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.
In his letter to JS dated 24 October 1843, Bennet described his recent baptism by Brigham Young as “a glorious frolick in the clear blue ocean,” assured JS of his undeviating friendship, and announced his intention to run for the office of governor of Illinois. JS’s response, crafted over the next few days with the assistance of William W. Phelps, rebuked Bennet for his lack of respect for things sacred and declined to aid Bennet in his objective of obtaining political office in Illinois. Although Bennet requested secrecy about his ambitions, his letter was published along with JS’s response in both the Times and Seasons and the Nauvoo Neighbor. Willard Richards wrote a letter of apology to Bennet on 15 December 1843, claiming ignorance of how the confidential correspondence made it into print. Bennet’s good-natured response on 1 February 1844 noted that he, too, had thought JS’s letter admirably written and that he had JS’s letter published in the New York newspaper Commercial Advertiser. Church printers also published the correspondence in 1844 in New York and Liverpool. (James Arlington Bennet, Arlington House, Long Island, NY, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 24 Oct. 1843, JS Collection, CHL; JS, Journal, 13–14 Nov. 1843; JS, Nauvoo, IL, to James Arlington Bennet, Arlington House, Long Island, NY, 13 Nov. 1843, JS Collection, CHL; “For the Times and Seasons,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1843, 4:371–375; “For the Neighbor,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 6 Dec. 1843, [3]; Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennet, 15 Dec. 1843, Willard Richards, Papers, CHL; James Arlington Bennet, Arlington House, Long Island, NY, to Willard Richards, 1 Feb. 1844, Willard Richards, Papers, CHL; “Letter from Joe Smith,” Commercial Advertiser [New York City], 7 Dec. 1843, [2]; Correspondence between Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and Col. John Wentworth, 7–11; Reply of Joseph Smith, to the letter of J.A.B.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Richards, Willard. Journals and Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490.
Commercial Advertiser. New York City. 1820–1863.
Correspondence between Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and Col. John Wentworth, Editor of “The Chicago Democrat,” and Member of Congress from Illinois; Gen. James Arlington Bennet, of Arlington House, Long Island, and the Honorable John C. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina. . . . New York: John E. Page and L. R. Foster, 1844.
Reply of Joseph Smith, to the Letter of J. A. B——. Of A——n House, New York. Liverpool: R. Hedlock and T. Ward, 1844.