Oct. 1843, 4:94.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
“Extract from Elder Hiram Clark’s Journal, and Address to the Saints in the British Islands,” Millennial Star, Feb. 1844, 4:147–148; Church of England, Parish Church of Ludlow, Shropshire, England, Bishop’s Transcripts, 1661–1853, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1754–1817, microfilm 1,593,872, British Isles Record Collection, FHL; Masthead, Millennial Star, Jan. 1844, 4:144; Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843; “Ward, Thomas,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:320.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
British Isles Record Collection. FHL.
Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.
Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843. Hedlock departed New York City aboard the Columbus and arrived in Liverpool on 30 September 1843.
“Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, p. 3, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 23 May 1843.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 23 May 1843; see also Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 3 Oct. 1843; and Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Kay was baptized in England in August 1837. Before emigrating to Nauvoo, he served a mission in his home country and presided over the Herefordshire conference. (“Kay, William, jun.,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:549; “Manchester Conference,” Millennial Star, Feb. 1843, 3:175.)
Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Reuben Hedlock, Liverpool, England, to Brigham Young and Willard Richards, [Nauvoo, IL], 1 and 9 Feb. 1844, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; William Kay, New Orleans, LA, to Reuben Hedlock et al., Liverpool, England, 9 Mar. 1844, in Millennial Star, Apr. 1844, 4:202.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
William Kay, New Orleans, LA, to Reuben Hedlock et al., Liverpool, England, 9 Mar. 1844, in Millennial Star, Apr. 1844, 4:202; JS, Journal, 13 Apr. 1844. Passengers aboard the Maid of Iowa experienced significant delays because the shaft of the waterwheel broke three times due to the vessel being overloaded. (James Jones, “near Nauvoo,” Hancock Co., IL, to Henry Jones, [England], 10 June 1844, typescript, Henry Jones, Correspondence, CHL.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Jones, Henry. Correspondence, 1844–1895. CHL.
Brigham Young and Willard Richards, Nauvoo, IL, to Reuben Hedlock, Liverpool, England, 3 May 1844, draft, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Hedlock’s suspicion of post offices may have stemmed from earlier incidents in which the Nauvoo post office had purportedly opened or destroyed Latter-day Saints’ letters. (See Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 Sept. 1842; and Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 Feb. 1843.)
Fielding was baptized in England in 1837 and subsequently became an agent for the church to oversee the emigration of British Saints to the United States. In the same meeting in which Hedlock was assigned to preside over the British mission, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles decided that Fielding would be cut off from the church if he did not immediately return to Nauvoo. Later that month, the Twelve acknowledged a letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark concerning Fielding’s failures as an emigration agent, an enterprise he undertook apparently in opposition to instructions from church leaders. Hedlock delivered this news to Fielding when the two connected in Liverpool after Hedlock’s arrival in fall 1843. In a letter to church leaders, Hedlock said that Fielding wept at hearing this message. Fielding then stated that he planned to return to Nauvoo to meet with church leaders as soon as possible. He boarded the Champion in Liverpool and set sail for New Orleans with about ninety British Latter-day Saints on 21 October 1843. They arrived in Nauvoo in January 1844. (Obituary for Amos Fielding, Deseret News [Salt Lake City], 11 Aug. 1875, 444; “Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, pp. 1–4, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 1 Mar. 1843; Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843; Jenson, “Church Emigration,” 441, 448; Orson Hyde, Nauvoo, IL, 20 Jan. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Millennial Star, Mar. 1844, 4:175; JS, Journal, 8 Jan. 1844; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 11 and 23 May 1843.)
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Jenson, Andrew. “Church Emigration.” Contributor 12, no. 12 (Oct. 1891): 441–450.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
The emigration season during this period typically began in March. (“Emigration,” Morning Post [London], 5 Feb. 1842, [2].)
Morning Post. London. 1792–1794, 1803–1937.
Hedlock published a summary of roughly the same portion of his journal in the Millennial Star. (“Extract from Elder Hedlock’s Journal,” Millennial Star, Jan. 1844, 4:129–130.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.