Footnotes
See Historical Introduction to Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 Feb. 1840–A.
John Smith, Journal, 1836–1840, 29 Feb. 1840, [58].
Smith, John (1781-1854). Journal, 1833–1841. John Smith, Papers, 1833-1854. CHL. MS 1326, box 1, fd. 1.
Coray, Autobiographical Sketch, 17, 19.
Coray, Howard. Autobiographical Sketch, after 1883. Howard Coray, Papers, ca. 1840–1941. Photocopy. CHL. MS 2043, fd. 1.
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The Senate did not consider the committee’s report until 23 March 1840. (Journal of the Senate of the United States, 26th Cong., 1st Sess., 23 Mar. 1840, 259–260; Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 Mar. 1840; Historical Introduction to Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 Mar. 1840.)
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, and in the Sixty-Fourth Year of the Independence of the Said United States. Washington DC: Blair and Rives, 1839.
The church’s delegation to Congress had submitted several documents in support of the memorial, including pamphlets and affidavits. (Journal of the Senate of the United States, 26th Cong., 1st Sess., 17 Feb. 1840, 179; Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 Mar. 1840; Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 Mar. 1840.)
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, and in the Sixty-Fourth Year of the Independence of the Said United States. Washington DC: Blair and Rives, 1839.
See Acts 24:16.
Higbee made several attempts to correspond with Rigdon, who was in Philadelphia. Higbee ultimately heard back from Rigdon by 9 March through a letter from Philadelphia church member Samuel Bennett. (Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 Mar. 1840.)
Higbee probably intended to draw money from an account of Senator Richard M. Young, who had helped finance the church delegation’s trip to Washington DC. (Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 Dec. 1839.)
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