Footnotes

1. [1]

   “History of Brigham Young,” Deseret News, 10 Feb. 1858, 385; Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 Feb. 1835; see also Minutes, 26 Apr. 1835; Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835; and Instruction on Priesthood, between ca. 1 Mar. and ca. 4 May 1835 [D&C 107].  

   Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

2. [2]

   Minutes and Discourses, 27 Feb. 1835.  

3. [3]

   Record of the Twelve, 28 Apr. 1835.  

4. [4]

   Record of the Twelve, 4–9 May 1835; Orson Hyde and William E. McLellin, Kirtland, OH, Oct. 1835, Letter to the Editor, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1835, 204–207.  

   Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

5. [5]

   Cowdery’s letter was dated 29 July 1835. Though the letter is no longer extant, it is quoted in Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 Aug. 1835.  

6. [6]

   Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 Aug. 1835. In mid-June, JS asked Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, and William Smith to return temporarily to Kirtland to testify in court on his behalf. Hyde likely attended one of Rigdon’s classes during this brief interlude and then shared his observations with McLellin, who had also taught in the school, upon his return to the East. (“History of Brigham Young,” LDS Millennial Star, 18 July 1863, 25:456.)  

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

7. [7]

   This included a letter from Thomas B. Marsh that has not been located. (See Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 Aug. 1835.)  

8. [8]

   Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 Aug. 1835.  

9. [9]

   Minutes, 26 Sept. 1835.  

10. [10]

    JS, Journal, 26 Sept. 1835.  

11. [11]

    See Minutes, 28–29 Sept. 1835; JS, Journal, 16 Jan. 1836; and Minutes, 16 Jan. 1836.  

12. [12]

    Though preachers and missionaries of the day often traveled without “purse or scrip,” they occasionally received donations in the form of money or material goods from the patrons of their preaching. These donations were used for basic necessities, and, according to Orson Hyde, a portion of the income went to family support. William E. McLellin, for example, recorded the occasions when he received donations, ranging from sixty cents to five dollars, in his journal. When the Twelve gathered in Freedom, New York, in late May 1835, McLellin noted that “a public collection [was] taken up for the benefit of the twelve, which together with what we had all received since we had parted at the last conference amounted to $2.00 and a few cents each.” Orson Hyde also mentioned contributions given to him during the eastern mission. In the Record of the Twelve, Hyde, serving as scribe, wrote that the church in Saco, Maine, “contributed money unto us to assist us in returning home to Ohio, to the amt of 70 or 80 Dollars.” In a 15 December letter to JS, Hyde remarked that “we straind every nerve to obtain a little something for our familys and regularly divided the monies equally for ought that I know.” Though it appears they divided the money equally on these occasions, it is possible that they failed to do so on others. (McLellin, Journal, 4 May–3 Sept. 1835; Record of the Twelve, 21–23 Aug. 1835; Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 Dec. 1835; see also License for Frederick G. Williams, 20 Mar. 1833.)  

    McLellin, William E. Journal, May–Sept. 1835. William E. McLellin, Papers, 1831–1836, 1877–1878. CHL. MS 13538, box 1, fd. 5. Also available as Jan Shipps and John W. Welch, eds., The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836 (Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994).

13. [13]

    See Minutes, 29 Oct. 1835; JS, Journal, 29 Oct. 1835; Letter from William Smith, 18 Dec. 1835; and Letter to William Smith, ca. 18 Dec. 1835.  

14. [14]

    JS, Journal, 31 Oct. 1835. A license, such as the one William turned over to JS, certified a priesthood holder’s ordination to a specific office, such as elder, and authorized him to preach the gospel.  

15. [15]

    JS, Journal, 5 Nov. 1835.  

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    For instance, in mid-December, Orson Hyde raised concerns about unequal treatment of members of the Twelve at the committee store. (JS, Journal, 15–17 Dec. 1835; Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 Dec. 1835.)  

17. [17]

    Minutes, 16 Jan. 1836; see also Esplin, “Emergence of Brigham Young,” 181–186.  

    Esplin, Ronald K. “The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1981. Also available as The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2006).