Footnotes

1. [1]

   Letter from William W. Phelps, 14 Nov. 1833; Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 Nov. 1833; Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 Dec. 1833.

2. [2]

   Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105:9–11].

3. [3]

   Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 Aug. 1834.

4. [4]

   Letter to Church Officers in Clay County, MO, 31 Aug. 1835.

5. [5]

   JS, Journal, 24 Sept. 1835.

6. [6]

   The entry in John Whitmer’s history for 18 October 1835 also notes that several church leaders received blessings from JS that day and that those blessings were recorded in the “Patriarchal blessing Book.” Many church leaders received blessings from JS in late September and early October 1835, but none received blessings on 18 October. It is likely that Whitmer, who did not have access to the Patriarchal Blessing Book when he made the 18 October 1835 entry in his history, mistakenly associated those September and October 1835 blessings with the date of the revelation featured here. (See JS, Journal, 22 Sept. 1835; and Patriarchal Blessings, 1:13–16; for further information about John Whitmer’s history, see Historical Introduction to Whitmer, History.)

   Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.