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Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]

Source Note

Revelation,
Clay Co.

Settled ca. 1800. Organized from Ray Co., 1822. Original size diminished when land was taken to create several surrounding counties. Liberty designated county seat, 1822. Population in 1830 about 5,000; in 1836 about 8,500; and in 1840 about 8,300. Refuge...

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, MO, 22 June 1834. Featured version copied [between ca. 23 June 1834 and 5 July 1835] in Revelation Book 1, pp. 199–[201]; handwriting of
John Whitmer

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

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; CHL. Includes redactions. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation Book 1.

Historical Introduction

JS dictated this 22 June 1834 revelation at the campsite of the
Camp of Israel

A group of approximately 205 men and about 20 women and children led by JS to Missouri, May–July 1834, to redeem Zion by helping the Saints who had been driven from Jackson County, Missouri, regain their lands; later referred to as “Zion’s Camp.” A 24 February...

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on the property of John Cooper, a church member who lived about four miles north of
Fishing River

Consists of two forks, Big Fishing River and Little Fishing River, which conjoin near Excelsior Springs, Missouri. River then flows southeasterly through Clay and Ray counties. River provided water power for Clay County. Early settlers in area lived along...

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in Clay County, Missouri.
1

Holbrook, Reminiscences, 37–38; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” LDS Millennial Star, 12 Aug. 1865, 27:502.


Comprehensive Works Cited

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

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

The revelation told members of the Camp of Israel that for the present they were no longer required to redeem
Zion

A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...

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by restoring church members to their
Jackson County

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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, Missouri, lands. By 22 June, it had become apparent that church members would not be able to enter Jackson County without bloodshed, particularly since Governor
Daniel Dunklin

14 Jan. 1790–25 July 1844. Farmer, tavern owner, businessman, investor, lawyer, politician. Born near Greenville, Greenville District, South Carolina. Son of Joseph Dunklin Jr. and Sarah Margaret Sullivan. Moved to what became Caldwell Co., Kentucky, 1806...

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seemed reluctant to call out the militia to escort them into the county.
2

For more information about Dunklin’s attitude toward calling out the militia, see Historical Introduction to Declaration, 21 June 1834.


One resident of Lexington County, Missouri, reported on 20 June, “Should they cross the river” into Jackson County, “there will be a battle, and probably much blood shed.”
3

“The Mormon Controversy,” Daily National Intelligencer (Washington DC), 23 July 1834, [3].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Daily National Intelligencer. Washington DC. 1800–1869.

Even with
Dunklin

14 Jan. 1790–25 July 1844. Farmer, tavern owner, businessman, investor, lawyer, politician. Born near Greenville, Greenville District, South Carolina. Son of Joseph Dunklin Jr. and Sarah Margaret Sullivan. Moved to what became Caldwell Co., Kentucky, 1806...

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unwilling to call out the militia, JS still seemed determined to have the camp press on.
Charles C. Rich

21 Aug. 1809–17 Nov. 1883. Schoolteacher, farmer, cooper. Born in Campbell Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Rich and Nancy O’Neal. Moved to Posey Township, Dearborn Co., Indiana, ca. 1810. Moved to Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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recorded in his journal that a council was held once news of Dunklin’s reluctance was received, and it was “decided that we should go on armed and equiped.”
4

Rich, Diary, 14 June 1834.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Rich, Charles C. Journals, 1833–1862. Charles C. Rich Collection, 1832–1908. CHL. MS 889, box 1.

However, on 21 June,
Cornelius Gilliam

13 Apr. 1798–24 Mar. 1848. Politician, military officer. Born near Mount Pisgah, Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Son of Epaphroditus Gilliam and Sarah Ann Israel. Moved to Missouri, before 1820. Married Mary Crawford, 1820/1821, in Ray Co. (later in Clay Co...

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, sheriff of
Clay County

Settled ca. 1800. Organized from Ray Co., 1822. Original size diminished when land was taken to create several surrounding counties. Liberty designated county seat, 1822. Population in 1830 about 5,000; in 1836 about 8,500; and in 1840 about 8,300. Refuge...

