Footnotes
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.
Bitton and Arrington, Mormons and Their Historians, 48–52, 55.
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, 1, 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
“Miss Brotherton’s Statement,” Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 22 July 1842, [2].
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
JS, Journal, 26 Aug. 1842; “Affidavit of H. C. Kimball” and “Affidavit of Brigham Young,” in Affidavits and Certificates [Nauvoo, IL: 1842], copy at CHL; see also “Testimony of J. McIlwrick” and Vilate Murray Kimball, Affidavit, Hancock Co., IL, 30 Aug. 1842, in Affidavits and Certificates [Nauvoo, IL: 1842], copy at CHL.
Affidavits and Certificates, Disproving the Statements and Affidavits Contained in John C. Bennett’s Letters. Nauvoo Aug. 31, 1842. [Nauvoo, IL: 1842]. Copy at CHL.
In his 16 July letter, JS had asked Page to purchase barrels of nails of various sizes to be used in the construction of the Nauvoo temple. (Letter to John E. Page, 16 July 1842.)
The aftermath of the Panic of 1837, compounded by the collapse of numerous banks in 1839—including Nicholas Biddle’s United States Bank of Pennsylvania—and a lingering recession, continued to affect the economy and industry of the United States at this time, especially in the Northeast. Unemployment was widespread in such industries as textiles and shoe manufacturing. (Howe, What Hath God Wrought, 505.)
Howe, Daniel Walker. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848. The Oxford History of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.