Footnotes
This serialized history drew on the journals herein beginning with the 4 July 1855 issue of the Deseret News and with the 3 January 1857 issue of the LDS Millennial Star.
The labels on the spines of the four volumes read respectively as follows: “Joseph Smith’s Journal—1842–3 by Willard Richards” (book 1); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843” (book 2); “Joseph Smith’s Journal by W. Richards 1843–4” (book 3); and “W. Richards’ Journal 1844 Vol. 4” (book 4). Richards kept JS’s journal in the front of book 4, and after JS’s death Richards kept his own journal in the back of the volume.
“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.
“Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]; “Contents of the Historian and Recorder’s Office G. S. L. City July 1858,” 2; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]–[12], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Johnson, Register of the Joseph Smith Collection, 7.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Johnson, Jeffery O. Register of the Joseph Smith Collection in the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973.
Footnotes
Historical Introduction to JS, Journal, Dec. 1841–Dec. 1842.
Source Note to JS, Journal, 1835–1836; Source Note to JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.
See Appendix 3.
Pursuant to the 1789 federal judiciary act, Illinois in 1827 passed two laws pertinent to JS’s case. One allowed a state judge to imprison a fugitive from justice, or to take bail, and the other required a judge in a habeas corpus hearing to require bail if a trial would follow, under penalty of a misdemeanor. (An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States [24 Sept. 1789], Public Statutes at Large, 1st Cong., 1st Sess., chap. 20, pp. 91–92, sec. 33; An Act concerning Fugitives from Justice [6 Jan. 1827], Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois [1826–1827], pp. 232–233, sec. 4; An Act Regulating the Proceedings on Writs of Habeas Corpus [22 Jan. 1827], Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois [1826–1827], p. 239.)
The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. . . . Edited by Richard Peters. 8 vols. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846–1867.
The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois, Enacted at the Fifth General Assembly, at Their Session Held at Vandalia, Commencing on the Fourth Day of December, 1826, and Ending the Nineteenth of February, 1827. Vandalia, IL: Robert Blackwell, 1827.
Illinois law required that if bail were admitted in a habeas corpus hearing, as it was in JS’s case, the prisoner must “enter into recognizance with one or more securities.” Adams and Law were bonded (rather than bailed) to stand as security for JS. (An Act Regulating the Proceedings on Writs of Habeas Corpus [22 Jan. 1827], Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois [1826–1827], p. 239.)
The Revised Code of Laws, of Illinois, Enacted at the Fifth General Assembly, at Their Session Held at Vandalia, Commencing on the Fourth Day of December, 1826, and Ending the Nineteenth of February, 1827. Vandalia, IL: Robert Blackwell, 1827.
Technically a habeas corpus hearing rather than a trial. William Clayton reported the morning’s activities: “This A.M. Mr Butterfield came and stated that the Sherif of Adams Co did not appear willing to bring forward the writ. This made it necessary to petition the Govr [Ford] to issue a new writ, which was done and put into the hands of the Sherif of Sangamon Co. We then repaired to the U.S. Court now in Session to apply for a writ of Habeas Corpus, which was immediately granted. Monday was appointed for the trial Joseph, Wilson Law, & Judge [James] Adams had to give bail to court of $2000 each.” (Clayton, Journal, 31 Dec. 1842.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
See manuscript page 74. The location of the note in the manuscript indicates that four days later, on 4 January 1843, Willard Richards elaborated on this incident.
William Clayton’s journal clarifies that this was not another official requisition being made on Governor Ford but merely “some person” who “demanded another writ on the old Missouri affair.” Ford, Clayton wrote, “knowing that a nolle prosequi had been entered in the case, refused to do any thing.” (Clayton, Journal, 31 Dec. 1842.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
The American House, built by Elijah Iles in 1838, was considered the finest hotel in Springfield and was the largest hotel in the state. (Power, Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois, 399, 537.)
Power, John Carroll. History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876.
TEXT: Possibly “Govr”.