Footnotes
“Obituary of Leo Hawkins,” Millennial Star, 30 July 1859, 21:496–497.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [3], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
Historical Introduction to Recommendation for Heber C. Kimball, between 2 and 13 June 1837.
“Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, pp. 1–3, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 11 and 23 May 1843; and “Editorial,” Millennial Star, Oct. 1843, 4:94.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
“Extract from Elder Hiram Clark’s Journal, and Address to the Saints in the British Islands,” Millennial Star, Feb. 1844, 4:147–148; Church of England, Parish Church of Ludlow, Shropshire, England, Bishop’s Transcripts, 1661–1853, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1754–1817, microfilm 1,593,872, British Isles Record Collection, FHL; Masthead, Millennial Star, Jan. 1844, 4:144; Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843; “Ward, Thomas,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:320.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
British Isles Record Collection. FHL.
Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.
Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843. Hedlock departed New York City aboard the Columbus and arrived in Liverpool on 30 September 1843.
“Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, p. 3, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 23 May 1843.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 23 May 1843; see also Letter from Thomas Ward and Hiram Clark, 3 Oct. 1843; and Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 4 Oct. 1843.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.
Kay was baptized in England in August 1837. Before emigrating to Nauvoo, he served a mission in his home country and presided over the Herefordshire conference. (“Kay, William, jun.,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:549; “Manchester Conference,” Millennial Star, Feb. 1843, 3:175.)
Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Reuben Hedlock, Liverpool, England, to Brigham Young and Willard Richards, [Nauvoo, IL], 1 and 9 Feb. 1844, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; William Kay, New Orleans, LA, to Reuben Hedlock et al., Liverpool, England, 9 Mar. 1844, in Millennial Star, Apr. 1844, 4:202.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
William Kay, New Orleans, LA, to Reuben Hedlock et al., Liverpool, England, 9 Mar. 1844, in Millennial Star, Apr. 1844, 4:202; JS, Journal, 13 Apr. 1844. Passengers aboard the Maid of Iowa experienced significant delays because the shaft of the waterwheel broke three times due to the vessel being overloaded. (James Jones, “near Nauvoo,” Hancock Co., IL, to Henry Jones, [England], 10 June 1844, typescript, Henry Jones, Correspondence, CHL.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Jones, Henry. Correspondence, 1844–1895. CHL.
Brigham Young and Willard Richards, Nauvoo, IL, to Reuben Hedlock, Liverpool, England, 3 May 1844, draft, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.
Possibly the same temperance hall mentioned earlier.
See Daniel 2:44.
According to the minutes of a Council of Fifty meeting held on 11 April 1845, an English church member named Benson, who was “one of the London Police,” had foiled “an attempt to break up the church in London.” This incident was probably the same situation described by Hedlock here. If so, the Elder Benson in question may have been William Benson, a church member living in London who was baptized in 1842. Records show that a William or Willmer Benson belonged to the London police between 1839 and 1845. (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Apr. 1845; London Conference, British Mission, Record of Members, 1–2; Alphabetical Registers of Joiners, vol. 2, p. 40.)
London Conference, British Mission. Record of Members, 1841–1851. CHL.
Alphabetical Registers of Joiners, 1830–1842. Metropolitan Police, Office of the Commissioner, Miscellaneous Books and Papers, 1818–1987. Records of the Office of the Commissioner and Successors, 1803–1998. Records of the Metropolitan Police Office, 1803–2012. National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
Transportation was a form of punishment in which the convict was sent away to a British colony such as Australia. (Johnson’s Universal Cyclopaedia, 8:241.)
Johnson’s Universal Cyclopaedia. Edited by Charles Kendall Adams. New ed. 8 vols. New York: D. Appleton and A. J. Johnson, 1893–1895.
“Words of wisdom” is apparently a reference to the Word of Wisdom, a name given to the 1833 revelation regarding physical health and dietary restrictions. This health code, which prescribed abstinence from alcohol, certain “hot” beverages, and tobacco, was at the time not strictly enforced by the church in the United States. In the January 1844 issue of the Millennial Star, Hedlock reiterated the importance of the Word of Wisdom and warned British Latter-day Saints of “some very unwise teachings on this subject in this country.” (Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89:1–9]; “Extract from Elder Hedlock’s Journal,” Millennial Star, Jan. 1844, 4:132–133; see also Allen et al., Men with a Mission, 47.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Allen, James B., Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker. Men with a Mission, 1837–1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.
When the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ordained Hedlock to preside over the British mission, Parley P. Pratt blessed him with “power to gather the rich, the great, and the noble.” (“Extracts from the Record of the Twelve, for the Use and Benefit of Elder Reuben Hedlock, and through Him to the Parties Concerned,” ca. 28 June 1843, p. 2, copy, Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL; see also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 23 May 1844.)
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.