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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.
Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; “Conference Minutes,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1844, 5:693; see also Minutes, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:30.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Andrus and Fuller, Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers, 24; Wilkinson et al., Brigham Young University, 4:255.
Andrus, Hyrum L., and Chris Fuller, comp. Register of the Newel Kimball Whitney Papers. Provo, UT: Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1978.
Wilkinson, Ernest L., Leonard J. Arrington, and Bruce C. Hafen, eds. Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. Vol. 4. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1976.
Footnotes
Young was at home in Illinois in early November 1842, but by 12 December 1842 he arrived in Washington DC for the third session of the Twenty-Seventh Congress. (JS, Journal, 8 Nov. 1842; Congressional Globe, 27th Cong., 3rd Sess., p. 40 [1842].)
The Congressional Globe, Containing Sketches of the Debates and Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. Vol. 8. Washington DC: Blair and Rives, 1840.
Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. C, p. 147, 7 Oct. 1836, microfilm 954,193, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Hancock Co., IL, Chancery Court Records, vol. B, pp. 449–450, 16 Sept. 1841, microfilm 955,133, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
In his response to Young’s January 1843 letter, JS stated that he would, in accordance with Young’s instructions, “despatch a messenger immediately to Quincey to deposit the $500 in the hands of Genl. Leach,” likely referring to the registrar of the Quincy, Illinois, land office, Samuel Leech. Clayton made the payment to Young on JS’s behalf on 14 February 1843, delivering $500 in gold and silver to General Leach at Quincy. (Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 Feb. 1843; JS, Journal, 9 Feb. 1843; Clayton, Journal, 12 and 14 Feb. 1843; see also Notice, Sangamo Journal [Springfield, IL], 4 Mar. 1837, [3].)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Sangamo Journal. Springfield, IL. 1831–1847.
The northwest quarter of section 8 in Township 6 North, Range 8 West. This land was in the northwest portion of Hancock County, about two miles southeast of Nauvoo.
It is unclear to what “means” JS was referring here. At the time, JS was going through bankruptcy hearings in an effort to deal with his past debts. (See Notice to Creditors and Others, 17 June 1842; and Historical Introduction to Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 Dec. 1842.)
Other land speculators had noted the depreciated land values in Illinois during the early 1840s. Writing to eastern land speculator and creditor Smith Tuttle on 1 August 1841, fellow speculator John Gillet stated, “Lands cannot be sold at any price that would pay mutch if any profit in fact there is no money in the country to purchase with and the Inhabitants are afraid of debt.” (John Gillet to Smith Tuttle, 1 Aug. 1841, Gillett Family Papers, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL; Letter from Smith Tuttle, ca. 15 Sept. 1841.)
Gillett Family Papers, 1736–1904. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL.
JS likely intended to use this property to extend his farm. (Hancock Co., IL, Chancery Court Records, vol. B, pp. 449–450, 16 Sept. 1841, microfilm 955,133, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.