Footnotes

1. [1]

   See Historical Introduction to Agreement with Jacob Stollings, 12 Apr. 1839; Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde, Richmond, MO, to Lewis Abbott and Ann Marsh Abbott, Far West, MO, 25–30 Oct. 1838, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 18. For information on accusations of robbery in Illinois, see Affidavit, 29 Nov. 1841; News Item, Warsaw (IL) Signal, 15 Dec. 1841, [2]; “Mormon Excitement,” Warsaw Signal, 24 Nov. 1841, [2]; Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 278–282, 337; and Smith, History of Illinois and Her People, 2:274, 280.  

   Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.

   Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

   Smith, George W. History of Illinois and Her People. 6 vols. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1927.

2. [2]

   Anti-Mormon Almanac, for 1842, title page; “Anti-Mormon Almanac,” Times and Seasons, 16 Aug. 1841, 2:513–514; see also Affidavit, 29 Nov. 1841; David W. Kilbourne and Edward Kilbourne, “Latter-Day-Ism, Number One,” Warsaw (IL) Signal, 6 Oct. 1841, [2]–[3]; News Item, Radical (Bowling Green, MO), 6 Nov. 1841, [1]; and “The Mormons,” New-York Tribune, 7 Dec. 1841, [3].  

   Anti-Mormon Almanac, for 1842: Containing, Besides the Usual Astronomical Calculations, a Variety of Interesting and Important Facts, Showing the Treasonable Tendency . . . . New York: no publisher, [1841].

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

   Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.

   Radical. Bowling Green, MO. 1841–1845.

   New-York Tribune. New York City. 1841–1842.

3. [3]

   Affidavit, 29 Nov. 1841. A statement issued by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles made it clear that any members of the church acting with the “gangs of robbers up and down” the Mississippi River would be “cut off from the church, and handed over to the law.” Hyrum Smith also swore an affidavit disavowing theft. The affidavit was created in response to reports he had received that professed members of the church were alleging that “the First Presidency, and others in authority and high standing in said church, do sanction and approbate the members of said church in stealing property from those persons who do not belong to said church.” (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Statement, Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1841, 3:617; “Hyrum Smith’s Affidavit,” Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1841, 3:615.)  

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

4. [4]

   Nauvoo Legion, Hancock Co., Illinois State Militia Commission Records, 1834–1855, vol. 17, p. 41, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; Thomas Carlin, Commission to Joseph Holbrook, certified 6 Oct. 1841, in Holbrook, Autobiography and Journal, inserted between pp. 60–61.  

   Illinois State Militia Commission Records, 1834–1855. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

   Holbrook, Joseph. Autobiography and Journal, not before 1871. Photocopy. CHL. MS 5004. Original in private possession.

5. [5]

   Holbrook, Autobiography and Journal, 61.  

   Holbrook, Joseph. Autobiography and Journal, not before 1871. Photocopy. CHL. MS 5004. Original in private possession.

6. [6]

   Proceedings of the Ramus meeting were published in the Times and Seasons. (Minutes, Ramus, IL, 18 Nov. 1841, in Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1841, 3:616; see also Macedonia Branch, Record, 18 Nov. 1841.)  

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

   Macedonia Branch, Record / “A Record of the Chur[c]h of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Macedonia (Also Called Ramus),” 1839–1850. CHL. LR 11808 21.

7. [7]

   Proclamation, 15 Jan. 1841.