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, along with a delegation of men from Clay and
Ray counties

Located in northwestern Missouri. Area settled, 1815. Created from Howard Co., 1820. Initially included all state land north of Missouri River and west of Grand River. Population in 1830 about 2,700; in 1836 about 6,600; and in 1840 about 6,600. Latter-day...

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, conversed with JS and members of the camp, informing them of the great alarm the expedition had caused among many western
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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residents. To help alleviate the tense situation, JS and others signed a statement on 21 June, indicating that the camp did not intend “to commence hostilities against any man or boddy of men” and that they were willing to work toward a peaceful solution to the issues, even offering a proposal that church members purchase the land of those not willing to live in
Jackson County

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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if the Saints returned.
5

Declaration, 21 June 1834.


The following day, JS held a council “to determine what steps” the camp should take.
6

Cahoon, Autobiography, 43; Woodruff, Journal, May 1834. Edward Partridge later remembered that “after the arrival of the brethren from the east, a council was held” in which it was decided “that it would not be wisdom to ask the Governor” to call out a militia escort for the Saints. That council may have been this one on 22 June, or it could have been another council that John Whitmer attended on 21 June before meeting up with the Camp of Israel on 22 June. (“A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Feb. 1840, 1:50; Whitmer, Daybook, 21 and 22 June 1834.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

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

Whitmer, John. Daybook, 1832–1878. CHL. MS 1159.

During the council, he dictated this revelation, which, according to camp participant
Joseph Holbrook

16 Jan. 1806–14 Nov. 1885. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, miner, clerk, policeman, probate judge. Born at Florence, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Moses Holbrook and Hannah Lucretia Morton. Moved to Worcester Co., Massachusetts, June 1813. Married first Nancy ...

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, “show[ed] the mind of God concerning the redemption of Zion.”
7

Holbrook, Reminiscences, 38.


Comprehensive Works Cited

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

According to the revelation, the Lord did not require the camp to redeem Zion through military force at that time. The revelation stated that before Zion could be redeemed, the church’s
elders

A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...

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needed to obtain an “endowment of power” in the
House of the Lord

JS revelation, dated Jan. 1831, directed Latter-day Saints to migrate to Ohio, where they would “be endowed with power from on high.” In Dec. 1832, JS revelation directed Saints to “establish . . . an house of God.” JS revelation, dated 1 June 1833, chastened...

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that was being constructed in
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Ohio. The revelation also declared that Zion could have been redeemed had church members living outside of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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been willing to provide financial support to the Camp of Israel expedition.
8

JS and others spent a good portion of February, March, and April trying to raise money and recruit participants for the Camp of Israel. Accounts of the expedition indicate that church members contributed only a little over $330, necessitating camp members to donate nearly $1,700 of their own money for the expedition’s expenses. And while a February 1834 revelation had instructed JS and others to try to recruit as many as 500 men for the expedition, only 205 actually went. (Account with the Church of Christ, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834; Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:30]; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 11; see also Historical Introduction to Minutes, 17 Mar. 1834.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

The revelation went on to reiterate directions given in previous revelations that Saints outside of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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were to purchase lands in
Jackson County

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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and the surrounding areas and gather to those locations.
9

Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:67–74]; Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:23].


At some point, the revelation intimated, the armies of Israel might be great enough for the Saints to reclaim their lost Jackson County lands, but until then, they should live humbly and peacefully with their neighbors. The revelation also stated that the Lord accepted the offering of those who had participated in the camp. Some camp participants later remembered the revelation indicating that their offering was like the biblical patriarch Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, but that comparison is not in the revelation, suggesting that perhaps JS made that declaration to the camp independently.
10

See, for example, McBride, Reminiscence, 6; Hancock, Autobiography, 147; and Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 18.


Comprehensive Works Cited

McBride, Reuben, Sr. Reminiscence, no date. CHL. MS 8197.

Hancock, Levi Ward. Autobiography, 1803–1836. New Mormon Studies CD-ROM: A Comprehensive Resource Library, 2009. CHL.

Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

After camp members heard the revelation, some accepted it as “the word of the lord” and “rejoiced.”
11

Noble and Noble, Reminiscences, [8].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

Nathan Baldwin

27 Jan. 1812–1 Nov. 1891. Born in Augusta, Grenville Co., Upper Canada. Farmer. Son of Aaron M. Baldwin and Julia Bishop. Moved to Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties, New York. Moved to Chautauque Co., New York, Oct. 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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, for example, recalled that the revelation “was the most acceptable to me of anything I had ever heard before, the gospel being the exception.”
12

Baldwin, Account of Zion’s Camp, 14.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Baldwin, Nathan Bennett. Account of Zion’s Camp, 1882. Typescript. CHL. MS 499.

Others were not so enthusiastic. According to
William Cahoon

7 Nov. 1813–6 Apr. 1893. Shoemaker, carpenter, joiner. Born at Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thirza Stiles. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt, 16 Oct. 1830, at Kirtland, Geauga Co....

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, “Many in the camp murmured because we were not permited at this time to restore our Brethren & Sisters to their Homes and defend them there at all hazards.”
13

Cahoon, Autobiography, 43.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

George A. Smith

26 June 1817–1 Sept. 1875. Born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield, 10 Sept. 1832, at Potsdam. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio,...

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remembered that “several of the brethren apostatized because they were not going to have the privilege of fighting.”
14

George A. Smith, Autobiography, 38.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, George A. Autobiography, ca. 1860–1882. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 2.

Nathan Tanner

14 May 1815–17 Dec. 1910. Farmer, freighter, justice of the peace. Born in New York. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10 Sept. 1831. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Ordained an elder, by 2 Apr. 1836. ...

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also recalled that some declared “they had rether die than to return with out a fite” and then “gave vent to their Rath on a patch of Pawpaw brush” some distance from the camp, mowing it “down like grass.”
15

Tanner, Address, [13].


Comprehensive Works Cited

Tanner, Nathan. Address, no date. CHL. MS 2815.

Regardless of these attitudes, the revelation, coupled with the visit from
Gilliam

13 Apr. 1798–24 Mar. 1848. Politician, military officer. Born near Mount Pisgah, Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Son of Epaphroditus Gilliam and Sarah Ann Israel. Moved to Missouri, before 1820. Married Mary Crawford, 1820/1821, in Ray Co. (later in Clay Co...

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’s delegation, apparently convinced JS to disband the camp, a process that began shortly thereafter. The dispersal was hastened by an outbreak of cholera, which some camp members interpreted as punishment from God for their rebellious attitudes. Expedition leaders gave official discharges to camp members in early July.
16

Cahoon, Autobiography, 43; Burgess, Autobiography, 2–3; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 18. According to Heber C. Kimball, several members of the camp exhibited cholera symptoms on 21 June, before the revelation was given, but other accounts indicate that cholera did not break out on a large scale until later. Camp members who died from cholera were John S. Carter, Albert Fisk, Seth Hitchcock, Warren Ingalls, Edward Ives, Noah Johnson, Jesse B. Lawson, Robert McCord, Betsy Parrish, Erastus Rudd, Jesse J. Smith, Elial Strong, and Eber Wilcox. Two other church members living in Missouri died as well: Sidney Gilbert and Phebe Murdock, who was a daughter of John and Julia Clapp Murdock living with the Gilberts. (Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 15; Burgess, Autobiography, 3; McBride, Reminiscence, 7; Parkin, “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication,” 4–5.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.

Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

McBride, Reuben, Sr. Reminiscence, no date. CHL. MS 8197.

Parkin, Max H. “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 15 (Fall 1997): 4–5.

The original inscription of this revelation is not extant.
Frederick G. Williams

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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, who had already served during the expedition as JS’s scribe for a letter to
Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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,
17

Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834.


may have been the original scribe of the revelation.
John Whitmer

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

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, who arrived at the campsite on 22 June, apparently received a copy of the revelation at that time and may have recorded it in Revelation Book 1 as early as 23 June.
18

Whitmer, Daybook, 22 and 23 June 1834.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Whitmer, John. Daybook, 1832–1878. CHL. MS 1159.

