Footnotes
Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865. Bullock’s docket on the verso of the first leaf states “June 1843 | Minutes of a meeting.” The notation on the recto of the first leaf, “23 to 30 [blank] 43,” presumably referred to the date span between JS’s arrest on 23 June 1843 and his return to Nauvoo on 30 June.
Jessee, Dean C. “The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History.” BYU Studies 11 (Summer 1971): 439–473.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
See the full bibliographic entry for Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 1839–1877, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
Minutes, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843), JS Collection, CHL; Docket Entry, ca. 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843), Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 55–56; see also Historical Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason. The warrant is featured with JS’s petition to the Nauvoo Municipal Court. (Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843.)
Clayton, Journal, 23 June 1843; JS History, vol. D-1, 1581–1582; see also Historical Introduction to Affidavit, 24 June 1843. The power of attorney designating Reynolds as the agent responsible to convey JS to Missouri is featured with JS’s petition to the Nauvoo Municipal Court. (Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 23 June 1843; JS History, vol. D-1, 1583–1584; “Habeas Corpus,” in Bouvier, Law Dictionary, 1:454.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Bouvier, John. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union; With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Deacon and Peterson, 1854.
“Arrest of Joseph Smith,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 July 1843, [2]; JS History, vol. D-1, 1587; Woodruff, Journal, 25 June 1843; Joseph H. Reynolds, St. Louis, MO, 10 July 1843, Letter to the Editor, Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald, 10 July 1843, [2]; see also “Part 4: June–July 1843.”
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald. St Louis, MO. 1843–1844.
Edward Southwick, St. Louis, MO, 12 July 1843, Letter to the Editor, Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald, 12 July 1843, [2]; Minutes, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843), JS Collection, CHL; Docket Entry, ca. 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo Mun. Ct. 1843), Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 55–56.
Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald. St Louis, MO. 1843–1844.
Clayton, Journal, 2 July 1843; JS, Journal, 2 July 1843; see also Joseph H. Reynolds, St. Louis, MO, 10 July 1843, Letter to the Editor, Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald, 10 July 1843, [2].
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald. St Louis, MO. 1843–1844.
Clayton, Journal, 2 July 1843; JS, Journal, 2 July 1843; see also Joseph H. Reynolds, St. Louis, MO, 10 July 1843, Letter to the Editor, Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald, 10 July 1843, [2].
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Old School Democrat and Saint Louis Herald. St Louis, MO. 1843–1844.
“4th of July Celebration, at Nauvoo,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 28 June 1843, [2].
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Woodruff, Journal, 4 July 1843; JS, Journal, 4 July 1843; Levi Richards, Journal, 4 July 1843; Clayton, Journal, 4 July 1843; “Trip to Nauvoo on the 4th,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 12 July 1843, [3].
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Richards, Levi. Journals, 1840–1853. Levi Richards, Papers, 1837–1867. CHL. MS 1284, box 1.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
George Alley, Nauvoo, IL, to Joseph Alley, Lynn, MA, 4 July 1843, George Alley, Letters, microfilm, CHL.
Alley, George. Letters, 1842–1859. Microfilm. CHL.
Woodruff, Journal, 4 July 1843.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Woodruff, Journal, 4 July 1843.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
According to Wilford Woodruff’s account, JS gave an analogy here that considered how a society of Methodists would vote in a contest between two candidates if one candidate vowed to exterminate all Methodists and the other vowed to give everyone equal rights.
While campaigning for Illinois governor in 1842, Whig candidate Joseph Duncan criticized the Nauvoo charter and called for it to be amended or repealed so that the Saints would not be a “priveleged sect.” In contrast, Democratic candidate Thomas Ford declined to take a position on the Nauvoo charter, as he had not examined the charter himself. Although JS had enthusiastically endorsed Adam Snyder as the Democratic candidate, after Snyder’s May 1842 death and the party’s selection of Ford to replace Snyder on the ticket, JS did not extend his endorsement to Ford. In the August election, Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo voted overwhelmingly for Ford, 454 to 5. (“Gov. Duncan,” Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842, 3:806; see also “The Mormon Plot and League,” Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 8 July 1842, [2]; “The Mormon Exposure,” and Editorial, Alton [IL] Telegraph and Democratic Review, 16 July 1842, [2]; and Hancock Co., IL, Nauvoo Precinct, Election Returns, 1 Aug. 1842, [14], CHL.)
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
Alton Telegraph and Democratic Review. Alton, IL. 1841–1850.
Hancock Co., IL, Nauvoo Precinct, Election Returns, 1 Aug. 1842. CHL. MS 15329.
On 17 June 1843, Illinois governor Thomas Ford issued a warrant for “Joseph Smith Jr.” JS argued that the warrant was not valid given that after his father’s death in 1840, JS was known as “Joseph Smith Senior.” The warrant is featured with JS’s petition to the Nauvoo Municipal Court. (Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843; Eliza R. Snow, “Elegy,” Times and Seasons, Oct. 1840, 1:190–191.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
William Clayton indicated that Harmon T. Wilson and Joseph H. Reynolds “collared” JS and presented “cocked pistols to his breast threatened to shoot him dead if he made the least resistance.” In a legal declaration written in August 1843, JS stated that Reynolds and Wilson “seized & laid hold of the said plaintiff and with great force & violence pulled and dragged about the said plaintiff & then & there gave & struck to the said plaintiff a great many violent blows & strokes, & then & there ill treated bruised and wounded the said plaintiff with fire arms pistols & guns.” (Clayton, Journal, 23 June 1843; JS, Declaration, ca. 18 Aug. 1843, JS v. Reynolds and Wilson [Lee Co. Cir. Ct. 1843], photocopy, JS Collection, CHL.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.