Footnotes
“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
Horace Hotchkiss, Fair Haven, CT, to Hyrum Smith, Nauvoo, IL, 13 May 1841, JS Office Papers, CHL.
Chester Co., PA, Deeds, 1688–1903, vol. U-4, pp. 82–83, 185–187, 271–274, microfilm 557,205, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Letter to Smith Tuttle, 9 Oct. 1841. At the church’s general conference on 5 October 1841, JS had Tuttle’s letter read aloud. (Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 Oct. 1841.)
According to one account, JS spoke in 1840 of putting a bell on the Nauvoo temple. The temple, when completed, did have a bell, but it was not provided by Tuttle and Hotchkiss. (Discourse, ca. 19 July 1840; Watt, “Tale of Two Bells,” 31–33.)
Watt, Ronald G. “A Tale of Two Bells: Nauvoo Bell and Hummer’s Bell.” Nauvoo Journal 11, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 31–42.
An editorial in early August had addressed the question of when the Saints would begin publishing a weekly newspaper in Nauvoo. The editors explained that the paper was delayed because the type had not arrived. (“The Weekly Paper,” Times and Seasons, 2 Aug. 1841, 2:497–498.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Don Carlos Smith and Robert B. Thompson were coeditors of the Times and Seasons from 1 May 1841 until Smith’s death on 7 August 1841. Thompson then assisted with the editing of the next issue of the periodical before his own death on 27 August 1841. (“The Times and Seasons,” Times and Seasons, 1 May 1841, 2:406; “Death of Col. Robert B. Thompson,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:519.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Tuttle’s letter filled all four pages of the bifolium. At some point Tuttle added extra text in an insertion written sideways and in red ink in the margin of the first page. This line referred JS to that insertion. The transcription of the insertion appears immediately after Tuttle’s note.
Tuttle ran a general store with John Rowe in Fair Haven, Connecticut, during this period. (Guide to the Potter Family Papers, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.)
Guide to the Potter Family Papers. Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Available at drs.library.yale.edu.
Postal place and date stamped in dark brown ink. The stamp is circular.
Postage in unidentified handwriting.
Stamped in dark brown ink.