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.
“Letters to and from the Prophet,” ca. 1904, [2]; “Index to Papers in the Historian’s Office,” ca. 1904, 7, 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
“An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:311.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Sonne, Ships, Saints, and Mariners, 148. The ships were the Tyrian, Chaos, Tremont, Hope, and John Cumming.
Sonne, Conway B. Ships, Saints, and Mariners: A Maritime Encyclopedia of Mormon Migration, 1830–1890. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1987.
“An Epistle of the Twelve,” Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:311.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
In a January 1842 letter to Pratt, Joseph Fielding described the economy in Nauvoo, stating that “almost all things here are carried on without the use of money.” (Joseph Fielding, Nauvoo, IL, to Parley P. Pratt, Jan. 1842, in Millennial Star, Aug. 1842, 3:79.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
In the March 1842 issue of the Millennial Star, Pratt printed a portion of a letter Hyde wrote on 1 January 1842. (“Highly Interesting from Jerusalem,” Millennial Star, Mar. 1842, 2:166–169; Hyde, Voice from Jerusalem, 6–20.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Hyde, Orson. A Voice from Jerusalem, or a Sketch of the Travels and Ministry of Elder Orson Hyde, Missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to Germany, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Liverpool: P. P. Pratt, 1842.
On 1 June 1842 the Times and Seasons republished the excerpt of Hyde’s letter printed in the March 1842 issue of the Millennial Star. (“Highly Interesting from Jerusalem,” Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842, 3:804–805.)
Adams departed Liverpool on the Mersey on 31 December 1841. The first eight days of the voyage were marked by “fair wind and good weather,” but the duration of the voyage was marked by stormy weather. A weeklong tempest began on 6 February 1842, damaging the ship and forcing the company to return to Liverpool. The company arrived on 25 February 1842. (Letter from George J. Adams, 21 Apr. 1842.)
Three days later, on 16 March 1842, Adams departed Liverpool on the Sheridan, a packet ship bound for New York. (Letter from George J. Adams, 21 Apr. 1842.)
Pratt was alluding to recent developments in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which involved Afghanistan and British-governed India. Pratt provided more details in an article published a month earlier: “War has suddenly commenced in India, and a large tract of country is in a state of insurrection, and the people in arms against the British forces, whose officers were massacred, detachments cut in pieces, large bodies of troops blockaded, almost without provisions or ammunition, the English government fearing to hear every day that these too have surrendered or been massacred.” (“War,” Millennial Star, Feb. 1842, 2:160, emphasis in original.)
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Pratt was referring to the increasing civil unrest resulting from the Corn Laws, which restricted the importation of grain into the United Kingdom. (See Letter from Alfred Cordon, 17 Feb. 1842.)
On 31 August 1841 the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles voted that Elder Lorenzo Barnes “proce[e]d on his mission to England without delay.” (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Minutes, 31 Aug. 1841.)
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Minutes, 1840–1844. CHL.