Footnotes
Only the portion of the tithing records donated during JS’s tenure as trustee-in-trust are featured here. After JS’s death on 27 June 1844, it took time to appoint new people to the many offices he held. JS remained the official trustee for the church, with William Clayton acting as an agent and trustee pro tem, until August 1844. On 12 August George Miller and Newel K. Whitney filed their certificate of appointment as the new trustees for the church. Thus, while the record book contains 758 inscribed pages, only the first 61 pages are transcribed and published here, ending on 12 August 1844. (Clayton, Journal, 7 July 1844; Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, Appointment as Trustees, 12 Aug. 1844, Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848, CHL.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848. CHL.
Entries on page 208 were continued on page 215, entries on page 214 were continued on page 541, and entries on page 540 were continued on page 561.
See Clayton, Journal, 10 December 1844; and Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B, 169.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
“Historian’s Office Inventory G. S. L. City March 19. 1858,” [1].
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office, “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Inventory. Historians Office. G. S. L. City April 1.1857,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Historian’s Office Inventory G. S. L. City March 19. 1858,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Historian’s Office Catalogue Book March 1858,” [11], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office Journal, 24 Mar. 1858, “List of Books from Brigham Young’s Office.”
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970, First Presidency, General Administration Files, CHL.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970. First Presidency, General Administration Files, 1921–1972. CHL.
Letter of transfer, Salt Lake City, UT, 8 Jan. 2010, CHL.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970. First Presidency, General Administration Files, 1921–1972. CHL.
Footnotes
A notation on the bottom of page 231 reads: “Carried to Record B. Page 551.” (Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, 231.)
The last entry on page 477 of Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A is dated 6 May 1844. Hiram Clark had returned to Nauvoo from Great Britain in late April and brought with him tithing and donations from the British Saints. It appears that recording these donations would have required more space than was available in Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, so they were saved until they started a second record book, referred to here as Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B. The donations were recorded on the first five and a half pages of that new book. After these donations, tithing entries from 6 May 1844 as found in Tithing Day Book B were then recorded in Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B. (See “Tithing Day Book B,” 276, Trustee-in-Trust, Tithing Daybooks, CHL.)
Tithing and Donation Record, 1844–1846. CHL.
Brigham Young, Discourse, 16 Sept. 1860, George D. Watt, Papers, CHL, as transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth; Joseph F. Smith, 7 Apr. 1901, Conference Reports. . ., 1901, 70.
Watt, George D. Papers, ca. 1846–1865. CHL.
Conference Reports of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1901. (Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing, n.d.)
Clayton, Journal, 7 July 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Whitney and Miller had been elected trustees by church leaders on 9 August. (Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, Appointment as Trustees, 12 Aug. 1844, Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848, CHL.)
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848. CHL.
The entire record book is digitized and available through the Church History Library catalog.
| 1844 | ||
| July 17 | Received of John Heward Cash in Silver $3.00. on Property Tithing | $3.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Ezra Bickford per 1 Horse Saddle & Bridle per $50.00 also Cash per hand $50.00. on tithing | $100.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Octavious King per hand Cash $25.00. (not a member) on | $25.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Samuel Scriggins p[e]r. hand [] Cash $1.00. on tithing | $1.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of per hand [] Cash $4.00. on tithing | $4.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of James H. Glenes per hand [] Cash $1.00. on tithing | $1.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Marcia Abbott per hand [] Cash $5.00. on tithing | $5.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Louisa Chandler per hand [] Cash $3.00. on tithing | $3.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Sarah Ann Libby per hand [] Cash $5.00. on tithing | $5.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Willard Messer per hand [] Cash $4.00. on tithing | $4.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Rosanna Gould per hand [] Cash $2.00, on tithing | $2.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of John S. White per hand [] Cash $10.00, on tithing | $10.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Ann Doe per hand [] Cash $3.00. on tithing | $3.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Mary Vanhouter per hand [] Cash $3.00. on tithing | $3.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Susan Hewey per hand [] Cash $0.50 on tithing | $0.50 |
| [July 17] | Received of Mary Hamman per hand [] Cash $1.00. on tithing | $1.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of John Spadma per hand [] Cash $1.00. on tithing | $1.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Hannah Martin per hand [] Cash $2.00. on tithing | $2.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Sarah Ann Balls per hand [] Cash $2.00. on tithing | $2.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Hannah Conclin per hand [] Cash $20.00. on tithing | $20.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of Sarah M. Balls per hand [] Cash $2.00, on tithing | $2.00 |
| [July 17] | Received of James German per hand [] Cash $5.00 on tithing | $5.00 |
Parley P. Pratt left Nauvoo in mid-April 1844 to preach and campaign for JS’s presidential campaign in the eastern United States. He returned to Nauvoo on 10 July, bringing with him tithing and donations from Saints in Boston, New York, and other areas he visited. (See Givens and Grow, Parley P. Pratt, 215–223.)
Givens, Terryl L., and Matthew J. Grow. Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.