Footnotes
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
The previous summer, when Orson Pratt was excommunicated and dropped from the Quorum of the Twelve, JS directed that Lyman be ordained in his place. On 20 January 1843, after Pratt had returned to favor, JS instructed the apostles to reinstate Pratt to his standing in the quorum, explaining that he would make Lyman a counselor in the First Presidency. At the time, JS was apparently considering bringing charges against Sidney Rigdon in a church court, and JS probably intended for Lyman to replace Rigdon. However, JS waited more than two weeks before informing Lyman of his intentions, and shortly after that, JS and Rigdon reconciled. (Woodruff, Journal, 10 Aug.–19 Sept. 1842; Historian’s Office, Brigham Young History Drafts, 63–64; Amasa Lyman, Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Wilford Woodruff, 23 Aug. 1856, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861, CHL; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News [Salt Lake City], 15 Sept. 1858, 122; Minutes, 20 Jan. 1843; Letter to Justin Butterfield, 16 Jan. 1843; Historical Department, Journal History of the Church, 10 Jan. 1842 [1843], 5; Wilford Woodruff, Salem, MA, to “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” 11 Oct. 1844, in Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1844, 5:698; JS, Journal, 4 and 11 Feb. 1843.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–1858. CHL. CR 100 475, box 1, fd. 5.
Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 15 Sept. 1858, 122.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Clayton, Journal, 21 Mar. 1843.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 15 Sept. 1858, 122.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
See History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 888–889. According to JS’s history, Brigham Young stated that Shokokon was located “in a perfect swamp” and that “the place was not fit for a settlement; even the Captains of Steamers could with difficulty be persuaded upon to call there either on account of goods or passengers.” (JS History, vol. E-1, 1731.)
History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.
Lydia Coulson, whose family followed Lyman to Shokokon, later wrote that soon after moving there her family “all had the ague and feaver and continued to be sick the hul [whole] summer.” That summer Lyman also “was taken ill, and became helpless,” during which time he was taken to Nauvoo to recover his health. Their experiences mirrored those of earlier settlers to the region. (Coulson, Autobiography, 5; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News [Salt Lake City], 15 Sept. 1858, 122; History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 893, 1199, 1214.)
Coulson, Lydia Ackerman Knapp. Autobiography, 1880. Photocopy. CHL.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.
Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, 70.
Lyman, Albert R. Amasa Mason Lyman: Trailblazer and Pioneer from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Delta, UT: Melvin A. Lyman, 1957.
Signature of JS.
TEXT: “L. S.” (which stands for locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) is inscribed within a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
Signatures of Willliam W. Phelps and Willard Richards.