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.
JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841 and 21 Dec. 1842; Orson Spencer, “Death of Our Beloved Brother Willard Richards,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 16 Mar. 1854, [2].
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [2], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL. “Index to Papers in the Historians Office,” ca. 1904, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL, and its draft cite a letter from Horace Hotchkiss, but it is unclear which of the several 1842 Hotchkiss letters it is.
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
Stamped in ink.
Postage written in blue ink in unidentified handwriting.
Circular postmark stamped in ink.
Unidentified handwriting in blue ink within the circular postmark.
Endorsement in the handwriting of William Clayton. JS actually responded to the letter on 10 March 1842. (Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Mar. 1842.)
Modesitt owned land near Terra Haute, Indiana, which JS later offered, on 10 March 1842, to Hotchkiss as payment against the church’s debt to him. (Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 10 Mar. 1842.)
Notation in the handwriting of Willard Richards, probably at two different times; “& others—” is inscribed in lighter ink.