Footnotes

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   Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 Apr. 1840. Though Hyde and Page left Nauvoo together in mid-April 1840, they parted before Hyde sailed for England. (Orson Hyde and John E. Page, Quincy, IL, 28 Apr. 1840, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, June 1840, 1:116–117; Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841.)

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

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   See Allen et al., Men with a Mission, chap. 11. Death records suggest that many of the early residents of Nauvoo suffered from mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria (also known as “ague”), and disorders brought on by malnutrition and poor hygiene, such as canker (also known as “noma”). (Heiner et al., “Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo,” 151–162; Ivie and Heiner, “Deaths in Early Nauvoo,” 163–173.)

   Allen, James B., Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker. Men with a Mission, 1837–1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

   Heiner, Douglas C., Evan L. Ivie, and Teresa Lovell Whitehead. “Medical Terms Used by Saints in Nauvoo and Winter Quarters, 1839–48.” Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (2009): 150–162.

   Ivie, Evan L., and Douglas C. Heiner. “Deaths in Early Nauvoo, 1839–46, and Winter Quarters, 1846–48.” Religious Educator 10, no. 3 (2009): 163–173.

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   The Hyde family’s exact place of residence at the time of this revelation is unknown. Orson, a pregnant Marinda, and their two-year-old daughter, Laura, briefly lived with Emma Smith during fall 1839; their daughter Emily was born in Commerce, Illinois, on 13 December 1839. In February 1840 the family was living with a Mrs. McFall but apparently planned to move to the “Bosier place” shortly thereafter. (“History of Orson Hyde,” 16, Historian’s Office, Histories of the Twelve, ca. 1856–1858, 1861, CHL; Letter from Emma Smith, 6 Dec. 1839; Joseph Smith Hyde, “Orson Hyde Genealogy,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Apr. 1913, 60; Vilate Murray Kimball and Orson Hyde, Commerce, IL, to Heber C. Kimball, 2 Feb. 1840, photocopy, Heber C. and Vilate Murray Kimball, Letters, CHL; see also Orson Hyde, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, 1 Feb. 1843, 4:91; and Richards, Journal, 10 June 1843.)

   Historian’s Office. Histories of the Twelve, 1856–1858, 1861. CHL. CR 100 93.

   Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. Salt Lake City. 1910–1940.

   Kimball, Vilate Murray. Letters, 1840. Photocopy. CHL.

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

   Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.

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   Book of the Law of the Lord, 71.

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   Masthead, Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; [Ebenezer Robinson], Editorial, Times and Seasons, 1 Dec. 1841, 3:615; Bray, “Times and Seasons,” 72–73; Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, July 1890, 302; Sept. 1890, 324.

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

   Bray, Robert T. “Times and Seasons: An Archaeological Perspective on Early Latter Day Saints Printing.” Historical Archaeology 13 (1979): 53–119.

   The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.

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   Woodruff, Journal, 30 Nov. 1841.

   Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.

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   Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, Statement, ca. 1880, CHL; Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, Sept. 1890, 324.

   Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson. Statement, [ca. 1880]. CHL. MS 23157.

   The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.

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   Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, Sept. 1890, 324.

   The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.

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   Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, Statement, ca. 1880, CHL. Hyde and her children remained in the home even after Ebenezer Robinson sold it and the printing establishment to the church on 4 February 1842. After Orson Hyde returned from England in January 1842, he traveled to the eastern United States to preach and to raise funds to build a house for his family. That house was not completed until June 1843. (Ebenezer Robinson, “Items of Personal History of the Editor,” Return, Oct. 1890, 346–347; Orson Hyde, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, 1 Feb. 1843, 4:91; Richards, Journal, 10 June 1843.)

   Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson. Statement, [ca. 1880]. CHL. MS 23157.

   The Return. Davis City, IA, 1889–1891; Richmond, MO, 1892–1893; Davis City, 1895–1896; Denver, 1898; Independence, MO, 1899–1900.

   Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

   Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.

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    Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, Statement, ca. 1880, CHL. Hyde’s statement was created sometime between the time Orson Hyde died, on 28 November 1878, and the time she died, on 24 March 1886. The statement was signed during a period when the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was making a concerted effort to deny JS’s involvement in plural marriage; in response, more than a dozen women, encouraged by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, signed formal affidavits stating that they had married JS in Nauvoo. (See, for example, the affidavits in Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, CHL.)

    Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson. Statement, [ca. 1880]. CHL. MS 23157.

    Smith, Joseph F. Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1869–1915. CHL. MS 3423.

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    Joseph F. Smith, Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1:15.

    Smith, Joseph F. Affidavits about Celestial Marriage, 1869–1915. CHL. MS 3423.

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    List, in JS, Journal, Dec. 1842–June 1844, bk. 2, p. [310]. JS had married several plural wives by late 1841. The list Bullock made documents eight marriages or sealings of church members in 1842 and 1843; some of the ceremonies were plural marriages, while others involved sealing for eternity individuals who were already married to each other. Bullock inscribed the list sometime after becoming one of JS’s scribes in October or November 1843. (Compton, In Sacred Loneliness, 4.)

    Compton, Todd. In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001.

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    Richards wrote the name “N. M. Hyde” immediately following the date in the featured copy of the revelation. Richards and Bullock may have relied on this copy when compiling JS’s 1838–1856 history. In that history the revelation is prefaced by the statement “I received the following Revelation to Nancy Marinda Hyde.” (JS History, vol. C-1, 1258.)

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    The Book of the Law of the Lord contains JS’s journal, revelation texts, and records of financial donations to the church. The entries are not always in chronological order, and some dates have multiple entries, casting doubt on the precise date this copy of the revelation was inscribed. During the first few months after being appointed JS’s scribe, Richards left pages blank and then later filled those spaces with texts from earlier months. It is possible that Richards either copied the revelation into the book on 25 January, as dated, or copied it after 25 February 1842 (the latest entry date preceding the 25 January entry). Sometime between 24 February and 3 May 1845, Bullock copied the featured version from the Book of the Law of the Lord (with a few changes to punctuation) into JS’s 1838–1856 history. (JS History, vol. C-1, 1258.)

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    Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, Statement, ca. 1880, CHL.

    Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson. Statement, [ca. 1880]. CHL. MS 23157.