Footnotes
Revelation, 1 Mar. 1832 [D&C 78]. For more information on the church’s publishing and mercantile concerns, see Historical Introduction to Revelation, 1 Mar. 1832 [D&C 78].
JS History, vol. A-1, 209. Although this entry in JS’s multivolume manuscript history suggests Sunday was 2 April, it was actually 1 April. When the manuscript was first published as “History of Joseph Smith” in the Times and Seasons, the date remained “Sunday, April second,” an error that was corrected in a later publication. (“History of Joseph Smith,” Times and Seasons, 2 Sept. 1844, 5:624; History of the Church, 1:265.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
History of the Church / Smith, Joseph, et al. History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edited by B. H. Roberts. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902–1912 (vols. 1–6), 1932 (vol. 7).
This is according to Whitney’s recollection. However, Whitney also stated that the group departed Hiram, Ohio, on 25 March, which conflicts with JS’s account. (Newel K. Whitney, Statement, ca. 1842, Historian’s Office, JS History Documents, ca. 1839–1856, CHL.)
Historian’s Office. Joseph Smith History Documents, 1839–1860. CHL. CR 100 396.
See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 1 Aug. 1831 [D&C 58].
Minute Book 2, 10 Mar. 1832.
JS History, vol. A-1, 210–211; Revelation, 26 Apr. 1832 [D&C 82].
JS History, vol. A-1, 210; Minute Book 2, 10 Mar. 1832.
See Minute Book 2, 11 Sept. 1833.
JS History, vol. A-1, 212–213. John Whitmer, church historian, later recorded his view of what the council accomplished: “Joseph the seer and Sidney the Scribe and N. W. [Newel K.] Whitney and one Jesse Gause came to Zion to comfort the Saints and Setle som little dificulties, and regulate the church and affairs concerning it.” (Whitmer, History, 38.)
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| Joseph Smith jr. | |
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| Joshua Fairchilds [Fairchild] ( taken at present) | |
| Sanford Porter | |
There may have been some sort of order to this listing of high priests. JS, listed first, was the president of the high priesthood. Sidney Rigdon and Jesse Gause, listed next, were his counselors. Newel K. Whitney and Edward Partridge were the two bishops in the church. William W. Phelps and Oliver Cowdery were the printers of the church. John Corrill and Isaac Morley were counselors to Partridge. (Minutes, ca. 1 May 1832; Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57:11–13]; Minutes, ca. 3–4 June 1831.)
This parenthetical notation about Fairchild (who was also in attendance at the 23–24 January 1832 conference in Jackson County, Missouri) does not seem to be contemporaneous. It is unclear exactly when Fairchild’s license was taken. In 1833, John Whitmer may have copied loose minutes into a discrete record book, and if so, it is possible Whitmer made the note at that time. The note may have also originated with Ebenezer Robinson when he copied Whitmer’s minutes into Minute Book 2 in 1838, although based on notations next to other names in the minute book, it is more likely Whitmer’s work. (See Minute Book 2, 23 Jan. 1832; Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 Jan. 1832; and Minutes, ca. 3–4 June 1831.)
Revelation, 11 Nov. 1831–B [D&C 107:65]; “History of Orson Pratt,” 11, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, ca. 1858–1880, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.