Footnotes

1. [1]

   A later account indicates that the letter may have been received by an individual with the last name Doremus, although no other information about this person is known. At this time, JS had relatives in several different locations, including New York, New England, and Missouri. (Memorandum, 12 Apr. 1995, CHL; Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845, 246; JS History, vol. B-1, addenda, 5nR; Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835.)

   Memorandum, 12 Apr. 1995. CHL.

   Smith, Lucy Mack. History, 1845. CHL. MS 2049. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.

   JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

2. [2]

   JS worked on his Bible revision from 1830 to 1833. He saw the project as an inspired process of revising, clarifying, and expanding the biblical text. (See Faulring et al., Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible, 6, 46–47.)

   Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.

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   Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832.

4. [4]

   Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 25 June 1833.

5. [5]

   Revelation, 2 Aug. 1833–B [D&C 94:10]; Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104]; see also Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 6 Aug. 1833.

6. [6]

   Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 131.

   Howe, Eber D. Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time. With Sketches of the Characters of Its Propagators, and a Full Detail of the Manner in Which the Famous Golden Bible Was Brought before the World. To Which Are Added, Inquiries into the Probability That the Historical Part of the Said Bible Was Written by One Solomon Spalding, More Than Twenty Years Ago, and by Him Intended to Have Been Published as a Romance. Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834.

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   William W. Phelps, Kirtland, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 26 May 1835, William W. Phelps, Papers, BYU. An article in the May 1835 issue of the Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate stated that if the editors were “prospered a few weeks,” they would “have this volume ready for distribution.” (Editorial, LDS Messenger and Advocate, May 1835, 1:122.)

   Phelps, William W. Papers, 1835–1865. BYU.

   Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

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   Minutes, 14 July 1835.

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   Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835; “Bishop Partridge,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, June 1835, 1:139.

   Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

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    Editorial, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Apr. 1835, 1:107; Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 Aug. 1835.

    Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

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    Historical Introduction to Doctrine and Covenants, 1835.

12. [12]

    Jackson, “Joseph Smith and the Bible,” 30. Portions of JS’s revisions were published; some of his work on the book of Genesis, for example, appeared in The Evening and the Morning Star in 1832 and 1833. (“Extract from the Prophecy of Enoch,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Aug. 1832, [2]–[3]; “The Church of Christ,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Mar. 1833, [1]; “The Gospel,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Apr. 1833, [1]–[3].)

    Jackson, Kent P. “Joseph Smith and the Bible.” Scottish Journal of Theology 63, no. 1 (2010): 24–40.

    The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.