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.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [4], 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
Philander Avery, Testimony, [Clark Co., MO], 13 Nov. 1843, State of Missouri v. Philander Avery (Clark Co. Cir. Ct. 1843), Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse, Kahoka, MO; Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman and Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 Dec. 1843; Philander Avery, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 20 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL; Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 Dec. 1843; William W. Phelps, Nauvoo, IL, to J. White, Waterloo, MO, 21 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL.
Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse. Kahoka, MO.
William W. Phelps, Nauvoo, IL, to J. White, Waterloo, MO, 21 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL; see also J. White, Waterloo, MO, to Jesse D. Hunter, Montrose, Iowa Territory, 10 Dec. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL.
See Historical Introduction to Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843; and “Joseph Smith Documents from March through July 1843.”
See Ordinance, 12 Dec. 1843–A; Ordinance, 8 Dec. 1843; “Nauvoo City Council,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 27 Dec. 1843, [2]; “Meeting of Citizens at Carthage,” Warsaw (IL) Message, Extra, 17 Jan. 1844, [2]; and “The Mormons and Their Prophet—Legislation at Nauvoo—The Temple,” New-York Daily Tribune (New York City), 27 Jan. 1844, [1].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
New-York Daily Tribune. New York City. 1841–1924.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1843; Willard Richards, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Dec. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL; Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 Dec. 1843–B; Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 58.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.
Thomas Ford, Letter, Springfield, IL, 29 Jan. 1844, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum.
Manuscripts about Mormons at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, ca. 1832–1954. Microfilm. Chicago Historical Society.
Chapman reported a rumor that some of the Averys’ kidnappers were coming “to Nauvoo next. to Kidnap Nelson Turner.” Philander Avery’s coerced confession stated that Turner stole a horse from Joseph McCoy at the same time Daniel Avery did. (Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman and Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 Dec. 1843; Philander Avery, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 20 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL; Philander Avery, Testimony, [Clark Co., MO], 13 Nov. 1843, State of Missouri v. Philander Avery [Clark Co. Cir. Ct. 1843], Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse, Kahoka, MO.)
Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse. Kahoka, MO.
On 8 December 1843, JS ordered Nauvoo marshal Henry G. Sherwood to call up a portion of the Nauvoo Legion, if needed, to protect the city’s citizens. (Mayor’s Order to Henry G. Sherwood, 8 Dec. 1843.)
An 1845 Illinois justice of the peace manual indicated that a constable could “take of the county any number that he shall think proper, to pursue, arrest, and imprison” accused offenders. (Cotton, Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace, 37.)
Cotton, Henry G. A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace in the State of Illinois, with Practical Forms. Ottawa, IL: By the author, 1845.