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.
TEXT: Twelve periods or dots appear after “4”.
The Nauvoo Neighbor estimated that some thirteen thousand people had assembled by eleven o’clock in the morning, swelling to fifteen thousand later in the day. (“The 4th of July,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 5 July 1843, [2].)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Reynolds and Wilson had reported that JS “had resisted the law and the Mormons had rescued him” following his arrest in Dixon on 23 June 1843. JS denied the report in his morning address: “I testify I did submit my self quietly.” He referred his listeners to his lawyers Cyrus Walker, Shepherd Patrick, and Edward Southwick for proof that he had conducted himself “honstly & uprightly— in all things in relation to this Subject.” (Clayton, Journal, 2 July 1843; JS, Journal, 23 June 1843; General Church Minutes, 4 July 1843; JS, Journal, 2 July 1843.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Hyde served a mission to Europe and Jerusalem from 15 April 1840 to 7 December 1842. During his absence, his wife, Marinda Johnson Hyde, and their two daughters moved in with Ebenezer and Angelina Works Robinson’s family. Marinda Hyde and her children continued to live in the house after the Robinsons moved out. According to Willard Richards, Hyde “raised his house” on 10 June 1843, which probably meant that the frame was erected on that day. (Orson Hyde and John E. Page, Quincy, IL, 28 Apr. 1840, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, June 1840, 1:116–117; JS, “To All People unto Whom These Presents Shall Come,” Times and Seasons, Apr. 1840, 1:86; JS, Journal, 25 Jan. [second of two entries] and 7 Dec. 1842; Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, Sept. 1890, 324; Oct. 1890, 346–347; Richards, Journal, 10 June 1843.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Notice was given in the 28 June 1843 Nauvoo Neighbor that Adams and Hyde, both recently appointed to serve a mission to St. Petersburg, Russia, would speak at the Fourth of July celebration. (“4th of July Celebration, at Nauvoo,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 28 June 1843, [2]; “Recommendatory,” Times and Seasons, 1 June 1843, 4:218.)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Levi Richards, who briefly summarized the address in his journal, described Pratt’s topic as “resurrection & a whole salvation.” (Levi Richards, Journal, 4 July 1843.)
Richards, Levi. Journals, 1840–1853. Levi Richards, Papers, 1837–1867. CHL. MS 1284, box 1.
Although these steamers from Burlington and St. Louis cannot be identified, a “citizen of Quincy” wrote a letter to the Quincy Whig about a trip on the “splendid steamer Annawan” to Nauvoo on the Fourth of July. The citizen noted the hearty welcome the residents of Nauvoo extended to the visitors and commented, “The large concourse of people assembled to celebrate the day which gave birth to American Independence convinced me that the Mormons have been most grossly slandered; and that they respect, cherish and love the free institutions of our country. . . . I never saw a more orderly, gentlemanly, and hospitable people than the mormons, nor a more enterprising population, as the stirring appearance of their city indicates.” (“Trip to Nauvoo on the 4th,” Quincy [IL] Whig, 12 July 1843, [3]; “Trip to Nauvoo on the Fourth of July,” LDS Millennial Star, Oct. 1843, 4:93–94; “Trip to Nauvoo on the Fourth,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 July 1843, [2].)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
JS was arrested on 23 June 1843 near Dixon on the charge of treason and released on a writ of habeas corpus at Nauvoo on 1 July 1843. Though Willard Richards never provided a detailed account of JS’s arrest or of the events leading up to his release in JS’s journal, both the Times and Seasons and Nauvoo Neighbor published such an account—along with several documents bearing on the case—during the following weeks. (“Missouri vs Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:241–243; “Trial of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 15 July 1843, 4:257–272; “Trial of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 1 Aug. 1843, 4:273–278; “Missouri vs Joseph Smith,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 5 July 1843, [2]; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo, Illinois,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 12 July 1843, [1]–[2]; “Trial of Joseph Smith,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 July 1843, [1]; “Trial of Joseph Smith,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 26 July 1843, [1]–[3]; see also JS, Journal, 23 June and 1 July 1843.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
A Burlington newspaper printed a notice of the event, which was reprinted around the country: “Many of our citizens spent the fourth among the saints at Nauvoo. They returned much pleased with their visit.” (“The Fourth at Nauvoo,” Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette [Philadelphia], 25 July 1843, [2].)
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette. Philadelphia. 1842–1859.