Discourse, 1 March 1840
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Source Note
JS, Discourse, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 Mar. 1840. Featured version published in “Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce,” New York Journal of Commerce, 27 Mar. 1840, [2]. Transcription from a digital color image obtained from the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, in 2015.The 27 March 1840 issue of the New York Journal of Commerce contains four leaves measuring 28 × 22½ inches (71 × 57 cm). Each page is composed of nine columns. The copy used for transcription is bound in a large volume of issues of the newspaper.In 1827 Arthur Tappan and his brother Lewis, along with Samuel F. B. Morse, founded the New York Journal of Commerce, with William Maxwell as editor. In 1829 David Hale and Gerard Hallock began publishing and editing the paper and continued to do so until 1849. Excepting Sundays, the paper was published daily.
Footnotes
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“About the New York Journal of Commerce.”
“About the New York Journal of Commerce. (New York, N.Y.) 1827–1893.” Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Accessed 12 Apr. 2017. http://chronicling america.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030542/.
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Historical Introduction
On 1 March 1840, JS preached a discourse in , Illinois, in which he recounted the events of his recent trip to the eastern . According to a letter summarizing the sermon, JS had returned from one or two days before this 1 March discourse. JS gave the discourse at a Sunday meeting that “the ‘’ and not a few of the ‘’” attended in a grove of trees near a ferry landing on the . Prior to speaking, JS was seated on a stage “with , , &c.” JS’s uncle was present at the meeting and recorded in his journal that the congregation exhibited great interest in JS’s remarks.The version of the discourse featured here was written by an unidentified correspondent for the New York Journal of Commerce. According to the correspondent’s summary of the sermon, JS explained the reasons for his trip to and described his meeting with President . The description of the meeting in this discourse differs slightly from an earlier report of JS’s meeting with Van Buren that JS and made to and the . In this discourse, JS also discussed his preaching while in the eastern .As an aside in another part of the letter, the correspondent noted JS remarking that the would incur divine displeasure and punishment if the nation continued to deny the petitions of the Saints for redress and reparations for losses sustained in . The correspondent mocked JS’s message, writing that this “impending danger” to the nation and the presence of “the ‘Prophet’” on the - border helped explain the “unparalleled emigration to Iowa from all parts of the United States” because these migrants might have believed that living near JS would protect them from potential calamity.The letter summarizing the discourse was printed in the 27 March 1840 issue of the New York Journal of Commerce. No other summaries of the discourse are apparently extant.
Footnotes
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“Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce,” New York Journal of Commerce (New York City), 27 Mar. 1840, [2]. According to John Smith’s journal, JS returned to Commerce by 29 February 1840. (John Smith, Journal, 1836–1840, 29 Feb. 1840, [58].)
New York Journal of Commerce. New York City. 1827–1893.
Smith, John (1781-1854). Journal, 1833–1841. John Smith, Papers, 1833-1854. CHL. MS 1326, box 1, fd. 1.
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“Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce,” New York Journal of Commerce (New York City), 27 Mar. 1840, [2], italics in original.
New York Journal of Commerce. New York City. 1827–1893.
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John Smith, Journal, 1836–1840, 1 Mar. 1840, [58]–[59].
Smith, John (1781-1854). Journal, 1833–1841. John Smith, Papers, 1833-1854. CHL. MS 1326, box 1, fd. 1.
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Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 Dec. 1839. In an April 1840 discourse, JS described his meeting with Van Buren at the President’s House as occurring over two successive days, while this account of the meeting and the aforementioned account JS gave to Hyrum Smith and the Nauvoo high council do not mention a second meeting with the president. (Discourse, 7 Apr. 1840.)
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“Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce,” New York Journal of Commerce (New York City), 27 Mar. 1840, [2]. An 1833 revelation contained similar sentiments. (Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:85–91].)
New York Journal of Commerce. New York City. 1827–1893.
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“Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce,” New York Journal of Commerce (New York City), 27 Mar. 1840, [2].
New York Journal of Commerce. New York City. 1827–1893.
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