Footnotes
Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Bitton and Arrington, Mormons and Their Historians, 48–52, 55.
Bitton, David, and Leonard J. Arrington. Mormons and Their Historians. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1988.
“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
Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. M, pp. 9–10, 24 July 1843, microfilm 954,598, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. The property in question was the northeast quarter of section 33 in Township 7 North, Range 8 West. Although the deed from Moore suggested the land was a gift, JS paid him $300 and gave him a promissory note for $420 on 24 July 1843. JS was still trying to settle his account with Moore in May 1844. (Clayton, Journal, 13 June 1843; 24 July 1843; 1–2 May 1844; JS to Joshua Moore, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, 2 May 1844, photocopy, CHL.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Trustees Land Book B, 22 June 1843, 20; Clayton, Journal, 12–13 June and 11 July 1843; JS to Abraham Hoagland, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, 11 July 1843, JS Collection, CHL.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 31 July and 3 Aug. 1843; Trustees Land Book B, 3 Aug. 1843, 21.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 16 Mar. 1844; JS to Alfred Randall, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, 16 Mar. 1844; JS to James Davis, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, 16 Mar. 1844–A; JS to James Davis, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, 16 Mar. 1844–B, JS Collection, CHL. The promissory note to Randall specified that he would be paid $98.25 “payable in Brick, neat stock or such other property as the Trustee can pay and will suit said Randle.” Davis received two promissory notes from JS. One committed JS to pay $125 “payable in Brick, neat stock or other property,” while the other required that he pay Davis $25 in cash “between this date and next fall.”
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
The third addressee was a Brother Clark. William Clayton’s journal makes no mention of a Clark being involved in the 16 March settlement for the northeast quarter of section 33, and no promissory note to such a person has been located, suggesting that Clark may not have agreed to JS’s offer. The letter’s fourth recipient cannot be identified because a tear in the paper has removed the last name. Although the abbreviation for William is clearly visible before the tear, Clayton recorded making a settlement on 16 March with a John Gribble regarding his share in the northeast quarter of section 33. There is also a pay order from that same day requesting Abraham Hoagland to pay John Gribble $200. One potential explanation is that the letter could have mistakenly been addressed to William Gribble, who also lived in Nauvoo. (Clayton, Journal, 16 Mar. 1844; JS to Abraham Hoagland for John Gribble, Pay Order, Nauvoo, IL, 16 Mar. 1844, JS Collection [Supplement], CHL; Nauvoo Second Ward Census, [26]; Nauvoo Fourth Ward Census, [25], Nauvoo Stake, Ward Census, 1842, CHL.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Nauvoo Stake. Ward Census, 1842. CHL.
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A tax title was a title to land based on a sale of the property to pay delinquent taxes. (See An Act Supplemental to an Act, Entitled “An Act to Provide for Raising a Revenue,” [19 Jan. 1829], Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois [1828–1829], p. 123, sec. 11.)
The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois, Enacted at the Fifth General Assembly, at Their Session Held at Vandalia, Commencing on the Fourth Day of December, 1826, and Ending the Nineteenth of February, 1827. Vandalia, IL: Robert Blackwell, 1827.