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Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834

Source Note

Account with the Church of Christ, [, Geauga Co., OH], [ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834]; handwriting of ; one page; JS Collection, CHL. Includes docket.
This account was written on four leaves ruled both vertically and horizontally, each measuring 15½ × 12½ inches (39 × 32 cm). The four original leaves were folded down the middle. Debits are displayed on the left side and credits on the right side. The leaves eventually separated at the middle fold, forming eight leaves. Residue from two or three red adhesive wafers per leaf indicate that, prior to separating down the middle, the leaves were at one time connected top to bottom to form a continuous scroll. The joined leaves were folded along the page breaks to form a single stack of pages. Thereafter, crease marks indicate they were folded twice widthwise into thirds; a final half-fold resulted in a document measuring approximately 7¾ × 2½ inches (20 × 6 cm). Additional folding and warping of the paper indicates that after being made into a scroll, other folds or rolling may have been employed in storing the document. A docket on the verso of the bottom left leaf in the handwriting of reads: “1834 May 3 | Acct. of Joseph Smith with —”.
In August 1834, submitted the account to the , Ohio, . It is listed in the first Historian’s Office inventory, suggesting continuous institutional custody.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Minutes, 28–29 Aug. 1834.

  2. [2]

    “Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

Historical Introduction

This record provides an accounting of funds collected and distributed by the expedition in spring and summer 1834. It contains detailed information about the funds contributed to the Camp of Israel—which were then considered the property of the church—and the amounts paid out to the captains of each company of the camp. JS apparently had ultimate oversight of these funds. Although revelations designated the church’s — in and in —as responsible for overseeing consecration in the church, neither of them was present on the Camp of Israel expedition. In addition, the , which since 1832 had overseen many of the church’s financial affairs, was reorganized and its assets distributed to its members in April 1834. At that time, JS, as the church’s leader, apparently assumed an expanded supervisory role over the church’s finances, as reflected in this account.
The account shows the contributions to the Camp of Israel by church members who did not go on the expedition as well as contributions by camp members, both of which made up the camp’s general fund. The record is not a complete listing of camp members because it shows donations by only approximately 170 individuals, short of the approximately 230 that constituted the camp. remembered that those camp members who were traveling with their families were not asked to contribute money to the camp’s general fund; instead, they were to take care of their families’ needs by themselves. In this account, both Holbrook and his brother Chandler, who were traveling with their families, are listed as contributing nothing, indicating they were exempt from the obligation to donate.
This account and another record showing JS’s personal account with the Camp of Israel were compiled by , who may have created the accounts as part of his duties as clerk of the . The need for the records was intensified by ’s charges that JS had committed improprieties in “the distribution of monies and other properties” on the expedition. Hyde most likely created the records between 11 August 1834, when a council first considered Smith’s accusations, and 29 August, when at least one of the accounts was presented to the high council as evidence in the trial for Smith’s membership. The accounts may have been finalized as early as 27 August, the last clear date entered on either of the records. When Hyde presented this record to the high council, he stated that it was “an account current” and “was taken from documents kept during the journey by brother ,” who was the treasurer of the Camp of Israel and “had the charge” of the general fund of the expedition. Williams told the council “that the account exhibited was correctly taken from his accounts.”
This account with the Church of Christ and the record showing JS’s personal contributions to the Camp of Israel reference each other. JS’s total contribution—the net amount of cash he contributed plus the wear and tear of his equipment—is detailed line by line on that second account and is represented on this record as an expenditure of the church. Including this expenditure, the account shows that the church’s expenditures for the Camp of Israel totaled $2,051.50, which was $391.91 more than its receipts of $1,659.59 of consecrated funds. reconciled the contributions and expenditures by adding $391.91 from an old account to the contributions, but the record does not explain anything further about that old account.
created the double-entry debit and credit account on loose ledger paper, which he then attached together vertically with wafers. The left side of each page contains debit entries (labeled “Dr.”), while the right side contains credit entries (labeled “Crt.”). Although the minutes of the , Ohio, high council meeting at which Hyde presented the account are not clear, the high council probably reviewed the account as it deliberated on the fate of ’s membership in the church.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Revelation, 9 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:30–33]; Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–B [D&C 72:9–12].

