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JS, Notice, [
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL], 9 July 1842. Featured version published in “Strayed,” Wasp, 9 July 1842, vol. 1, no. 13, [3]. For more complete source information, see the source note for Notice, 28 April 1842.

Historical Introduction
On 9 July 1842, JS published a notice about a lost ox in the Wasp.
Church
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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member
Lenox M. Knight
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had donated the ox as
tithing
A free-will offering of one-tenth of a person’s annual interest or income, given to the church for its use. The Book of Mormon and JS’s revision of the Bible explained that “even our father Abraham paid tithes of one tenth part of all he possessed.” Additionally...
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to support the construction of the
temple
Located in portion of Nauvoo known as the bluff. JS revelation dated Jan. 1841 commanded Saints to build temple and hotel (Nauvoo House). Cornerstone laid, 6 Apr. 1841. Saints volunteered labor, money, and other resources for temple construction. Construction...
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in
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Illinois, but the animal subsequently went missing from the church’s livestock enclosure. This was not an isolated incident for the
recorder’s office
Originally located on first floor of JS’s store in Nauvoo, Dec. 1841. Moved to temple committee’s offices on temple block in Nauvoo, Nov. 1842. Moved to upper rooms of Parley P. Pratt’s store, Nov. 1844. Moved to New York Store one block south of Nauvoo temple...
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or the city in general. The Wasp published similar notices from owners who were seeking missing livestock, including a 21 May notice from JS requesting the return of a stray cow and calf given as tithing.
1
See “Strayed,” Wasp, 21 May 1842, [3]; 28 May 1842, [4]; 4 June 1842, [4]; 11 June 1842, [4]. For other instances of notices about missing livestock, see “Stray Horse,” Wasp, 23 Apr. 1842, [3]; and “Strayed,” Wasp, 4 June 1842, [3].
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The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.

Knight
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donated the ox in response to church leaders’ solicitation of donations for the
temple
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2
Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Times and Seasons, 15 Oct. 1841, 2:568; Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842, 3:767.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Because the majority of Latter-day Saints were cash poor, donations often took the form of goods or labor.
3
On 25 June 1842, Willard Richards, acting as temple recorder, published two notices in the Wasp urging the Saints to fulfill their promises of labor or donated goods for the temple. (See “Notes,” Wasp, 25 June 1842, [3]; and “Meal, Flour, and Provisions of Every Kind,” Wasp, 25 June 1842, [4].)
In December 1841 the church published a call for tithing support, stating, “Now is the time that the trustee is ready to receive your droves.” That public plea specified the need for clothing, beds, animals, and “all kinds of provision for men and beast.”
4
Brigham Young et al., “Baptism for the Dead,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:627, italics in original.
As trustee-in-trust, JS received and oversaw all tithing donations.

Acting as JS’s clerk,
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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apparently wrote the notice either as dictated by JS or on his behalf. The original notice is no longer extant; the notice featured here was published in the 9 July 1842 issue of the Wasp.
Footnotes
[1]
See “Strayed,” Wasp, 21 May 1842, [3]; 28 May 1842, [4]; 4 June 1842, [4]; 11 June 1842, [4]. For other instances of notices about missing livestock, see “Stray Horse,” Wasp, 23 Apr. 1842, [3]; and “Strayed,” Wasp, 4 June 1842, [3].
[2]
Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Times and Seasons, 15 Oct. 1841, 2:568; Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842, 3:767.
[3]
On 25 June 1842, Willard Richards, acting as temple recorder, published two notices in the Wasp urging the Saints to fulfill their promises of labor or donated goods for the temple. (See “Notes,” Wasp, 25 June 1842, [3]; and “Meal, Flour, and Provisions of Every Kind,” Wasp, 25 June 1842, [4].)
[4]
Brigham Young et al., “Baptism for the Dead,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:627, italics in original.
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STRAYED.

