Footnotes
Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Historian’s Office, Journal, 7 June 1853; JS History, vol. F-1, 91; see also Source Note and Historical Introduction to History, 1838–1856, vol. F-1 [1 May 1844–8 Aug. 1844].
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
JS, Nauvoo, IL, to Washington Tucker, El Dorado, AR, 12 June 1844, copy, JS Collection, CHL.
The Times and Seasons reported that Andrew Timmons, John McIntosh, Darwin Chase, and Nathaniel Levett were appointed to serve missions in Arkansas at the April 1844 conference, but no record of their service has been located. James Pace recorded in his autobiography that he left Nauvoo on 19 May 1844 to preach in Arkansas but never specified where he went in the state. He returned home in July having baptized several individuals. (“Special Conference,” Times and Seasons, 15 Apr. 1844, 5:505–506; Pace, Autobiographical Sketch, 4.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Pace, James. Autobiographical Sketch, ca. 1861. James Pace, Papers, 1846–1861. CHL.
Several elders were laboring in Mississippi during winter 1843–1844, including Benjamin Clapp, W. Huitt, Samuel Gully, John Brown, and Haden W. Church. (See W. Huitt and S. Gully, Nauvoo, IL, Mar. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, 1 Apr. 1844, 5:484–485; Benjamin Clapp, Kemper Co., MS, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1844, 5:[460]–461; John Brown, Monroe Co., MS, 17 Aug. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1844, 5:702–703; and Brown, Reminiscences and Journals, bk. A, 9.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Brown, John. Reminiscences and Journals, 1843–1896. CHL. MS 1636.
“Sacred Books” may be a reference to canonical books such as the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants but could also include noncanonical tracts, such as A Voice of Warning. (Parley P. Pratt, A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People . . . [New York: W. Sandford, 1837].)
Pratt, Parley P. A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons. New York: W. Sanford, 1837.