Footnotes

1. [1]

   In this letter, Edward Hobart spelled his brother’s surname “Hobart” and his own “Hobard.” In the brothers’ birth records, both surnames are spelled “Hobart.” That same spelling is used on Edward’s death certificate. Accordingly, “Hobart” is the spelling used throughout the annotation of this letter. (Leicester, MA, Vital Records, 1706–1905, pp. 52, 60, microfilm 721,192; Death Certificate for Edward Hobart, 16 Mar. 1892, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, certificate 20748, Philadelphia, PA, Registration of Deaths, 1803–1903, microfilm 1,889,224, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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   Leicester, MA, Vital Records, 1706–1905, pp. 52, 60, microfilm 721,192, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Edward Hobart had apparently been a partner in two mercantile firms, one in Massachusetts and the other in Pennsylvania. (“United States Court. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In Bankruptcy,” Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette [Philadelphia], 17 Oct. 1842, [4].)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

   Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette. Philadelphia. 1842–1859.

3. [3]

   Kirtland Elders Quorum, “Record,” 11 Nov. 1840.

   Kirtland Elders Quorum. “A Record of the First Quorurum of Elders Belonging to the Church of Christ: In Kirtland Geauga Co. Ohio,” 1836–1838, 1840–1841. CCLA.

4. [4]

   The date of Otis Hobart’s move is unclear. He was apparently still in Kirtland on 3 January 1842. (Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 Jan. 1842.)

5. [5]

   Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 Feb. 1844–A; Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 Feb. 1844–B; Pinery Accounts, Apr.–Dec. 1842, Nauvoo House Association, Records, CHL. Two 15 February 1842 letters from church leaders in Wisconsin Territory to JS in Nauvoo were written in Hobart’s handwriting, indicating that he was in Wisconsin Territory at that time. The first companies of Latter-day Saint lumberjacks moved to Wisconsin Territory in fall 1841. Hobart does not appear in the pinery daybooks for 1842, which suggests that he arrived in Wisconsin Territory sometime after 1842. (See Rowley, “Mormon Experience in the Wisconsin Pineries,” 121.)

   Nauvoo House Association. Records, 1841–1846. CHL. MS 2375.

   Rowley, Dennis. “The Mormon Experience in the Wisconsin Pineries, 1841–1845.” BYU Studies 32, nos. 1 and 2 (1992): 119–148.

6. [6]

   Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 Feb. 1844–A; Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 Feb. 1844–B.

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   Nauvoo Ninth Ward High Priests Quorum, Minutes, [14]; Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 65.

   Nauvoo Ninth Ward. High Priests Minutes, Nov. 1844–Feb. 1845. CHL. LR 3501 21.

   Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

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   Nauvoo Ninth Ward High Priests Quorum, Minutes, [14]; JS, Journal, 14 Jan. 1836; Geauga Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1806–1920, vol. C, p. 142, microfilm 873,461, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

   Nauvoo Ninth Ward. High Priests Minutes, Nov. 1844–Feb. 1845. CHL. LR 3501 21.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

9. [9]

   Nauvoo Ninth Ward High Priests Quorum, Minutes, [14].

   Nauvoo Ninth Ward. High Priests Minutes, Nov. 1844–Feb. 1845. CHL. LR 3501 21.

10. [10]

    According to census records, by 1850 Carrico was living in Galena, Illinois, and was still employed as a shoemaker. (1850 U.S. Census, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL, 250[B].)

    Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

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    Mail from Philadelphia typically arrived in Nauvoo within three weeks. (See Historical Introduction to Letter from Peter Hess, 16 Feb. 1843.)