  2. [2]

    Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104].

  3. [3]

    This number includes around twelve women and ten children who accompanied the camp. (Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 11; Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, xix–[xxi]; Radke, “We Also Marched,” 149.)

    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.

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

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

  4. [4]

    Holbrook, Reminiscences, 34.

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

  5. [5]

    Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834.

  6. [6]

    Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834.

  7. [7]

    Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834.

  8. [8]

    See Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834.

  9. [9]

    Minutes, 28–29 Aug. 1834; McBride, Reminiscence, 2; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 8. Camp members “consecrate[d] all the . . . money” they had to the general fund for the camp’s expenses. “Some of the brethren had considerable, and some had little or none,” Heber C. Kimball declared, “yet all became equal.” (McBride, Reminiscence, 2; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 8.)

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

    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.

  10. [10]

    Minutes, 28–29 Aug. 1834. Williams’s records are not extant.

  11. [11]

    See Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834.

  12. [12]

    Minutes, 28–29 Aug. 1834.

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Joseph Smith Junr. in a/c with the
 
Dr. Crt.
1834 1834
April To cash received from the east by letter for the benefit of . sent from Beverley Mass. {10.00 May 8 By this amt paid to Capt for his company 14[.]00
" " " " " " " D[itt]o " do 16.00
To cash receivd from the East for the benefit of Zion 50.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" cash received from for the benefit of Zion 100.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" Do " " East " " " " Do. 7.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" Do " " " " " Do. 10.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" Do " " " " " Do. 5.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 6.00
" Do " " " " " Do. 7.60 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
May 3 " Do " " " " " Do 47.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 6.00
" " Do " " from the church at at a held in that place in April last {66.37 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " Do " Do 6.00
" To cash received of the church in by contributi[o]n 29.68 " " " " " " " Do " Do 6.00
" 8 To cash received of the brethren after they started for Zion, they all agreeing to put their moneys in to one general fund and make one purses for the whole ( " 9 " " " " " Do " " Do 2.00
" " " " " " " Do. " Do 4.00
" " " " " " " Do " " Do 12.25
the items are as follows ( " 10 " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
To cash receved of $32— 237— 34.37 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" " " " $26— $10— 36.00 " " " " " " " Do. " Do 6.00
" " " " L L Lewis $20— Henry Shibley $35.25— 55.25 " 11 " " " " " Do " Do 7.00
" " " " L. S. Nickrson [Levi Nickerson] 1.49 3.81— 5.30 " " " " " " " Do " Do 11.00
" " " " 15.47 13.00 28.47 " 11 " " " " " Do " Do 8.00
" " " " 20.00 8.60 28.60 " " " " " " " Do " Do 8.00
" " " " 8.25 Martial Hubbard 00. 8.25 " " " " " " " Do " Do 8.00
" " " " Sylvester Wilkeson .50 Wm. Cherry 7.08— . . . 7.58 " " " " " " " Do " Do 1.00
" " " " 6.31 6.00 12.31 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" " " " 1.88 Uriah Nickerson 5.50 7.38 " 12 " " " " " Do " " Do 6.00
