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], 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
William Law was appointed a member of the First Presidency in January 1841. Starting in November 1841, he also served as a member of the Nauvoo City Council. Wilson Law also served as a member of the city council, and he held the rank of brigadier general in the Nauvoo Legion. Both William and Wilson Law ran a general store in Nauvoo and had, at this time, begun plans for a steam mill. (Revelation, 19 Jan. 1841 [D&C 124:91]; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 Feb. 1841, 1; 1 Nov. 1841, 28; Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 4 Feb. 1841, 5; Editorial, Times and Seasons, 15 Jan. 1842, 3:663–664.)
Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, 1843–1844. Nauvoo Legion, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430, fd. 1.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. K, pp. 490–492, 24 Jan. 1842, microfilm 954,599, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; William Law and Wilson Law to JS, Receipt, 24 Jan. 1842, Illinois State Historical Society, Circuit Court Case Files [Cases pertaining to Mormon Residents], 1830–1900, CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Hunter wanted this money to be used to finish building his house in Nauvoo or to pay debts on land purchases he had made or sought to make from Robert D. Foster, Chauncey Robison, and Hugh McFall. (Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 Oct. 1841.)
JS wanted any additional funds to be spent on goods to be sold in his store in Nauvoo, (Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 Jan. 1842.)
An epistle of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dated 13 December 1841 stated, “The building of the Temple of the Lord, in the city of Nauvoo, is occupying the first place in the exertions and prayers of many of the saints at the present time.” (Brigham Young et al., “Baptism for the Dead,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:625.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Malaria was a recurring threat in Nauvoo due to the presence of mosquitoes carrying virulent plasmodium parasites. The Saints faced a severe epidemic in the summer of 1839. (JS, Journal, 8–20 July 1839; Pratt, Autobiography, 324; Heiner et al., “Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo,” 153.)
Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.
Heiner, Douglas C., Evan L. Ivie, and Teresa Lovell Whitehead. “Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48.” Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (2009): 150–162.
According to his 5 January 1842 letter, JS had purchased “90 acres of woodland, a little up the River” for Hunter. (Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 Jan. 1842.)