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.
Lyman told the elders to teach things they knew, to confine their preaching to the “simple truth” of the gospel, and to support rather than speak ill of one another. (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 34; Woodruff, Journal, 9 Apr. 1844.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
The day before, JS had identified “the whole America” as Zion. Wilford Woodruff recorded Young saying the statement was “a perfect knock down to mobs, now Mo [Missouri] Mob away and best let us alone and we will evangelize the world . . . mob us & we will do it sooner.” (JS, Journal, 8 Apr. 1844; Woodruff, Journal, 9 Apr. 1844.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Young referred to the elders who would be going out to proselytize and to campaign for JS and argued that no line should divide the government of God and the government of men. (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 35.)
Thomas Bullock’s more complete account of Hyrum Smith’s speech reads, “We must do all we can to build the Temple— & after that to build up Churches— the gathering will continue here until the Temple has its endowts [endowments]. & after that the gathering will be from the natns [nations] to the n[orth] and S[outh] America the Land of Zion.” (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 35.)
According to Thomas Bullock, Hyrum Smith told the elders, “You are to vote for good men. & if you do not do this it is sin. . . . we want a President: not a party Pres . . . [but] a Pres. who will maintain every man in his rights.” (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 36.)
According to Thomas Bullock’s account, Kimball used his “figure” after advising the elders to convert people to the Bible. “This is the thrashing floor,” Kimball then reportedly said. “There are great many heads green— & after to go throh [through] the Smut mill. & Fanning Mill then to be ground. & going to be bolt— but a many bolt away— if you get a cudgelling dont be mad—for your heads are green.” (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 36.)
Thomas Bullock recorded Kimball saying, “I never preached any thing else but the 1st. prin[ciples]: when first we went to England we preached nothing but the 1st. prin[ciples].” (General Church Minutes, Bullock copy, 9 Apr. 1844, 36.)
This passage probably refers to comments Kimball reportedly made at a meeting in Pike County, Illinois, when members in the area asked him to preach about “mysteries.” Kimball told them that the first mystery was why church members were ignoring the obvious need that Lyman, who was present, had for “a pair of Briches.” Kimball pointed out similar “mysteries” to the congregation, and, as a result, “Elder Lyman got a pair of Pantaloons & Elder Kimball a Barrel of flour for his family.” (Woodruff, Journal, 9 Sept. 1843.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.