Footnotes
See Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839. Thompson was concerned that Wight’s letters would incite political rivalries and jeopardize the warm reception and much-needed aid being provided to church members in Quincy, Illinois. At least one other politically based paper, the Daily Missouri Republican, took note of Wight’s letter in the Whig and contested some of his claims about leaders in Missouri. (See Editorial, Daily Missouri Republican [St. Louis], 4 June 1839, [2].)
Daily Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1869.
“Difference of Opinion,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 25 May 1839, [1].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Sidney Rigdon et al., Commerce, IL, 17 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy (IL) Argus, 1 June 1839, [1]; John P. Greene et al., Letter to the Editors, Quincy Argus, 1 June 1839, [2].
Quincy Argus. Quincy, IL. 1836–1841.
Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 30 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy (IL) Whig, 1 June 1839, [2]. The letter published 1 June was not the first in which Wight expressed remorse for the results of his letters. A week before the First Presidency’s letter appeared in the Whig, the editors published a note from Wight in which he expressed regret that members of the church had been “assailed in round language” because of the personal opinions he presented in his letters. (Lyman Wight, Letter to the Editors, Quincy Whig, 18 May 1839, [2].)
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
See Lyman Wight, “Missouri-ism,” Quincy (IL) Whig, 18 May 1839, [1]; Lyman Wight, “Missouri-ism, No. II,” Quincy Whig, 1 June 1839, [1]; Lyman Wight, “Missouri-ism, No. III,” Quincy Whig, 8 June 1839, [2]; and Lyman Wight, “Missouri-ism, No. IV,” Quincy Whig, 22 June 1839, [1].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
Mulholland copied this letter into JS Letterbook 2 after letters dated 27 May 1839, making that the earliest likely copying date.
See Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 1 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy (IL) Whig, 4 May 1839, [2]; and Lyman Wight, Quincy, IL, 7 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy Whig, 11 May 1839, [2].
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.
The version of this letter published in the Quincy Whig spells Wight’s name correctly. (Sidney Rigdon et al., Commerce, IL, 17 May 1839, Letter to the Editors, Quincy [IL] Whig, 25 May 1839, [1].)
Quincy Whig. Quincy, IL. 1838–1856.