" " " " 00. 14.62 14.62 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 9.00
" " " " True Gliddon 10.00 Tho’ Coulburn 12.00 22[.]00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 10.00
" " " " Alfred Fisk 00. William Carpenter 5.68—— 5.68 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" " " " 7.36 6 cts 7.42 " " " " " " " Do " Do 10.00
" " " " 14.50 Levi Gifford— 25 cts 14.75 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.18
" " " " .75 John Brownell 7.28 8.03 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
" " " " 6.25 .50 6.75 " 14 " " " " " Do " Do 4.12½
" 15 " " " " " Do " Do 2.27
635.41 222.82½
4.50 .57 .00 5.07 May 15 " " " " " " Do " " Do 8.00
.75 .75 Bradford Elliot .00 1.50 " " " " " " " " Do " " Do 8.00
Hezikiah Fisk .25 Elam Barber 6.50 Addison Green .55 7.30 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 8.00
4 cts James Thompson .37 Lewis Robins 5.00 5.41 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 8.00
15.50 Reuben Champlin 5.73 16.00 37.23 ["] " " " " " " Do " Do 8.00
Seth Hitchcock 4.00 Peter Dopp 7.87 3.75 15.62 ["] " " " " " " Do Do 8.00
.44 Hiram Stratan [Stratton] .00 .00 .44 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 5.00
2.00 John Miller 3.17 6 [cts] 5.23 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 10.00
14.00 10.79 24[.]79 " " " " " " " Do " Do 6[.]00
.00 Darwin Richarson 18.11 7.20 25.31 " 16 " " " " " Do " " Do 8.00
1.00 William Jessaph .18 2.19 3.37 " 17 " " " " " Do " Do 8.00
Horace Cowin .50 Horace Evans 2.31 Elias Hutchins .00 2.81 " " " " " " " Do " Do 4.00
Benjamin Gifford .00 6.00 Stephen Childs 5.00 11.00 " 18 " " " " " Do " Do 1.50
5.00 Edmund Marvin 10 cts 108 [cts] 6.18 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
Sherman Gilbert 7.71 Edward Ives 10. Saml. Kingsley 10. 27.71 " 19 " " " " " Do " Do 4.00
13.65 Amos Hodges .50 .85 15.00 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 12.00
.00 5.00 .34— 5.34 " " " " " " " Do Tho’ Hays " Do 6.00
Erastus Rudd .89 8.37 10.06 19.32 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
15.00 1.08 Alonzo Winchester 4.60 20.68 " 20 " " " " " Do Do 5.00
Chandler Holbrook .00 .00 Justice [Justis] Morse .00 00.00 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
Samuel Winegar 11.00 .00 Seth Ingalls .00 11.00 " " " " " " " Do Do 7.00
8.60 .85 2.00 11.45 " 21 " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
Joseph Hartshorne 13.00 3.28 .00 16.28 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.72
Joel Vaun .00 .26 John Dunkan [Duncan] 2.02— 2.28 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 7.00
4.00 2.62 Henry Wisemiller 5.00 11.62 " " " " " " " Do " Do 6.00
Henry Sherman 6.00 Jesse B Lawson 1.25 10 cts 7.35 " 22 " " " " " For Powder " " 10.00
Alden Childs 22 cts Gad Yale 1.00 17.68 18.90 " " " " " " " Capt " " " Do 10.00
.00 1.02 Saml. Baker 5[.]44 6.96 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
00 28. 2[.]06 30[.]06 " " " " " " " Do Do 5.00
[Andrus] 11.85 Daniel Stephens 8.05 William Weder 2.25 22.15 " " " " " " " Do. " " Do 5.00
Asa Field 3.45 15.92 8.18 27.55 " " " " " " " Powder " " " Do 9.50
24.57 Michael G[r]iffith 9.12 33.69 " 23 " " " " " Do " " Do 5.00
2.81 Geo. Brooks 2.50 Philip Ettleman 13.09 18.40 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 6[.]00
Thomas Hayse 3.00 Elias Wells .39 23.56 26.95 " 24 " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
David Boyes 5.00 John Hastin 13— Frederick Fawney 10.75 28.75 " " " " " " " Do " " Do 10.00
Jesse Huntsman 9.37 9.00 10.12 28.49 " " " " " " " Do " Do 5.00
541.19 238.72
10.00 10.72 6.00 26[.]72 May 26 " " " " " " " " " Do 20.00
170. 18. Eber Wilcox 15.06 20.69 223.75 " 27 " " " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
Philemon Ducett .25 Libius Coon .[0]3 with his broth[er] "[.]28 " 29 " " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
