Footnotes
JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841 and 21 Dec. 1842; Orson Spencer, “Death of Our Beloved Brother Willard Richards,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Mar. 1854, [2].
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
See Historical Introduction to Council of Fifty, “Record.”
Letter of Transfer, Salt Lake City, UT, 15 Nov. 2010, CHL; Almon Babbitt, Macedonia, IL, to JS et al., Nauvoo, IL, 5 May 1844, Council of Fifty, Papers, 1845–1883, CHL.
Letter of Transfer, Salt Lake City, UT, 15 Nov. 2010. CHL.
Council of Fifty. Papers, 1844–1885. CHL.
Footnotes
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 26 Mar. 1844; 4–5, 18, and 25 Apr. 1844; 3 May 1844; Letter from Almon Babbitt, 10 Apr. 1844. Babbitt was present at the meetings held on 4 and 5 April but was absent from council meetings on 11 April. William Clayton did not mention Babbitt in the records he took of the meetings held on 18 and 25 April; Babbitt likely attended those meetings, as there is no evidence that he notified the council that he would be absent. Babbitt missed the next meeting, which JS called on short notice on 3 May 1844 after the recent returns of Lyman Wight from Wisconsin Territory and Lucien Woodworth from his mission to the Republic of Texas to negotiate a possible Latter-day settlement there. (See JS, Journal, 1–3 May 1844.)
JS’s journal records that a letter was sent to John Smith to notify him of the next meeting. (JS, Journal, 3 May 1844.)
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 6 May 1844. No action was taken on this item until the council convened in the afternoon.
Babbitt did not go to France but remained in the Nauvoo area providing legal counsel to JS and serving as a liaison between the church and government officials. (See JS, Journal, 25–27 May 1844; 4 and 22 June 1844.)
See Historical Introduction to Council of Fifty, “Record”; and Council of Fifty, “Record,” 4 Feb. 1845; 1, 11, and 18 Mar. 1845.