From the enclosure of the Trustee in Trust, a large red ox, about 8 years old; the
tithing
A free-will offering of one-tenth of a person’s annual interest or income, given to the church for its use. The Book of Mormon and JS’s revision of the Bible explained that “even our father Abraham paid tithes of one tenth part of all he possessed.” Additionally...
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of Dr.
Lenox M. Knight
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1
Knight was a physician in Putnam County, Indiana. Sometime in 1839, he joined the church and later that year assisted apostles Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball as they journeyed through Indiana on their way to New York City and on to Liverpool. Kimball described Knight as a “verry eminet fasition [physician], a m[an] of great we[al]th.” In December 1840 JS mentioned the recent conversion of several unnamed but prominent individuals, likely including Knight. That same month Knight received an ecclesiastical license from JS after being ordained a high priest. (Weik, Weik’s History of Putnam County, Indiana, 179; Cady, Indiana Annual Register, 136; Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840; Heber C. Kimball, Pleasant Garden, IN, to Vilate Murray Kimball, 24 Oct. 1839, photocopy, Heber C. Kimball, Correspondence, 1837–1864, CHL; Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 Dec. 1840; Far West and Nauvoo Elders’ Certificates, 66.)
Weik, Jesse W. Weik’s History of Putnam County, Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1910.
Cady, C. W. The Indiana Annual Register and Pocket Manual, Revised and Corrected for the Year 1846. . . . Indianapolis: Samuel Turner, 1846.
Kimball, Heber C. Correspondence, 1837–1864. Private possession. Copy at CHL.
any person who will secure and return him to the
recorder’s office
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shall have our thanks, and will add so much to his own interest in the building of the
Temple
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2
Willard Richards had been appointed recorder for the Nauvoo temple on 13 December 1841. His office for recording donations and issuing receipts was located on the ground floor of JS’s store on Water Street in Nauvoo. (Historical Introduction to Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842; “To Whom It May Concern,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; Willard Richards, Nauvoo, IL, to Levi Richards, Preston, England, 7, 9, 15–16, and 25 Mar. 1842, typescript, Richards Family Papers, CHL.)
Richards Family Papers, 1809–1937. BYU.

JOSEPH SMITH, Trustee.

W[illiam] Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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, Clerk.

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[1]
Knight was a physician in Putnam County, Indiana. Sometime in 1839, he joined the church and later that year assisted apostles Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball as they journeyed through Indiana on their way to New York City and on to Liverpool. Kimball described Knight as a “verry eminet fasition [physician], a m[an] of great we[al]th.” In December 1840 JS mentioned the recent conversion of several unnamed but prominent individuals, likely including Knight. That same month Knight received an ecclesiastical license from JS after being ordained a high priest. (Weik, Weik’s History of Putnam County, Indiana, 179; Cady, Indiana Annual Register, 136; Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840; Heber C. Kimball, Pleasant Garden, IN, to Vilate Murray Kimball, 24 Oct. 1839, photocopy, Heber C. Kimball, Correspondence, 1837–1864, CHL; Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 Dec. 1840; Far West and Nauvoo Elders’ Certificates, 66.)
Weik, Jesse W. Weik’s History of Putnam County, Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1910.
Cady, C. W. The Indiana Annual Register and Pocket Manual, Revised and Corrected for the Year 1846. . . . Indianapolis: Samuel Turner, 1846.
Kimball, Heber C. Correspondence, 1837–1864. Private possession. Copy at CHL.
[2]
Willard Richards had been appointed recorder for the Nauvoo temple on 13 December 1841. His office for recording donations and issuing receipts was located on the ground floor of JS’s store on Water Street in Nauvoo. (Historical Introduction to Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842; “To Whom It May Concern,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; Willard Richards, Nauvoo, IL, to Levi Richards, Preston, England, 7, 9, 15–16, and 25 Mar. 1842, typescript, Richards Family Papers, CHL.)
Richards Family Papers, 1809–1937. BYU.