Footnotes
Andrus et al., “Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 1825–1906,” 5–6.
Andrus, Hyrum L., Chris Fuller, and Elizabeth E. McKenzie. “Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 1825–1906,” Sept. 1998. BYU.
Footnotes
Revelation, 1 Mar. 1832 [D&C 78:1, 3, 9–10].
Williams probably created this entry in the book’s index by January 1833. (Revelation Book 2, Index, [1].)
See New Testament Revision 2, pp. 114–152 (second numbering) [Joseph Smith Translation, John 5:20–Revelation 12:12]; Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 69–70; and Jennings, “Consequential Counselor,” 183–185, 201–203.
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
Jennings, Erin B. “The Consequential Counselor: Restoring the Root(s) of Jesse Gause.” Journal of Mormon History 34 (Spring 2008): 182–227.
Also, in the phrase “Command as to Paper for Zion Apl. 1832,” it is possible that the date of April 1832 modifies only “Paper for Zion,” rather than the commandment to take it there. JS, Rigdon, and Whitney acquired the paper and started for Missouri in April.
Revelation Book 2, p. 19. Even if Whitney’s copy is not the original, it is a more complete copy than those in Revelation Book 1 and Revelation Book 2. The Whitney copy contains two questions and two answers, while the copy in Revelation Book 1 (made by Whitmer, probably sometime after April 1832) includes only the first answer. The Revelation Book 2 copy, meanwhile, contains everything except for the first question. Further, the copy in Whitney’s possession is the only manuscript copy with “first” and “second” written before the questions. Although Rigdon may have inserted these words, they could also be a part of the original inscription. The copies in Revelation Books 1 and 2 each had an “X” drawn through them, presumably to exclude the revelation from publication. This revelation was never published, and no other manuscript copies of it are known beyond the three discussed here. (Revelation Book 1, p. 148.)
Oliver Cowdery had relayed his “hope” in a 28 January 1832 letter that Harris, who was apparently located in Ohio, could provide the necessary paper for the printing of the Book of Commandments. Cowdery even provided a bill for Harris in that letter.a Harris mortgaged his farm in 1829 for the printing of the Book of Mormon, and Cowdery may have assumed Harris would provide similar funding for the Book of Commandments.b Harris was also designated as one of several “stewards over the revelations” in a November 1831 revelation.c An August 1831 revelation instructed Harris and others who intended to come to Zion to consecrate their money to the church, partly as a requirement for obtaining Missouri land as their own “inheritance[s]” and partly so land could be purchased “for the house of the Printing.”d
(aLetter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 Jan. 1832. bMartin Harris to Egbert B. Grandin, Indenture, Wayne Co., NY, 25 Aug. 1829, Wayne Co., NY, Mortgage Records, vol. 3, pp. 325–326, microfilm 479,556, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. cRevelation, 12 Nov. 1831 [D&C 70:1–3]. dRevelation, 1 Aug. 1831 [D&C 58:35–37].)U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
The Revelation Book 2 copy reads “if” instead of “of.” (Revelation Book 2, p. 19.)
It is unclear what “by hire” means in this context. It could mean that Newel K. Whitney was to hire someone to purchase the paper and carry it to Missouri.
In September 1831, Sidney Gilbert and Newel K. Whitney were told that, as agents to the church, they were “on the Lords errand & whatever ye do according to the will of the Lord is the Lords business.” Soon after leaving for Missouri, JS and his companions purchased paper in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia). The terms by which the paper was acquired and how much was purchased are unknown. The type of printing paper most likely purchased by the group could have cost anywhere from $2.75 to $7.00 per ream. (Revelation, 11 Sept. 1831 [D&C 64:29]; “Statement of the Several Kinds of Paper at the Wholesale Prices,” American State Papers: Finance, 3:628; see JS History, vol. A-1, 209.)
American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. Edited by Walter Lowrie, Walter S. Franklin, Asbury Dickins, and John W. Forney. American State Papers: Naval Affairs. 4 vols. Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1834, 1860–1861.
By 20 March, JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Jesse Gause completed revisions to chapter 11 in the book of Revelation. (Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 70.)
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
TEXT: Possibly “this”.