12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....
View Full BioThese “errors” probably included some of the doctrinal positions in Parley P. Pratt, A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons (New York: W. Sandford, 1837), of which the second edition (1839) contains several substantial revisions. (See Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 97–98.)
Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.
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The land purchased by the church the prior month for Latter-day Saint settlement. The newly platted land, adjoined to but distinct from Commerce, was soon named Nauvoo and was eventually reorganized to subsume Commerce. (JS, Journal, 18–24 Aug. 1839; Leonard, Nauvoo, 54–59.)
Leonard, Glen M. Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2002.
13 Mar. 1811–13 Nov. 1893. Farmer, newspaper editor. Born at Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811; to Norwich, Windsor Co., 1813; and to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816...
View Full BioAt Plymouth, Illinois. (JS, Journal, 15–17 June 1839.)
Located in southeastern Iowa on west bank of Mississippi River. Site selected for construction of fort, 1805. Area settled, ca. 1833, by Europeans. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated 1837. Designated capital of Wisconsin Territory, 1837; capital of Iowa Territory...
More InfoJS and his counselors in the presidency sold lots this week from the land the church had earlier purchased for Latter-day Saint settlement. (See, for example, Deed, JS et al. to Randolph Alexander, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Sept. 1839, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; and Deed, JS et al. to Moses Nickerson, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Sept. 1839, JS Collection, CHL.)
Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.
Smith, Joseph. Collection, 1827–1846. CHL. MS 155.
Located in southeastern Iowa on west bank of Mississippi River. Site selected for construction of fort, 1805. Area settled, ca. 1833, by Europeans. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated 1837. Designated capital of Wisconsin Territory, 1837; capital of Iowa Territory...
More InfoJS’s later history has him traveling to Burlington, but the history may mistakenly assume he is the referent of the statement in this journal that James Mulholland was keeping for him. Mulholland’s personal journal of the same period indicates that Mulholland, at least, did travel to Burlington, whether JS did or not. (JS History, vol. C-1, 967; Mulholland, Journal, 19 Sept. 1839.)
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.
Mulholland, James. Journal, Apr.–Oct. 1839. In Joseph Smith, Journal, Sept.–Oct. 1838. Joseph Smith Collection. CHL. MS 155, box 1, fd. 4.
Expounding John 14:16–17, 26. JS’s history for this date, prepared under the direction of Willard Richards, adds the phrase “as I had previously taught the Twelve”—apparently referring to JS’s 27 June 1839 instructions to the Twelve regarding the doctrine of election.a Whereas the New Testament identifies the Comforter as the Holy Ghost, JS equated the “other” Comforter with having one’s “calling & Election made sure.” Willard Richards recorded that JS clarified that the “other Comforter” is Jesus Christ and that “when any man obtains this last Comforter he will have the personage of Jesus Christ to attend him or appear unto him from time to time. & even he will manifest the Father unto him & they will take up their abode with him, & the visions of the heavens will be opened unto him & the Lord will teach him face to face & he may have a perfect knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God.” JS explained that a person was worthy to receive the other Comforter “when the Lord has thorougly proved him & finds that the man is determined to serve him at all hazard.”b (aJS History, vol. C-1, 967.bRichards, “Pocket Companion,” 19–21.)
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.
Richards, Willard. “Willard Richards Pocket Companion Written in England,” ca. 1838–1840. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, box 2, fd. 6.