TEXT: Possibly “the that”.
Though he continued to maintain rooms for himself and his family, in January 1844 JS began to lease out the Nauvoo Mansion. Following this pattern, Emma Smith leased the mansion to William Marks in August 1844. Oliver B. Huntington recorded that Marks “kept a kind of gang” of his supporters living in the house. Given Marks’s opposition to the leadership of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Brigham Young likely hoped to transfer control of the building from a rival faction to a trusted ally. Indeed, following a 28 March party at the Nauvoo Mansion, the Nauvoo Neighbor reported that “Nauvoo and the public can patronize that house, knowing they do so to a friend and good man.” (JS, Journal, 22 Jan. 1844; Newell and Avery, Mormon Enigma, 210; Huntington, History, 96, underlining in original; “Life and Music,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 2 Apr. 1845, [2]–[3], italics in original.)
Newell, Linda King and Valeen Tippetts Avery. Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, Prophet’s Wife, “Elect Lady,” Polygamy’s Foe, 1804–1879. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984.
Huntington, Oliver B. History, 1845–1846. Oliver Boardman Huntington, Papers, 1843– 1932. BYU.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Likely Sylvester B. Stoddard, a tinsmith in Nauvoo. (See Nauvoo, IL, Marriage Record, [27]; and Stoddard, Daybook, Sept. 1841–Jan. 1842.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Stoddard, Sylvester B. Daybook, Sept. 1841–Jan. 1842. In Gilbert Belnap, Account Book, 1836–1874. Microfilm. CHL.
A reference to Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, or both; Whitney and Miller both served as trustees of the church and as the presiding bishops. (“Special Conference,” Times and Seasons, 15 Apr. 1845, 6:870.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Two days later, Willard Richards noted, “John Pack moved into the Nauvoo Mansion.” (Richards, Journal, 3 Mar. 1845.)
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.