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JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841 and 21 Dec. 1842; Orson Spencer, “Death of Our Beloved Brother Willard Richards,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Mar. 1854, [2].
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jessee, “Writing of Joseph Smith’s History,” 456, 458; Woodruff, Journal, 22 Jan. 1865.
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.
“Obituary of Leo Hawkins,” Millennial Star, 30 July 1859, 21:496–497.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
In March, JS told subscribers that he was “not responsible for the publication, or arrangement of the former paper.” Robinson confirmed JS’s declaration in the 15 March issue of the newspaper, apprising readers that JS’s role as editor had not been fully decided upon by early February and that the 15 February issue went to press “without his personal inspection.” (JS, “To Subscribers,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:710; Ebenezer Robinson, “To the Public,” Times and Seasons, 15 Mar. 1842, 3:729.)
See Historical Introduction to Book of Abraham Manuscript, ca. Early July–ca. Nov. 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6].
JS produced the first portion of the Book of Abraham between circa early July and circa November 1835. JS’s contemporary journal notes seven occasions in October and November when he worked on translating the Egyptian papyri; the final entry was recorded on 26 November. (William W. Phelps to Sally Waterman Phelps, 19 and 20 July 1835, in Phelps, “Letters of Faith from Kirtland,” 529; JS, Journal, 1 and 7 Oct. 1835; 19–20 and 24–26 Nov. 1835.)
Phelps, Leah Y. “Letters of Faith from Kirtland.” Improvement Era 45, no. 8 (Aug. 1942): 529.
Minute Book 1, 5 Nov. 1837; Swartzell, Mormonism Exposed, 25; Elizabeth Haven, Quincy, IL, to Elizabeth Howe Bullard, Holliston, MA, 21, 28, and 30 Sept. 1839; 6–9 Oct. 1839, Barlow Family Collection, 1816–1969, CHL; Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840; “A Glance at the Mormons,” Alexandria (VA) Gazette, 11 July 1840, [2]; “At a Special Conference of the Church,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:521–522.
Swartzell, William. Mormonism Exposed, Being a Journal of a Residence in Missouri from the 28th of May to the 20th of August, 1838, Together with an Appendix, Containing the Revelation concerning the Golden Bible, with Numerous Extracts from the ‘Book of Covenants,’ &c., &c. Pekin, OH: By the author, 1840.
Barlow Family Collection, 1816–1969. CHL.
Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria, VA. 1834–1877.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
“At a Special Conference of the Church,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:522.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Woodruff, Journal, 19 Feb. 1842.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
JS, Journal, 23 Feb. 1842; Woodruff, Journal, 21–26 Feb. 1842; Facsimile Printing Plates and Published Book of Abraham, ca. 23 Feb.–ca. 16 May 1842.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
The word “heathen” could possibly be “seer has.”
Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation of Facsimile 1, ca. Feb. 1842 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]; “A Fac-simile from the Book of Abraham. No. 1,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:703 [Abraham, facsimile 1]. “Rukeeyang” is a Sephardic transliteration of the Hebrew word for “firmament.” For a history of JS’s usage of this term, see Grey, “Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in the Book of Abraham,” 30–34.
Grey, Matthew J. “Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in the Book of Abraham.” Unpublished paper. Copy in editors’ possession.
In the 1 March 1842 issue of the Times and Seasons, JS wrote, “This paper commences my editorial career, I alone stand responsible for it, and shall do for all papers having my signature henceforward. I am not responsible for the publication, or arrangement of the former paper; the matter did not come under my supervision.” (JS, “To Subscribers,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:710.)
TEXT: “The” written over “oh”, then canceled.
The previous issue featured a marriage notice with a congratulatory paragraph laced with printers’ puns and suggestive language. (See Letter from Lyman O. Littlefield, 14 Mar. 1842.)
From 1830 to 1833 JS revised, clarified, and augmented portions of the King James Version of the Bible through what he regarded as divine inspiration. A few excerpts from this project were printed in issues of The Evening and the Morning Star in 1832 and 1833. Though an 1840 editorial suggested that the church would print the new translation in book form, publication was still pending in early 1842. (Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 3–5; Letter to Church Brethren, 15 June 1835; “Extract from the Prophecy of Enoch,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1832, [2]–[3] [Moses 7:1–69]; “The Church of Christ,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Mar. 1833, [1]; “The Gospel,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Apr. 1833, [1]–[3]; “Books!!!,” Times and Seasons, July 1840, 1:140.)
Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Though many of JS’s early revelations were first published in church newspapers such as The Evening and the Morning Star, most were later compiled and published in book form, such as the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. (See “Joseph Smith-Era Publications of Revelations.”)
See Acts 8:39; and Revelation, 22–23 Sept. 1832 [D&C 84:105].
See Book of Mormon, 1840 ed., 307 [Alma 32:28].
JS purchased mummies and papyri that were likely exhumed from the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes by antiquities dealer Antonio Lebolo in the late 1810s or early 1820s. (Historical Introduction to Book of Abraham Manuscript, ca. Early July–ca. Nov. 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6].)
Installments of the Book of Abraham were printed in the 1 March, 15 March, and 16 May 1842 issues of the Times and Seasons. In February 1843 John Taylor, editor of the newspaper, noted that JS promised to “furnish us with further extracts from the Book of Abraham.” However, no additional installments were printed in the newspaper. (“The Book of Abraham,” Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 3:703–706 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]; 15 Mar. 1842, 3:719–722 [Abraham 2:19–5:21]; “A Fac-simile from the Book of Abraham. No. 3,” Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842, 3:783–784 [Abraham, facsimile 3]; Facsimile Printing Plates and Published Books of Abraham, ca. 23 Feb.–ca. 16 May 1842; [John Taylor], “Notice,” Times and Seasons, 1 Feb. 1843, 4:95.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.