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.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [4], 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
Philander Avery, Testimony, [Clark Co., MO], 13 Nov. 1843, State of Missouri v. Philander Avery (Clark Co. Cir. Ct. 1843), Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse, Kahoka, MO; Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman and Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 Dec. 1843; Philander Avery, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 20 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL; Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 Dec. 1843; William W. Phelps, Nauvoo, IL, to J. White, Waterloo, MO, 21 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL.
Clark County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Clark County Courthouse. Kahoka, MO.
William W. Phelps, Nauvoo, IL, to J. White, Waterloo, MO, 21 Dec. 1843, copy, JS Office Papers, CHL; see also J. White, Waterloo, MO, to Jesse D. Hunter, Montrose, Iowa Territory, 10 Dec. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL.
See Historical Introduction to Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843; and “Joseph Smith Documents from March through July 1843.”
See Ordinance, 12 Dec. 1843–A; Ordinance, 8 Dec. 1843; “Nauvoo City Council,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 27 Dec. 1843, [2]; “Meeting of Citizens at Carthage,” Warsaw (IL) Message, Extra, 17 Jan. 1844, [2]; and “The Mormons and Their Prophet—Legislation at Nauvoo—The Temple,” New-York Daily Tribune (New York City), 27 Jan. 1844, [1].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Warsaw Message. Warsaw, IL. 1843–1844.
New-York Daily Tribune. New York City. 1841–1924.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1843; Willard Richards, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Dec. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL; Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 Dec. 1843–B; Oaks and Hill, Carthage Conspiracy, 58.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.
Thomas Ford, Letter, Springfield, IL, 29 Jan. 1844, Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954, Chicago History Museum.
Manuscripts about Mormons at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, ca. 1832–1954. Microfilm. Chicago Historical Society.
On 6 December 1843, Chapman made an affidavit about the kidnappings of Daniel and Philander Avery, saying he believed both men were being held in the Monticello jail in Lewis County, Missouri. JS enclosed Chapman’s affidavit in his 6 December letter to Ford. (Affidavit from Dellmore Chapman and Letter to Thomas Ford, 6 Dec. 1843.)
In his 12 December letter, Ford told JS, “If any of the people of Nauvoo should invade Missouri for the purpose of rescuing persons there in jail, the consequence would be that indictments would be presented against them and demands made upon me for their arrest and Surrender.” (Letter from Thomas Ford, 12 Dec. 1843.)
On 18 December 1843, word reached Nauvoo that Williams was amassing a force near Warsaw. (See JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1843; and Willard Richards, Affidavit, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Dec. 1843, JS Office Papers, CHL.)