Footnotes
JS, Journal, 12 Apr. 1843; Pratt, Autobiography, chap. 41; Woods, Gathering to Nauvoo, 153.
Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.
Woods, Fred E. Gathering to Nauvoo. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2002.
“The Mormons,” Warsaw (IL) Signal, 19 May 1841, [2].
Warsaw Signal. Warsaw, IL. 1841–1853.
“The ‘Latter-day Saint’ Swindle,” Preston (England) Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser, 18 Sept. 1841, [4].
Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser. Preston, England. 1831–1893.
See Historical Introduction to Discourse, 4 July 1843.
The extensive land purchases that JS and agents of the church made in Iowa Territory and Illinois put JS and church leaders more than $150,000 in debt. JS had made some payments on these debts to Horace Hotchkiss and others but still owed a large amount. In April 1842, JS applied for bankruptcy under a new law Congress passed in August 1841. His case was still pending at the time of this discourse. (“Joseph Smith Documents from September 1839 through January 1841”; Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 11 Oct. 1841; Receipt from Horace Hotchkiss and Others, 28 Feb. 1842; Application for Bankruptcy, ca. 14–16 Apr. 1842; see also Oaks and Bentley, “Joseph Smith and Legal Process,” 167–199.)
Oaks, Dallin H., and Joseph I. Bentley. “Joseph Smith and Legal Process: In the Wake of the Steamboat Nauvoo.” Brigham Young University Law Review, no. 3 (1976): 735–782.
In June 1839, JS made out a bill of damages that claimed $100,000 in personal property losses because of the Saints’ expulsion from Missouri. Church member Vinson Knight claimed $10,000 in damages, and Asahel A. Lathrop claimed $30,000. The property losses sustained by most other Saints were in either the hundreds or thousands of dollars. (Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839; Mormon Redress Petitions, 1839–1845, CHL.)
Mormon Redress Petitions, 1839–1845. CHL. MS 2703.
TEXT: Possibly “men”.
See Matthew 24:23.