.87½ , team, 6.87½ 7.75 " 30 " " " " " " " " Do 5.25
Levi Jones .00 .00 Isaac Jones 1[.]50 1.50 " " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
Lewis Zebriski 30.87½ 15.50 Everett Griswold 1.00 47[.]37½ " " " " " " " " " " Do 10.00
Mr. North 1.00 Elam Barber 13.12 Church 40.00 54[.]12 " 31 " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Powder " Do 8.50
15. 25. Jas. R Ivy 10. J. A. Ivy 10. 60.00 " " " " " " " " Percussion Do " " Do 3.37
5. W.S. Ivy .00 Martin C Allred .00 5.00 " " " " " " " " " Do 1.50
, , , Nathanl. Riggs, 0.00 " " " " " " " " Saml. Baker " Do 1.00
Thomas Tinner 5.50 1.00 for the Star 6.50 " " " " " " " " Elam Barber " " Do 2.00
Jane Clark gave fifty Dollars 50.00 " " " " " " " " Tho’ Hays " " Do 5.00
482.99½ " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
Jun 4 " " " " " " Do 5.00
1659[.]59½ May 27 " " " " " " Do 5.00
To this amt to balance a/c " " " 391.91 " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
$2051[.]50½ " " " " " " " Lewis Zebriski " Do 5.00
" 28 " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.28
" " " " " " " " Do 4.00
" 29 " " " " " " Do " " Do 15.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.00
June 2 " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.00
["] " " " " " " Do 5.00
["] " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " Tho’ Hays " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 20.00
" " " " " " " Do 5.00
" 3 " " " " " Do 5.00
" 4 " " " " " " " Do 10.00
" " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " " Do 2.50
218.40
By amt Brot up ➳ 1070.82½ June 5 " " " " " " " " " Do 40[.]00
June 17 " " " " " Elram Miller Do 2.00 " " " " " " " " " " Do " " Do 24[.]00
" " " " " " " " Do 3.75 " 6 " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 8.00 " 7 " " " " " " 1.13
" " " " " " " " Do " " Do 1.00 [" "] " " " " " " " 1.50
["] 18 " " " " " " " Do 2.00 [" "] ["] " " " " " " " 1.25
["] " " " " " " " Do 1.00 ["] " " " " " " " " Do 10.00
["] 19 " " " " " " Do 1.00 ["] 8 " " " " " " Do 5.00
["] 21 " " " " " " Do 5.00 ["] " " " " " " " Do 7.00
["] " " this amt paid to 17 May last (omitted) Do 17.75 ["] " " " " " " " Do 3.00
["] " " " " " " 17 May last Do Do 16.00 " " " " " " " Lewis Zebriski " Do 5.00
["] " " this amt distributed among the companies in it being the balance left of the moneys {233.70 " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" 9 " " " " " " " 6[.]00
" " " this amt paid out for the sick " " .20 " " " " " " " " Do 10[.]00
" " " " " " 10[.]00 " " " " " " " Do 5.00
[" "] " " " " 10[.]00 " " " 1 Horse exchange and paid Do 45.00
1382.22½ " " " 1 " do " paid " Do 15.00
["] " By this amt of cash paid into the general fund 582[.]44 ["] " " " " Elam Barber " Do 2.00
["] " " " " of cash paid out to defray the expenses of the companies in marching from to Rock Creek in Mo: and also at {25.00 " 10 " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
["] " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " " " Do 30.00
" " By this amt. in ware and tare of waggons, harnesses &c. it being also a balance of an a/c with the . (See the a/c currents as voucher) {61.84 " 11 " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " " Do 5.00
" " " " " " " " Do 1.0[0]
$2051.50½ ["] " " " " " " " Do 4.00
[18]34 ["] " " [" " "] " Do 5.00
28 By balance brought down from old a/c 391[.]91 ["] 12 " " [" " "] Do 5.00
[" "] ["] " " [" "] " " Do 12[.]00
[" "] ["] " " [" "] " Do 50.00
[" "] [" " " " "] " Do " " Do 5.0[0]
[" "] [" " " " "] " " Do 2[.]00
[" "] [" " " " "] J. B. Lawson " Do 4.00
[" "] [" " " "] " " Do 5.00
[" "] [" " " "] " " Do " " " Do 20.[00]
[" "] [" " " "] " Seth Johnson " Do 2.[00]
[" "] [" " " "] " " " Do 35.[00]
[" "] amt carried up ➳ 390.88
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Footnotes

