Footnotes
This six-leaf gathering was either a binding error or the result of one sheet coming loose from the binding before the book was inscribed, as the book’s inscription and pagination runs through this gathering without skipping any text or page numbers.
The journal entries are inscribed on pages 26, 31, 33, 36, 39, 43, 44, 48, 56–61, 66–67, 88–95, 122–135, and 164–215.
Footnotes
Thompson died on 27 August 1841. (“Death of Col. Robert B. Thompson,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:519.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
The six canonized revelations constitute, in order of their recording by Thompson, sections 124, 125, 105, 111, 87, and 103 in the current Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The three uncanonized revelations include one dated 20 March 1841 and two dictated on 12 January 1838 before JS departed Ohio and moved to Missouri.
See JS, Journal, 29 June 1842; Richards, Journal, 1 July 1842; and Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 30.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, 1845. CHL
Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 30–31.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, 1845. CHL
For more on this division of labor, see Smith, “Book of the Law of the Lord,” 131–163.
Smith, Alex D. “The Book of the Law of the Lord,” Journal of Mormon History 38 (Fall 2012): 131–163.
The Joseph Smith Papers Project has labeled this second volume “Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B.” See Historical Introduction to Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B.
For more on the Nauvoo penny fund, see Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, 216.
See Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B, 551.
Trustee-in-Trust. Tithing and Donation Record, 1844 May–1846 January. CHL.
| 1843 | ||
| April 11th. | Received of Charles Hulet [Hewlett] $6.00 on his tithing as per order of , endorsed by . Also $3.75 as per receipt of October 13th. 1841 | $9.75 |
| [April 11th.] | Received of 1 Yearling Steer value $4.00.— on tithing | $4.00 |
| 12th. | Received of $2.62 on his tithing, being for repairing two Watches— | $2.62 |
| [12th.] | Received of 1 Watch board value $0.37 on tithing | $0.37 |
| 13 | Received of per hand 1 Bed Quilt value $3.00.— on tithing | $3.00 |
| [13] | Received of Eliza Hariet Munroe, a native of the East Indies Cash in Gold £3–10–0.— on | $16.94 |
| [13] | Received of William Maylin per hand Eliza H. Munroe Cash in Silver $ <£0–5–0> on | $1.21 |
| [13] | Received of $4.00.— on tithing as per receipt of November 17th. 1841 | $4.00 |
| 15 | Received of 2 ladies Bonnets value $2.50 each on tithing | $5.00 |
| [15] | Received of 1 Rifle value $25.00.— on tithing | $25.00 |
| 17 | Received of 1 Staple <&> Ring for ox yoke on tithing | $2.25 |
| 18th. | Received of 50 Gold value $242.00 Also 40 yards of at $0.16⅔ per yard $6.66 on tithing | $6.66 |
| [18th.] | Received of of Bolton, England. 2 large hammers value $1.50 each $3.00.— Also 2 Small Hammers value 6/— [$0.75] $1.50 Also 1 Grubbing Hoe value $1.50 Also 1 Lime Rake value $0.75 Also 2 Scrapers value 6/— [$0.75] each $1.50 Also 1 pair of Pinchers value $1.00.— on tithing | $9.25 |
| [18th.] | Received $0.50 on tithing, being paid in labor by | $0.50 |
| [18th.] | Received of 10 bushels of Potatoes value $0.25 per bushel $2.20 $2.50 on tithing | $2.50 |
| 19 | Received of Moses Winn $4.00.— on tithing being paid in labor by | $4.00 |
British currency in the nineteenth century consisted of coins of varying values. The primary currency used was the pound sterling, often in the form of a gold sovereign. Smaller coins called shillings and pence were also commonly used. A pound was traditionally divided into twenty shillings, and each shilling was divided into twelve pennies, or pence. The two smallest coins were divisions of a penny, into four farthings or two halfpennies. The abbreviation used in ledgers and other financial records for this form of currency was “£ s d.” The pound symbol (£) derived from the word “Libra,” meaning “a pound” in Latin. The “s” was an abbreviation for the Latin “solidus,” which in English was referred to as a “shilling.” The “d” was an abbreviation of “denarius,” or a Roman silver coin, which was also initially used as the name of the English silver penny. While other countries in the British empire abandoned this system, currency in the United Kingdom of Great Britain was not decimalized and standardized into units of one hundred until 1971. (“Pound,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 7:1202; “Solidus,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 10:401; “Denarius,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 3:191; Sutherland, English Coinage 600–1900; see also “Pounds, Shillings and Pence,” The Royal Mint Museum, accessed 3 July 2023, https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/.)
The Oxford English Dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. 12 vols. 1933. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. English Coinage 600–1900. London: B. T. Batsford, 1973.
The Royal Mint Museum. https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/.
This entry for Hiram Clark likely reflects money Clark gave to Parley P. Pratt in October 1842 to be given to JS when Pratt arrived in Nauvoo. Clark’s letter indicated that JS could use the money in the way he deemed most appropriate. While the fifty sovereigns was initially entered as a donation for the temple, the same amount was noted in the trustee records under JS’s account, suggesting he may have found other uses for the money. (See Letter from Hiram Clark and Others, 21 Oct. 1842; Trustee-in-Trust, Ledger A, 246.)
Trustee-in-Trust. Ledgers, 1841–1846. CHL.