Other
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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church leaders, including
William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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and
John Corrill

17 Sept. 1794–26 Sept. 1842. Surveyor, politician, author. Born at Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Married Margaret Lyndiff, ca. 1830. Lived at Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10 Jan. 1831,...

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, made copies as well, though likely after Whitmer.
19

Both Phelps’s and Corrill’s copies are in Revelations Collection, CHL. Phelps also copied the revelation into a journal that he began in 1835. (Phelps, Diary and Notebook, 4–17 [second numbering].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Phelps, William W. Diary and Notebook, ca. 1835–1836, 1843, 1864. CHL. MS 3450.

Oliver Cowdery

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

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also made a copy of the revelation in Revelation Book 2 sometime after JS and others had returned to
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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.
20

Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, pp. 97–100 [D&C 105].


The revelation’s contents were apparently not broadcast widely,
21

Eber D. Howe, a vocal critic of JS in 1834, was aware of the revelation but discussed it in generalities. The one quotation that he implied came from the revelation is not actually found in it, suggesting that Howe did not have a copy. (Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 162.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

probably because of its declaration that once the Saints had assembled a large army, they would be justified in reclaiming their
Jackson County

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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lands and “throw[i]ng down the tower” of their enemies. The revelation was not included in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, and when it was first published in the 1844 edition, pseudonyms were used to refer to JS and the elders.
22

Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102, 1844 ed. [D&C 105].


However, the Saints who knew of the revelation acted quickly on some of its directions, including holding a meeting on 23 June to select those elders who would receive an endowment of power. In early July 1834, they also prepared an appeal for peace that was then published in the August 1834 issue of The Evening and the Morning Star.
23

Minutes, 23 June 1834; “An Appeal,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 183–184. According to a later JS history, a council held in Missouri on 7 July 1834 sanctioned the appeal, although the extant minutes of the meeting do not mention this. (JS History, vol. A-1, 514; Minutes and Discourse, ca. 7 July 1834.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Holbrook, Reminiscences, 37–38; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” LDS Millennial Star, 12 Aug. 1865, 27:502.

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

    Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

  2. [2]

    For more information about Dunklin’s attitude toward calling out the militia, see Historical Introduction to Declaration, 21 June 1834.

  3. [3]

    “The Mormon Controversy,” Daily National Intelligencer (Washington DC), 23 July 1834, [3].

    Daily National Intelligencer. Washington DC. 1800–1869.

  4. [4]

    Rich, Diary, 14 June 1834.

    Rich, Charles C. Journals, 1833–1862. Charles C. Rich Collection, 1832–1908. CHL. MS 889, box 1.

  5. [5]

    Declaration, 21 June 1834.

  6. [6]

    Cahoon, Autobiography, 43; Woodruff, Journal, May 1834. Edward Partridge later remembered that “after the arrival of the brethren from the east, a council was held” in which it was decided “that it would not be wisdom to ask the Governor” to call out a militia escort for the Saints. That council may have been this one on 22 June, or it could have been another council that John Whitmer attended on 21 June before meeting up with the Camp of Israel on 22 June. (“A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, Feb. 1840, 1:50; Whitmer, Daybook, 21 and 22 June 1834.)

    Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

    Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

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

    Whitmer, John. Daybook, 1832–1878. CHL. MS 1159.

  7. [7]

    Holbrook, Reminiscences, 38.

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

  8. [8]

    JS and others spent a good portion of February, March, and April trying to raise money and recruit participants for the Camp of Israel. Accounts of the expedition indicate that church members contributed only a little over $330, necessitating camp members to donate nearly $1,700 of their own money for the expedition’s expenses. And while a February 1834 revelation had instructed JS and others to try to recruit as many as 500 men for the expedition, only 205 actually went. (Account with the Church of Christ, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834; Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:30]; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 11; see also Historical Introduction to Minutes, 17 Mar. 1834.)

    Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

  9. [9]

    Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:67–74]; Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:23].

