Footnotes
For more information about Bennett’s conduct, see Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842.
Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, ca. 30 Oct. 1839–27 Jan. 1840; Transcript of Proceedings, Richmond, MO, Nov. 1838, State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (Mo. 5th Jud. Cir. 1838), in State of Missouri, “Evidence,” [1].
“The Late Proceedings,” Times and Seasons, 15 June 1841, 2:447–448; “Assassination of Ex-Governor Boggs of Missouri,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 21 May 1842, [3]; Letter to Sylvester Bartlett, 22 May 1842. The Nauvoo City Council had established a city watch on 20 May 1842 apparently, at least according to one source, because of fears that Missourians would enter Nauvoo and retaliate for the assassination attempt on Governor Boggs. On 26 June 1842, JS and other church leaders “united in Solemn prayer that God . . . would deliver his anointed, his people. from all the evil designs of Governor Boggs. & the powers of the state of Missouri, & of Governor Carlin. & the authorities of Illinois.” (Mayor’s Order to City Watch, 20 May 1842; “The Mormons,” Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 3 June 1842, [2]; JS, Journal, 26 June 1842.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
A proclamation issued by JS and his counselors in the First Presidency in January 1841, for example, mentioned Carlin as one “who will long be remembered by a grateful community for their philanthropy to a suffering people.” However, after the extradition attempt, JS accused Carlin of being deficient in “moral courage.” (Proclamation, 15 Jan. 1841; Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 Oct. 1841.)
Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842; Thomas Carlin, Commission, Springfield, IL, for George Woodward, 22 June 1842, CHL.
Carlin, Thomas. Commission, Springfield, IL, to George Woodward, 22 June 1842. CHL.
Carlin answered JS that he had not received a resignation of Bennett’s Nauvoo Legion commission. (Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842.)
According to Bennett, JS had asked him earlier “to write to Gov. Carlin for his protection, which I agreed to do, and accordingly did, asking the Governor whether he would be protected from any illegal act of violence,— to which the Governor replied that ALL citizens should receive equal protection, but that he knew of no privileged man or order of men, and that the dignity of the State should be preserved according to the strict letter of the constitution and the laws.” Bennett refused to show Carlin’s reply to JS, “as open hostilities had commenced between us.” Writing to JS on 30 June 1842, Carlin gave a report similar to Bennett’s account of the exchange between him and Carlin. (John C. Bennett, Carthage, IL, 2 July 1842, Letter to the Editor, Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 15 July 1842, [2], emphasis in original; Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842.)
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
In his reply to JS, Carlin denied having any “hostile or revengeful feelings, towards any man, or set of men on earth,” but he admitted that at times he “may have used strong expressions” to refer to JS, especially after he was told that JS had prophesied that Carlin would “die in a ditch.” (Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842.)
The Kilbournes were brothers living in Montrose, Iowa Territory. They had previously accused church members, including JS, of theft and land fraud. David Kilbourne was the postmaster of Montrose, had platted the town in 1837, and operated a store with his brother, Edward. In May 1842, David wrote a letter to Missouri governor Thomas Reynolds urging JS’s arrest for the attempted assassination of Lilburn W. Boggs. On 15 July 1842, however, Edward Kilbourne denied that he had conspired with Bennett to bring a mob against JS. According to Edward, he had only seen Bennett twice between fall 1841 and July 1842. Although he had spoken with Bennett on one of those occasions, Edward said “there was no mention made of mobs.” (David Kilbourne and Edward Kilbourne, “Latter-Day-ism, No. 1,” Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot [Burlington], 30 Sept. 1841, [1]; David Kilbourne and Edward Kilbourne, “Latter-Day-ism, No. 2,” Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot, 7 Oct. 1841, [2]; David Kilbourne and Edward Kilbourne, “Latter-Day-ism, No. 3,” Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot, 14 Oct. 1841, [3]; Baugh, “Remembering the Mormons in Lee County, Iowa,” 177–178; “The Mason-Remey and the Kilbourne Collections,” 310–311; David Kilbourne, Letter, Keokuk, IA, 22 Sept. 1853, microfilm 960,050, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; David Kilbourne, Montrose, Iowa Territory, to Thomas Reynolds, Jefferson City, MO, 14 May 1842, Records of Governor Thomas Reynolds, 1840–1844, MSA; Account of Meeting, 15 July 1842.)
Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot. Burlington, IA. 1839–1851.
Baugh, Alexander L. “Remembering the Mormons in Lee County, Iowa: Marking the Past in Montrose and Keokuk.” Mormon Historical Studies 4 (Fall 2003): 175–184.
Editorial Department, “The Mason-Remey and the Kilbourne Collections,” Annals of Iowa 15 (Apr. 1926): 307–813.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Records of Governor Thomas Reynolds, 1840–1844. MSA.