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.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
See “Nauvoo Journals, December 1841–April 1843”; “Nauvoo Journals, May 1843–June 1844”; “Joseph Smith Documents from May through August 1842”; Revelation, 12 July 1843 [D&C 132]; JS, Journal, 12 July and 5 Oct. 1843; and Woodruff, Journal, 25 Nov. 1843.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Clayton, Journal, 26 May 1843; JS, Journal, 29 May 1843; Mercy Fielding Thompson, Affidavit, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 19 June 1869, in Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1:34; Catherine Phillips Smith, Affidavit, Salt Lake Co., UT, 28 Jan. 1903, Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, CHL. In August 1843, Hyrum Smith married Mercy Fielding Thompson, who was the sister of Hyrum’s wife Mary Fielding Smith and the widow of Robert B. Thompson, and Catherine Phillips.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Smith, Joseph F. Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1869–1915. CHL. MS 3423.
Clayton, Journal, 26 Feb. 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Nauvoo’s city charter stated that “all process issued by the Mayor, Aldermen, or Municipal Court, shall be directed to the Marshal.” (Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.)
JS, Journal, 26 Feb. 1844. Nauvoo’s city charter stated that “appeals may be had from any decision or judgment of said Mayor or Aldermen, arising under the city ordinances, to the Municipal Court . . . and from the final judgment of the Municipal Court, to the Circuit Court of Hancock county.” (Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.)
Praecipe, ca. 3 Mar. 1844, Bostwick v. JS and Greene (Hancock Co. Cir. Ct. 1844), Circuit Court Case Files 1830–1900, CHL. On 4 March 1844, one of Bostwick’s attorneys, Chauncey L. Higbee, filed a request asking the clerk of the Hancock County Circuit Court to summon JS and Greene to appear at the court’s May 1844 session.
“Trespass,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 2:579–580.
Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Deacon and Peterson, 1854.
“Declaration,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 1:424–426.
Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Deacon and Peterson, 1854.
Docket Entry, Dismissal, 27 May 1844, Bostwick v. JS (Hancock Co. Cir. Ct. 1844), Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, Chancery Court Records, 1838–1924, vol. C, p. 41, microfilm 955,134, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
This notice was in accordance with a practice described in an Ohio law book, which stated that “if the adverse party be in possession of any written instrument . . . which would be evidence for you, if produced, you may serve either him or his attorney, as the case may be, with notice to produce it at the trial.” (Swan, Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, 2:867–868.)
Swan, Joseph R. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, in Ohio, and Precedents in Pleading, with Practical Notes; together with the Forms of Process and Clerks’ Entries. 2 vols. Columbus: Isaac N. Whiting, 1845.
Notice, 9 Apr. 1844, Davis v. JS et al. (Hancock Co. Cir. Ct. 1844), Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Case Files, 1830–1900, JS Collection, CHL; Summons, 24 Feb. 1844.
Docket Entry, Dismissal, 20 May 1844, Bostwick v. JS and Greene (Hancock Co. Cir. Ct. 1844), Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Records, 1829–1897, vol. D, p. 82, microfilm 947,496; Docket Entry, Dismissal, 27 May 1844, Bostwick v. JS (Hancock Co. Cir. Ct. 1844), Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, Chancery Court Records, 1838–1924, vol. C, p. 41, microfilm 955,134, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.