Footnotes

1. [1]

   JS History, vol. A-1, 162. For additional information on this conference, see Minutes, 1–2 Nov. 1831.

2. [2]

   Minutes, 1–2 Nov. 1831.

3. [3]

   JS History, vol. A-1, 161.

4. [4]

   Revelation, ca. 2 Nov. 1831 [D&C 67:3–9].

5. [5]

   JS History, vol. A-1, 162. Neither in his contemporary journal nor in letters he later wrote recalling this conference did McLellin ever mention trying to write a revelation. In 1882, McLellin did say that he, Oliver Cowdery, and Sidney Rigdon were appointed as a committee to write a preface to the Book of Commandments and that when they presented it, the conference did not accept it. Whether this is related to the incident described in the history is unclear. (McLellin, Journal, Oct.–Nov. 1831; William E. McLellin, Independence, MO, to Mark H. Forscutt, Plano, IL, 1 Oct. 1871, Saints’ Herald, 15 July 1872, 435–436; William E. McLellin, “From a Letter Dated Dec. 14th, 1878,” John L. Traughber Papers, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; “Letter from Elder W. H. Kelley,” Saints’ Herald, 1 Mar. 1882, 67.)

   McLellin, William E. Journal, Apr.–June 1836. William E. McLellin, Papers, 1831–1836, 1877–1878. CHL. MS 13538, box 1, fd. 6. Also available as Jan Shipps and John W. Welch, eds., The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836 (Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994).

   Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

   McLellin, Wiliam E. “From a Letter Dated Dec. 14th, 1878.” John L. Traughber Papers. J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

6. [6]

   Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 110–111, 548 [2 Nephi 27:12–14; Ether 5:2–3]; Revelation, Mar. 1829 [D&C 5:11]; Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17:1–3]; Testimony of Three Witnesses, Late June 1829; Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829.

7. [7]

   Fifty-six years later, David Whitmer claimed that he opposed publishing the revelations. If this was the case, it may be a reason why he did not sign. For a list of conference attendees, see Minutes, 1–2 Nov. 1831. (Whitmer, Address to All Believers in Christ, 54–55.)

   Whitmer, David. An Address to All Believers in Christ. Richmond, MO: By the author, 1887.

8. [8]

   See Minutes, 11 Nov. 1831; Cahoon, Diary, Nov. 1831.

   Cahoon, Reynolds. Diaries, 1831–1832. CHL. MS 1115.

9. [9]

   “The Testimony of Three Witnesses”; “And Also the Testimony of Eight Witnesses,” in Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., [589]–[590].

10. [10]

    See “Proposed Sixth Gathering of the Book of Commandments.” A version of the testimony without signatures was included in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants as a testimony of that book. It was presented as “the written testimony” of twelve men who had been designated apostles in the church. (“General Assembly,” in Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 ed., 256.)