  1. [1]

    An 1841 manual on bookkeeping explained: “All debits are not sums owing to us, nor are all credits sums we owe; thus, some debit items are owing to us, others (Stock) are sums withdrawn by us; some (Merchandise) are sums paid, others (Cash) are sums received; and the credit items also stand for equally dissimilar facts. From which it must be evident that these terms are used arbitrarily.” This same manual states that for cash accounts, “the sum on hand at the commencement, together with every subsequent receipt” were to be listed in the left-hand column under debits, while the right-hand column should list “every sum that has been paid out.” (Jones, Principles and Practice of Book-Keeping, 20, 22.)

    Jones, Thomas. The Principles and Practice of Book-Keeping, Embracing an Entirely New and Improved Method of Imparting the Science; with Exemplifications of the Most Concise and Approved Forms of Arranging Merchants’ Accounts. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1841.

  2. [2]

    Wilford Woodruff related in 1858 that a “sister Voce” from Boston sent JS a letter with $150 for the expedition, but in his 1882 history of the camp, Woodruff gave the amount as $250. “Sister Voce” may have been either Mary (Polly) Vose (1780–1866) or her niece Ruth Vose (1808–1884), both lived in Boston. (Wilford Woodruff, in Journal of Discourses, 10 Jan. 1858, 7:101; Woodruff, “History and Travels of Zion’s Camp,” 3; Compton, In Sacred Loneliness, 381–382, 386.)

    Journal of Discourses. 26 vols. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1855–1886.

    Woodruff, Wilford. “The History and Travels of Zion’s Camp, Led by the Prophet Joseph Smith from Kirtland Ohio to Clay County Missoura in the Spring of 1838,” 1882. CHL.

    Compton, Todd. In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

  3. [3]

    This was likely Jaazeniah B. Smith. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 274; Backman, Profile, 94.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

    Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

  4. [4]

    Following a 30 April 1834 entry, JS’s journal details a “Record of Donations” that includes all of the entries, beginning with cash received from the East by letter and ending with Martin Harris’s contribution here. In addition, JS lists donations of fifty cents each from William Smith, William Cahoon, and Harvey Stanley. (JS, Journal, 30 Apr. 1834.)

  5. [5]

    This conference was held on 21 April 1834. (JS, Journal, 21–22 Apr. 1834; Minutes and Discourse, 21 Apr. 1834.)

  6. [6]

    JS received this donation at a meeting held in Kirtland on 17 April 1834. (JS, Journal, 15–17 Apr. 1834.)

  7. [7]

    Likely Ludwig Lewis, whom Nathan Baldwin remembered as being in the camp. (Baldwin, Account of Zion’s Camp, 9.)

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

  8. [8]

    Gould was not a member of the church when he began the trek to Missouri. He was baptized in June 1834 while the camp was in Missouri. (“Extracts from H. C. Kimball’s Journal,” Times and Seasons, 1 Feb. 1845, 6:789.)

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

  9. [9]

    In his reminiscence of the Camp of Israel, McBride stated that he had “put in between $30 and $40 dollars.” (McBride, Reminiscence, 7.)

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

  10. [10]

    Likely William Harrison Sagers. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 274.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

  11. [11]

    This is the total amount of donations listed in the debits column on the first leaf.

