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.
William Clayton was also present at the meeting. (Clayton, Journal, 29 Jan. 1844.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Independent electors were men who were not affiliated with Whigs, Democrats, or other national political parties of the time and who were eligible to cast votes in the electoral college.
Formal mission assignments were made under the direction of Brigham Young in April 1844. At that time, several hundred men were assigned to proselytize and to campaign for JS in twenty-six states and one territory. Most left on their missions later in the spring. Yearsley was eventually assigned to travel to Pennsylvania, while Pratt went to Boston. Snow traveled to Vermont by way of Philadelphia, Boston, and New Hampshire. According to the April 1844 published list of missionary assignments, Rigdon was not assigned to go to Pennsylvania, though he was asked to serve as JS’s running mate in May 1844 and went to Pittsburgh at JS’s request in mid-June. (JS, Journal, 9 Apr. and 6 May 1844; “Special Conference,” Times and Seasons, 15 Apr. 1844, 5:504–506; Whipple, “Sketch of the Life of Edson Whipple,” [1]–[2]; Pratt, Autobiography, 290; Snow, Journal, 1841–1847, pp. 47–48; Rigdon, “Life Story of Sidney Rigdon,” 179; see also Council of Fifty, “Record,” 6 May 1844.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Whipple, Edson. “Sketch of the Life of Edson Whipple.” Edson Whipple, Record Books, ca. 1836–1936. CHL. MS 9213, fd. 1.
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.
Snow, Erastus. Journals, 1835–1851; 1856–1857. CHL. MS 1329, box 1, fds. 1–3.
Rigdon, John Wickliff. “Life Story of Sidney Rigdon,” no date. CHL. MS 3451.
Self-promotion for public office was viewed as inappropriate political behavior in the early republic. Presidential candidates in particular relied on their affiliated political parties and supporters to campaign for them. (Howe, What Hath God Wrought, 571–573; Wilentz, Rise of American Democracy, 85; see also Wood, Radicalism of the American Revolution, ch. 12.)
Howe, Daniel Walker. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848. The Oxford History of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Wilentz, Sean. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
Wood, Gordon S. The Radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1992.
Neither Hyrum Smith nor Taylor went east to campaign for JS; both remained in Nauvoo with other responsibilities. Pratt left in the spring for Boston, and Young left on 21 May for Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts. (Pratt, Autobiography, 290; Historian’s Office, Brigham Young History Drafts, 95–98.)
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.
Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–1858. CHL. CR 100 475, box 1, fd. 5.