Footnotes
George Bachman, Carthage, IL, to Moses Wilson, 20 Jan. 1843, copy, JS Collection, CHL.
JS, Journal, 29 June 1842; “Clayton, William,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:718.
Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–1936.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [3], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
The exact nature of Bachman’s friendship with JS is unclear. Bachman had been advertising his legal services in the Wasp since early November 1842. The first mention of a meeting between the two was not until 3 April 1843, but JS may have met Bachman during earlier visits to Carthage. (See Advertisement, Wasp, 5 Nov. 1842, [3]; and JS, Journal, 3–4 Apr. 1843.)
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
JS, Journal, 5 Jan. 1843; George Bachman, Carthage, IL, to Moses Wilson, 20 Jan. 1843, copy, JS Collection, CHL.
Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 Jan. 1843; John C. Bennett, Springfield, IL, to Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt, Nauvoo, IL, 10 Jan. [1843], Sidney Rigdon, Collection, CHL.
George Bachman, Carthage, IL, to Moses Wilson, 20 Jan. 1843, copy, JS Collection, CHL, underlining in original.
George Bachman, Carthage, IL, to Moses Wilson, 20 Jan. 1843, copy, JS Collection, CHL.
Bachman was alluding to the biblical story of David and Jonathan, who entered into a covenant of friendship despite the efforts of Jonathan’s father, Saul, a political rival, to kill David. In order to alert him about Saul’s intentions, Jonathan developed a way to warn David by shooting arrows at a target near his position. Jonathan promised to send a servant to find the arrows that he shot and informed David that the directions he gave to this servant would signal whether David was in danger. If Jonathan said “the arrows are on this side of thee, take them,” David would know he was safe. But if Jonathan told the servant that the arrows had gone beyond him and he must go after them, it would be a sign for David to flee. (1 Samuel 18:1–4; 20:11–23.)
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