  12. [12]

    This is the total amount of disbursements listed in the credits column on the first leaf.

  13. [13]

    Nathan Baldwin later recalled that he “consecrated somewhere near sixteen dollars.” (Baldwin, Account of Zion’s Camp, 9.)

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

  14. [14]

    This is probably William Jessop. (Backman, Profile, 93.)

    Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

  15. [15]

    This is probably David Byers. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 270.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

  16. [16]

    This is likely Frederick Forney. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 271.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

  17. [17]

    This is the total amount of donations listed in the debits column on the second leaf.

  18. [18]

    This is the total amount of disbursements listed in the credits column on the second leaf.

  19. [19]

    John Tanner was a wealthy church member from New York. According to his son Nathan, he “owned sawmills & flouring mills & o[w]ned sum 2200 Acres of land, with houses & barns.” Nathan Tanner later declared that his family donated “very near half the money” that took care of the Camp of Israel’s expenses. (Tanner, Address, [2]–[3].)

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

  20. [20]

    In his autobiography, Joseph B. Noble recollected that he had “put in thirty Dollars (or about that).” (Noble and Noble, Reminiscences, [9].)

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

  21. [21]

    Likely Ur North. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 273.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

  22. [22]

    The contingent of the Camp of Israel that came from Michigan Territory consecrated its money to the general fund on 10 June 1834, the day after it joined the larger camp. (“Journal of the Branch of the Church of Christ in Pontiac,” 8.)

    “Journal of the Branch of the Church of Christ in Pontiac,” May–June 1834. CHL. MS 4610.

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    This could possibly be either Thomas Tinney or Thomas Turner. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 275.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

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    Clark appears on a few lists of camp participants. She was likely a single woman, as there appears to be no male Clark who participated. (Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 270; Radke, “We Also Marched,” 150–151.)

    Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

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

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    This is the total amount of donations listed in the debits column on the third leaf.

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    TEXT: This and all following supplied ditto marks are supplied because of damage to the side of the page resulting in loss of text.

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    This is the total amount of disbursements listed in the credits column on the third leaf.

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    Although written on the debit side of the ledger, information beginning here is a continuation of disbursements made.

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    This entry shows this payout as occurring on 21 June, but that is likely an error, as reminiscent accounts suggest that the payment did not come until after the camp began to disband in late June. Several participants in the camp commented on this disbursement of the remaining general fund balance. Reuben McBride said he received “$1- 5 cts,” while Joseph B. Noble said that each member received $1.15. Nathan Baldwin gave $1.16 as the figure, although he also said he received only a dollar because “the sixteen cents change was not handy to be made.” An entry in JS’s account with the Camp of Israel shows $1.16 as the amount of “consecrated money which feell to” JS at the end of the camp. (George A. Smith, Autobiography, 50; McBride, Reminiscence, 7; Noble and Noble, Reminiscences, [9]; Baldwin, Account of Zion’s Camp, 15; Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834; Kimball, “Journal and Record,” 18.)

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

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

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

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

    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.

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    JS’s account with the Camp of Israel has two entries for horse exchanges valued at forty-five dollars. According to Heber C. Kimball, Sylvester Smith’s horse died on 17 May, the day after JS told the camp that if its rebellious spirit was not quelled, “they would meet with misfortunes, difficulties and hindrances.” (Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834; “Elder Kimball’s Journal,” Times and Seasons, 15 Jan. 1845, 6:772.)

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

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    This was the amount JS put into the general fund, based on donations and other funding he had received. (Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834.)

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    This was also JS’s contribution. (Account with the Camp of Israel, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834.)

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    TEXT: Double underlined.

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    TEXT: Double underlined.

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    TEXT: A portion of the page is missing from this point down.

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    This is the total amount of disbursements listed in the credits column on the fourth leaf. From here, the record of disbursements made went to the debit side of the page, beginning with the Elram Miller entry.

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