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 her letter reprinted in the Sangamo Journal, Brotherton stated that after Brigham Young asked her to marry him and she asked for time to consider it, JS told her that it was “lawful and right before God” and that “if there is any sin in it,” he would “answer for it before God.” JS, Young, and Heber C. Kimball all denied Brotherton’s allegations—with Young stating that her affidavit was “a base falsehood, with regard to any private intercourse or unlawful conduct or conversation with me.” Brotherton’s brother-in-law John McIlwrick also stated both privately and publicly that she was a liar and a hypocrite. (“Miss Brotherton’s Statement,” Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 22 July 1842, [2]; “Affidavit of H. C. Kimball,” “Affidavit of Brigham Young,” and “Testimony of J. McIlwrick,” in Affidavits and Certificates [Nauvoo, IL: 1842], copy at CHL; Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 Apr. 1842; John McIlwrick, Nauvoo, IL, to Martha Brotherton, 25 May 1842, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.)
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
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.
Brigham Young Office. Halsted, Haines & Co. File, 1867. CHL.