Footnotes

1. [1]

   Richard Blennerhassett, St. Louis, MO, to Newel K. Whitney, Nauvoo, IL, 7 Mar. 1843, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; see also Historical Introduction to Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 Mar. 1843; and “Part 1: March 1843.”

   Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.

2. [2]

   Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 Mar. 1843; Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 Mar. 1843.

3. [3]

   See Scharf, History of Saint Louis, 2:1477; Letter from Isaac Galland, 11 Mar. 1843; and Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 Mar. 1843.

   Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Saint Louis City and County, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883.

4. [4]

   JS, Journal, 17 Mar. 1843.

5. [5]

   For example, Blennerhassett mailed his 7 March 1843 letter on 10 March, and it arrived in Nauvoo by 17 March. (Richard Blennerhassett, St. Louis, MO, to Newel K. Whitney, Nauvoo, IL, 7 Mar. 1843, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.)

   Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.

6. [6]

   See Transcript of Proceedings, 18 Nov. 1843, State of Missouri v. Rockwell (Clay Co. Cir. Ct. 1843), [6], Historical Department, Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents Collection, CHL.

   Historical Department. Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents Collection, ca. 1825–1890. CHL. CR 100 339.