  10. [10]

    See, for example, McBride, Reminiscence, 6; Hancock, Autobiography, 147; and Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 18.

    McBride, Reuben, Sr. Reminiscence, no date. CHL. MS 8197.

    Hancock, Levi Ward. Autobiography, 1803–1836. New Mormon Studies CD-ROM: A Comprehensive Resource Library, 2009. CHL.

    Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

  11. [11]

    Noble and Noble, Reminiscences, [8].

    Noble, Joseph B., and Mary Adeline Beman Noble. Reminiscences, ca. 1836. CHL. MS 1031, fd. 1.

  12. [12]

    Baldwin, Account of Zion’s Camp, 14.

    Baldwin, Nathan Bennett. Account of Zion’s Camp, 1882. Typescript. CHL. MS 499.

  13. [13]

    Cahoon, Autobiography, 43.

    Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

  14. [14]

    George A. Smith, Autobiography, 38.

    Smith, George A. Autobiography, ca. 1860–1882. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 2.

  15. [15]

    Tanner, Address, [13].

    Tanner, Nathan. Address, no date. CHL. MS 2815.

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    Cahoon, Autobiography, 43; Burgess, Autobiography, 2–3; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 18. According to Heber C. Kimball, several members of the camp exhibited cholera symptoms on 21 June, before the revelation was given, but other accounts indicate that cholera did not break out on a large scale until later. Camp members who died from cholera were John S. Carter, Albert Fisk, Seth Hitchcock, Warren Ingalls, Edward Ives, Noah Johnson, Jesse B. Lawson, Robert McCord, Betsy Parrish, Erastus Rudd, Jesse J. Smith, Elial Strong, and Eber Wilcox. Two other church members living in Missouri died as well: Sidney Gilbert and Phebe Murdock, who was a daughter of John and Julia Clapp Murdock living with the Gilberts. (Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 15; Burgess, Autobiography, 3; McBride, Reminiscence, 7; Parkin, “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication,” 4–5.)

    Cahoon, William F. Autobiography, 1878. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8433.

    Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.

    Kimball, Heber C. “The Journal and Record of Heber Chase Kimball an Apostle of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” ca. 1842–1858. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 1.

    McBride, Reuben, Sr. Reminiscence, no date. CHL. MS 8197.

    Parkin, Max H. “Zion’s Camp Cholera Victims Monument Dedication.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 15 (Fall 1997): 4–5.

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    Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834.

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    Whitmer, Daybook, 22 and 23 June 1834.

    Whitmer, John. Daybook, 1832–1878. CHL. MS 1159.

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    Both Phelps’s and Corrill’s copies are in Revelations Collection, CHL. Phelps also copied the revelation into a journal that he began in 1835. (Phelps, Diary and Notebook, 4–17 [second numbering].)

    Phelps, William W. Diary and Notebook, ca. 1835–1836, 1843, 1864. CHL. MS 3450.

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    Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, pp. 97–100 [D&C 105].

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    Eber D. Howe, a vocal critic of JS in 1834, was aware of the revelation but discussed it in generalities. The one quotation that he implied came from the revelation is not actually found in it, suggesting that Howe did not have a copy. (Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 162.)

    Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

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    Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102, 1844 ed. [D&C 105].

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    Minutes, 23 June 1834; “An Appeal,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1834, 183–184. According to a later JS history, a council held in Missouri on 7 July 1834 sanctioned the appeal, although the extant minutes of the meeting do not mention this. (JS History, vol. A-1, 514; Minutes and Discourse, ca. 7 July 1834.)

    The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

    JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105] Revelation Book 1 Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 105] Revelation Book 2 Revelation, 22 June 1834, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 105] Revelation, 22 June 1834, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 105] Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 105] Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 105] Revelation, 22 June 1834, John Corrill Copy [D&C 105] Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Book of the Law of the Lord [D&C 105] The Book of the Law of the Lord History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834] Doctrine and Covenants, 1844 Revelation, 22 June 1834, Martha Jane Knowlton Coray Copy [D&C 105:12b–41] “History of Joseph Smith”

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upon the land which I have consecranted
consecrated

The dedicating of money, lands, goods, or one’s own life for sacred purposes. Both the New Testament and Book of Mormon referred to some groups having “all things common” economically; the Book of Mormon also referred to individuals who consecrated or dedicated...

