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.
Wight, McRae, JS, and others who were charged with treason in Missouri in 1838 were allowed to escape custody in April 1839 before their trial. Pratt, who along with other Mormon participants in the Battle of Crooked River had been charged with murder, escaped from the custody of Missouri officials in July 1839. While no June 1843 writs for the arrest of Wight, McRae, or Pratt have been located, the men took seriously the rumors that writs had been issued. Two days later, on 28 June, Wilford Woodruff found these men “armed & guarded against any kidnaping.” (JS History, vol. B-1, 848; vol. C-1, 856–858, 913–914, 921–922; Austin A. King, Opinion, Nov. 1838, State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes [Mo. 5th Cir. Ct. 1838], in Document Containing the Correspondence, 149–151; Pratt, Autobiography, 233–234, 274–280; JS, Journal, 16 Apr. 1839; Woodruff, Journal, 28 June 1843.)
Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &c., in Relation to the Disturbances with the Mormons; and the Evidence Given before the Hon. Austin A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes against the State. Fayette, MO: Boon’s Lick Democrat, 1841.
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.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
On 20 May 1842, as one of his first acts after he was elected to replace John C. Bennett as mayor of Nauvoo, JS directed Bennett, in the latter’s capacity as major general of the Nauvoo Legion, to establish a “night watch” or “city watch.” On the same day, Bennett appointed eight men to serve as watchmen, though others were added at various times. Later in 1843 the watch was expanded and its duties enumerated, including the directive to maintain the “peace and dignity of the citizens,” enforce ordinances, and serve “as daily and nightly watchmen.” (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 19 May 1842, 81; 12 Dec. 1843, 193; “Major General’s Office,” Wasp, 21 May 1842, [2].)
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
That is, Amos Davis’s hotel.
Orange Wight, the nineteen-year-old son of Lyman Wight. (Wight, Reminiscences, [1].)
Wight, Orange L. Reminiscences, May–Dec. 1903. Photocopy. CHL. MS 405.
According to Thomas Gregg, the Hancock County treasurer and assessor was Sylvester Thompson. (Gregg, History of Hancock County, 449.)
Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.