Footnotes

1. [1]

   JS, Journal, 11 Aug. 1838; see also JS, Journal, 6 Aug. 1838.  

2. [2]

   “The Mormons in Carroll County,” Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 18 Aug. 1838, [2]. The committee was appointed to deliver its message to prominent non-Mormons at De Witt, but the committee apparently addressed the Saints there as well. (Murdock, Autobiography, 37.)  

   Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1919.

   Murdock, John. Journal, ca. 1830–1859. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 2.

3. [3]

   “The Mormons in Carroll County,” Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 18 Aug. 1838, [2].  

   Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1919.

4. [4]

   See Introduction to Part 2: 8 July–29 Oct. 1838.  

5. [5]

   “Mormon War,” Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 3 Sept. 1838, [2]; “Public Meeting,” Missouri Republican, 3 Sept. 1838, [2].  

   Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1919.

6. [6]

   Swartzell, Mormonism Exposed, 32.  

   Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838, Together with an Appendix, Containing the Revelation concerning the Golden Bible, with Numerous Extracts from the ‘Book of Covenants,’ &c., &c. Pekin, OH: By the author, 1840.

7. [7]

   The timing of the committee’s movements is somewhat unclear. According to George W. Robinson, a public meeting was held in Far West on the evening of 11 August in response to the committee’s visit. Robinson initially dated the meeting minutes as 13 August in JS’s journal but then revised the date to 11 August. Further, Robinson’s minutes indicate the committee came from Ray County, whereas Swartzell’s entry identifies the committee as coming from Clay County. Given the discrepancies in the accounts, there are many possibilities regarding the details of the visit: Robinson may have incorrectly dated the committee’s visit; or the committee may have visited Far West on 11 August in hopes of conferring with JS, who had already left for Daviess County, and may have caught up to him at Adam-ondi-Ahman later in the day; or the committee may have split up and visited Caldwell and Daviess counties simultaneously; or the committee at Adam-ondi-Ahman may have been a separate committee sent from Clay County and not mentioned in other extant documents. (JS, Journal, 11 Aug. 1838; Swartzell, Mormonism Exposed, 32.)  

   Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838, Together with an Appendix, Containing the Revelation concerning the Golden Bible, with Numerous Extracts from the ‘Book of Covenants,’ &c., &c. Pekin, OH: By the author, 1840.

8. [8]

   This meeting may have been the usual Sunday worship service; however, Swartzell wrote that “the congregation was called together” specifically by JS for a morning meeting, perhaps so that JS could travel to the Forks of Grand River later that day. (Swartzell, Mormonism Exposed, 32; JS, Journal, 12 Aug. 1838.)  

   Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838, Together with an Appendix, Containing the Revelation concerning the Golden Bible, with Numerous Extracts from the ‘Book of Covenants,’ &c., &c. Pekin, OH: By the author, 1840.

9. [9]

   See Discourse, 29 July 1838.  

10. [10]

    Swartzell’s journal has daily entries. Also, his account of JS’s 12 August 1838 discourse states that it was delivered in a meeting held “this morning,” suggesting that Swartzell wrote the entry that day.  

11. [11]

    For more on the reliability of Swartzell’s published journal, see Historical Introduction to Discourse, 29 July 1838.