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for the
gathering

As directed by early revelations, church members “gathered” in communities. A revelation dated September 1830, for instance, instructed elders “to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect” who would “be gathered in unto one place, upon the face of this land...

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together of my Saints.
13

A July 1831 revelation declared that God had “appointed & consecrated” Missouri “for the gethering of the Saints.” (See Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57:1].)


Behold I have commanded my servant Joseph, to say to the strength of my house; even my wariers my young men and middle aged to gather to together for the redemption of my people and throw down the tower of mine enemies, and scatter their watchmen—
14

See Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:55–56]; and Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:21–22].


but the strength of my house has not hearkened unto unto my words, but in as much as there are those that have hearkened unto my words, I have prepared a blessing and an
endowment

Bestowal of spiritual blessings, power, or knowledge. Beginning in 1831, multiple revelations promised an endowment of “power from on high” in association with the command to gather. Some believed this promise was fulfilled when individuals were first ordained...

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for them,
15

The copies of the revelation in Revelation Book 2 and the 1844 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants insert “if they continue faithful” here. (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, p. 98; Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102:5, 1844 ed. [D&C 105:18].)


I have heard their prayers and will accept their offering, and it is expedient in me that they should be brought thus far, for a trial of their faith.
And now verily I say unto you, a commandment I give unto you, that as many as have come up hither that can stay in the region round about, Let them stay, and those who cannot stay, who have families in the east, let them tarry for a little season,
16

Many participants in the expedition remained in Missouri for a short time before departing for Kirtland. Among those who stayed were Wilford Woodruff, Milton Holmes, and Heman Hyde. Joseph Holbrook, his wife, Nancy Lampson, and their two baby girls also remained, as did Holbrook’s brother Chandler, his wife, Eunice Dunning, and their baby girl. (“Zion’s Camp,” Historical Record, June 1888, 7:591; Woodruff, Journal, May 1834; Holbrook, Reminiscences, 38–39; Radke, “We Also Marched,” 153–154.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

The Historical Record, a Monthly Periodical, Devoted Exclusively to Historical, Biographical, Chronological and Statistical Matters. Salt Lake City. 1882–1890.

Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

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

Radke, Andrea G. “We Also Marched: The Women and Children of Zion’s Camp, 1834.” BYU Studies 39 (2000): 147–165.

in as much as my servant Joseph shall appoint unto them for I will counsel him concerning this matter, And all things whatsoever is he shall appoint unto them shall be fulfilled and let all my people who dwell in the region round about, be very faithful and prayerful and humb[l]e before me, and reveal not the things which I have revealed unto them,
17

The copies of the revelation in Revelation Book 2 and the 1844 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants insert here, “until it is wisdom in me that they should be revealed” here. Oliver Cowdery told Missouri church leaders that one of the reasons the church’s Independence printing office had been destroyed and Edward Partridge had been tarred and feathered in July 1833 was that some church members’ “mouths are continually open.” Their “tongues cannot be stayed from tatling,” Cowdery informed the leaders, instructing them to keep revelations “from false brethren & tatlers.” (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, p. 99; Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102:7, 1844 ed. [D&C 105:23]; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 10 Aug. 1833.)


Talk not of Judgment boast not of faith nor of mighty works,
18

George A. Smith reported that on 16 June, Martin Harris “boasted to the Brethren that he could handle snakes with perfect safety” and then offered his foot to a snake and was bitten. The Sangamo Journal also reported that a member of the expedition, “who appeared to be a leader, stated to a respectable citizen of this town [Springfield, Illinois], that he had himself performed more miracles than were recorded in the Old and New Testaments.” (George A. Smith, Autobiography, 34; Report, Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 7 June 1834, [2]; see also Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 158–159.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Smith, George A. Autobiography, ca. 1860–1882. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 2.

Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.

Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

but carefully gather together
19

John Whitmer later inserted “as much” here. (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 1, p. 200 [D&C 105:24].)


in one region as can be consistently with the feeling of the people. And Behold I will give unto you favor and grace in their eyes, that you may rest in peace and safety, whilst you are saying unto the people execute judgment Justice for us according to law, and redress us of our wrongs.
20

William W. Phelps’s copy of this revelation has “enemies” here instead of “wrongs.” (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelations Collection, CHL [D&C 105:25].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Revelations Collection, 1831–ca. 1844, 1847, 1861, ca. 1876. CHL. MS 4583.

Now behold, I say unto you my friends, in this way you may find favor in the eyes of the people, until the armies of Israel become very great, and I will soften the hearts of the people as I did I the heart of Pharioh
21

TEXT: Possibly “Phariah”.


from time to time, until my servant Joseph and mine elders whom he shall appoint shall have time to gather up the strength of my house; and to have sent wise men to fulfil that which I have commanded concerning the purchasing of all the lands in
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  1. [13]

    A July 1831 revelation declared that God had “appointed & consecrated” Missouri “for the gethering of the Saints.” (See Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57:1].)

  2. [14]

    See Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:55–56]; and Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103:21–22].

  3. [15]

    The copies of the revelation in Revelation Book 2 and the 1844 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants insert “if they continue faithful” here. (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, p. 98; Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102:5, 1844 ed. [D&C 105:18].)

  4. [16]

    Many participants in the expedition remained in Missouri for a short time before departing for Kirtland. Among those who stayed were Wilford Woodruff, Milton Holmes, and Heman Hyde. Joseph Holbrook, his wife, Nancy Lampson, and their two baby girls also remained, as did Holbrook’s brother Chandler, his wife, Eunice Dunning, and their baby girl. (“Zion’s Camp,” Historical Record, June 1888, 7:591; Woodruff, Journal, May 1834; Holbrook, Reminiscences, 38–39; Radke, “We Also Marched,” 153–154.)

    The Historical Record, a Monthly Periodical, Devoted Exclusively to Historical, Biographical, Chronological and Statistical Matters. Salt Lake City. 1882–1890.

    Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

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

    Radke, Andrea G. “We Also Marched: The Women and Children of Zion’s Camp, 1834.” BYU Studies 39 (2000): 147–165.

  5. [17]

    The copies of the revelation in Revelation Book 2 and the 1844 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants insert here, “until it is wisdom in me that they should be revealed” here. Oliver Cowdery told Missouri church leaders that one of the reasons the church’s Independence printing office had been destroyed and Edward Partridge had been tarred and feathered in July 1833 was that some church members’ “mouths are continually open.” Their “tongues cannot be stayed from tatling,” Cowdery informed the leaders, instructing them to keep revelations “from false brethren & tatlers.” (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 2, p. 99; Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Doctrine and Covenants 102:7, 1844 ed. [D&C 105:23]; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 10 Aug. 1833.)

  6. [18]

    George A. Smith reported that on 16 June, Martin Harris “boasted to the Brethren that he could handle snakes with perfect safety” and then offered his foot to a snake and was bitten. The Sangamo Journal also reported that a member of the expedition, “who appeared to be a leader, stated to a respectable citizen of this town [Springfield, Illinois], that he had himself performed more miracles than were recorded in the Old and New Testaments.” (George A. Smith, Autobiography, 34; Report, Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 7 June 1834, [2]; see also Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 158–159.)

    Smith, George A. Autobiography, ca. 1860–1882. George Albert Smith, Papers, 1834–1877. CHL. MS 1322, box 1, fd. 2.

    Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.

    Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

  7. [19]

    John Whitmer later inserted “as much” here. (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelation Book 1, p. 200 [D&C 105:24].)

  8. [20]

    William W. Phelps’s copy of this revelation has “enemies” here instead of “wrongs.” (Revelation, 22 June 1834, in Revelations Collection, CHL [D&C 105:25].)

    Revelations Collection, 1831–ca. 1844, 1847, 1861, ca. 1876. CHL. MS 4583.

  9. [21]

    TEXT: Possibly “Phariah”.

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