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.
On 29 December 1843, the city council tabled two petitions for licenses to retail distilled liquors in Nauvoo. At this 13 January 1844 session, JS—who himself had received such a license the previous month—read one of those petitions, from Pulaski Cahoon, and proposed that it be granted “on the principle of equal rights,— and on condition the petitioner give bond for security to the city that He keep an orderly house.” It is not clear what type of “house” or establishment Cahoon ran or planned to run, though his petition may have been tied to his position as city auctioneer. JS’s proposal to grant the petition led to a lengthy discussion on the propriety of granting such licenses to anyone in the city, with some council members suggesting that JS’s own license should be repealed—a suggestion JS agreed to “if that was thought the best way” to be fair to everyone. JS explained that he wanted a license because his Nauvoo Mansion would not be able to support itself financially without selling distilled liquors and “others were selling and he wanted the privilege lawfully which others took unlawfully.” The issue was resolved three days later when the city council passed an ordinance allowing the mayor and certain others to sell distilled liquors “for medical and mechanical purposes” if they obtained a license from the mayor. The city council also discussed other issues in this 13 January session, including the appointment of an inspector of flour, the creation of an intelligence office, a dog tax, merchant licenses, the recording of deeds, and the rumor that JS had given secret instructions to some of Nauvoo’s policemen regarding possible traitors. (JS, Journal, 12 and 29 Dec. 1843; 3 and 5 Jan. 1844; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 12 July 1842, 88–93, sec. 5; Bond, Pulaski Cahoon to JS and Nauvoo City Council, 21 Dec. 1843, JS Collection, CHL; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, 13 and 16 Jan. 1844, 41–46; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 12 Dec. 1843, 194; 13 and 16 Jan. 1844, 200, 201.)