Footnotes
JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” no date, Jameson Family Collection, CHL; JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.
Jameson Family Collection, 1825–1938. CHL. MS 14052.
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.
Historical Introduction to Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835.
Whitmer, History, 76; see also “Some Early Letters of William W. Phelps,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Jan. 1940, 29.
Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. Salt Lake City. 1910–1940.
William W. Phelps, Kirtland, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 20 July 1835, in Historical Department, Journal History of the Church, 20 July 1835.
Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.
Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835. Part of the letter to Burk was published in the Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. (Letter to the Saints Scattered Abroad, June 1835.)
William W. Phelps to Sally Waterman Phelps, 20 July 1835, William W. Phelps, Papers, BYU.
Phelps, William W. Papers, 1835–1865. BYU.
William W. Phelps, Kirtland, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 20 July 1835, in Historical Department, Journal History of the Church, 20 July 1835.
Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.
Not long after the composition of this letter, Phelps stated that it contained “much good instruction.” (William W. Phelps to Sally Waterman Phelps, 9 Sept. 1835, William W. Phelps, Papers, BYU.)
Phelps, William W. Papers, 1835–1865. BYU.
“From the West,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Dec. 1834, 1:41; J. W. Thompson, Jefferson City, MO, to William W. Phelps, 25 Nov. 1834; William W. Phelps, Liberty, MO, to J. W. Thompson, Jefferson City, MO, 11 Dec. 1834, copy, William W. Phelps, Collection of Missouri Documents, CHL.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Phelps, William W. Collection of Missouri Documents, 1833–1837. CHL. MS 657.
William W. Phelps, Liberty, MO, to J. W. Thompson, Jefferson City, MO, 11 Dec. 1834, copy, William W. Phelps, Collection of Missouri Documents, CHL.
Phelps, William W. Collection of Missouri Documents, 1833–1837. CHL. MS 657.
William W. Phelps to Robert W. Wells, 5 Jan. 1835, William W. Phelps, Collection of Missouri Documents, CHL; Alvin C. Graves to “Dear Brother,” no date, William W. Phelps, Papers, BYU.
Phelps, William W. Collection of Missouri Documents, 1833–1837. CHL. MS 657.
Phelps, William W. Papers, 1835–1865. BYU.
Despite the unwillingness of the Missouri government to restore the Saints to their lands, JS and other church leaders continued to prepare for a return to Jackson County. A May 1835 council in Kirtland voted that church members “never give up the struggle for Zion, even until Death. or until Zion is Redeemed,” and in June 1835, JS told his cousin Almira Mack Scobey that he trusted the Saints would all “receive an inheritance in the land of refuge which is so much to be desired.” Meanwhile, in summer 1835, another council in Kirtland by “the dictation of the Spirit of the Lord through Joseph the Revelator” determined the order in which leaders were to receive inheritances, or parcels of land, in Zion. (Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835; Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835; Whitmer, History, 71–72; William W. Phelps, Kirtland, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 26 May 1835, William W. Phelps, Papers, BYU.)
Phelps, William W. Papers, 1835–1865. BYU.
Porter, “Study of the Origins,” 299; “Records of Early Church Families,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Apr. 1936, 78.
Porter, Larry C. “A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1971. Also available as A Study of the Origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, 1816–1831, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).
“Records of Early Church Families.” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 27 (Apr. 1936): 76–82.
JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” no date, Jameson Family Collection, CHL.
Jameson Family Collection, 1825–1938. CHL. MS 14052.
Historical Introduction to Whitmer, History.
Holbrook, Reminiscences, 40; Joseph Holbrook, Bountiful, Utah Territory, to George A. Smith, 22 Jan. 1863, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers; JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.
Holbrook, Joseph. Reminiscences, not before 1871. Photocopy. CHL. MS 5004. Original in private possession.
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.
The Phelps and Holbrook copies have “song” instead of “songs.” (JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” no date, Jameson Family Collection, CHL; JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.)
Jameson Family Collection, 1825–1938. CHL. MS 14052.
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.
See Psalm 137:1–4.
Church leaders had earlier told John Burk that they wanted the Missouri elders to “be very prayerful and very humble” and to “work diligently spiritually & temporally for the redemption of Zion.” (Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835.)
The Missouri high council decided in July 1834 that the Saints in Missouri should not hold public meetings, something that was reiterated by the council in November 1834. (Minute Book 2, 12 July and 5 Nov. 1834.)
The Holbrook copy has “as little excite” instead of “cause as little excitement.” (JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.)
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.
A June 1834 revelation told the Missouri Saints to “be very faithful and prayerful and humb[l]e” in Missouri “and reveal not the things which I [God] have revealed unto them, Talk not of Judgment boast not of faith nor of mighty works, but carefully gather together in one region as can be consistently with the feeling of the people.” (Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105:23–24].)
Edward Partridge reached Kirtland from Missouri on 29 April 1835. On 2 June 1835, he and Isaac Morley left Kirtland on a mission to the eastern United States. Partridge did not arrive back in Clay County, Missouri, until 6 May 1836. (Partridge, Diary, 29 Apr. 1835 and 6 May 1836; Edward Partridge, Report, 31 Oct. 1835, Missionary Reports, 1831–1900, CHL.)
Partridge, Edward. Diaries, 1818 and 1835–1836. Edward Partridge, Papers, 1818–1839. CHL. MS 892, box 1, fds. 1–2.
Missionary Reports, 1831–1900. CHL. MS 6104.
The Holbrook copy has “sacrements” instead of “communion.” (JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.)
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.
See Revelation, 7 Aug. 1831 [D&C 59:9]. Although the Missouri high council had decided that the Missouri Saints should not meet together, it stated that elders could “administer the sacrament” in Missouri “if they see a convenient opportunity.” (Minute Book 2, 12 July and 5 Nov. 1834.)
See Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105:23–24].
The Phelps copy has “your” instead of “our” throughout this paragraph. The Holbrook copy omits “our” here. (JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brethren,” no date, Jameson Family Collection, CHL; JS et al., Kirtland, OH, to “Dear Brother,” 1 Sept. 1835, in JS History, vol. C-1, miscellaneous papers.)
Jameson Family Collection, 1825–1938. CHL. MS 14052.
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.