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.
See Matthew 7:6; and Revelation, 4 Feb. 1831 [D&C 41:6].
See Ephesians 6:11–13; 2 Corinthians 6:7; and Revelation, ca. Aug. 1835 [D&C 27:15].
The Phelps and Holbrook copies both have “silent” instead of “silence.” (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 1 Corinthians 1:23.
The Holbrook copy has “prejudices” instead of “prejudice.” (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.
The Holbrook copy omits “for evermore.” (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.
Both the Phelps and Holbrook copies have “council” instead of “Presidents.” (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.
The Holbrook copy has “those who embraced the truth” instead of “who first embraced the truth.” (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.
Hezekiah Peck, who was baptized in 1830 in Colesville, New York, was the brother of Polly Peck Knight. Knight died in August 1831 after migrating with the rest of the Colesville Saints to Missouri. (Hartley, Stand by My Servant Joseph, 77–78; Edward Partridge, Independence, MO, to Lydia Clisbee Partridge, 5–7 Aug. 1831, Edward Partridge, Letters, 1831–1835, CHL; JS History, vol. A-1, 139.)
Hartley, William G. Stand by My Servant Joseph: The Story of the Joseph Knight Family and the Restoration. Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
Partridge, Edward. Letters, 1831–1835. CHL. MS 23154.
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.