Footnotes
JS, Journal, 29 June 1842; “Clayton, William,” in Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:718; Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 18, 30–31.
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.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, ca. 1845. CHL. MS 3365.
See the full bibliographic entry for Helen Vilate Bourne Fleming, Collection, 1836–1963, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
See, for example, Letter from John McKee, 7 Mar. 1843; and Letter from Halsey Cook, 20 Mar. 1843.
Employment and resources for new arrivals to Nauvoo were pressing issues in 1843. For example, on 13 April, JS addressed a large Nauvoo congregation including many immigrants and encouraged new arrivals to find work as farm laborers in neighboring communities. (Discourse, 13 Apr. 1843.)