Footnotes
This six-leaf gathering was either a binding error or the result of one sheet coming loose from the binding before the book was inscribed, as the book’s inscription and pagination runs through this gathering without skipping any text or page numbers.
The journal entries are inscribed on pages 26, 31, 33, 36, 39, 43, 44, 48, 56–61, 66–67, 88–95, 122–135, and 164–215.
Footnotes
Thompson died on 27 August 1841. (“Death of Col. Robert B. Thompson,” Times and Seasons, 1 Sept. 1841, 2:519.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
The six canonized revelations constitute, in order of their recording by Thompson, sections 124, 125, 105, 111, 87, and 103 in the current Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The three uncanonized revelations include one dated 20 March 1841 and two dictated on 12 January 1838 before JS departed Ohio and moved to Missouri.
See JS, Journal, 29 June 1842; Richards, Journal, 1 July 1842; and Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 30.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, 1845. CHL
Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 30–31.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, 1845. CHL
For more on this division of labor, see Smith, “Book of the Law of the Lord,” 131–163.
Smith, Alex D. “The Book of the Law of the Lord,” Journal of Mormon History 38 (Fall 2012): 131–163.
The Joseph Smith Papers Project has labeled this second volume “Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B.” See Historical Introduction to Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B.
For more on the Nauvoo penny fund, see Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, 216.
See Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B, 551.
Trustee-in-Trust. Tithing and Donation Record, 1844 May–1846 January. CHL.
1843 | ||
November 6th. | Downington August 18th. 1843 | |
William Kittleman Cash | $2.00 | |
John [Kittleman] [Cash] | $2.50 | |
Mary Ann [Kittleman] [Cash] | $1.00 | |
Matthew Vaughn [Cash] | $2.00 | |
Sarah Kittleman [Cash] | $1.00 | |
September 17th. 1843 | ||
Maria Woodworth Cash | $5.00 | |
Meads Basin September 1843 | ||
John B. Fairbanks Cash | $5.00 | |
David [Fairbanks] [Cash] | $2.00 | |
Harriet [Fairbanks] [Cash] | $1.00 | |
September 14th. 1843 | ||
Freeman Wilson a Role of Leather value $10.00 | $10.00 | |
[November] 7th. | Received of $3.00 in Labor by Robert Telford on his tithing | $3.00 |
[November 7th.] | Received of 1 two Horse Harness on tithing | $32.00 |
[November 7th.] | Received of $3.76 in Stone Coal on tithing | $3.76 |
[November 7th.] | Received of 9 days Labor value $1.00 per day in full for his Labor tithing to October 12th. 1843 | $9.00 |
[November 7th.] | Received of $38.44 it being an account with also 1 Kettle value $1.25 also 1 Kettle value $1.50 on his tithing | $41.19 |
[November 7th.] | Received of $4.00 in Team Work also 41 days Labor at $1.00 per day $18.00 in full on Labor tithing to October 12th. 1842 the balance to apply on Labor tithing for the year 1843 | $45.00 |
8th. | Received of $12.00 in p[ar]t. for a yoke of oxen value $35.00 also $2.00 in Labor by on his tithing | $14.00 |
[8th.] | Received of Madison D. Hambleton $23.00 bal[ance] of the above oxen value $35.00 | $23.00 |
[8th.] | Received of William Brown $1.75 pt. of a Watch value $10.00 balance being applied on Book ac/— [account] also 1 Rifle value $5.00. on tithing | $6.75 |
Orson Pratt and several other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were traveling in the eastern United States in summer and fall 1843. They held meetings in New York and Boston and visited Saints throughout this region. While preaching, Pratt collected tithing and donations for the Nauvoo temple. (See Boston Conference Minutes, 9 Sept. 1843, Historian’s Office, Minutes and Reports, 1840–1886, CHL; and England, Life and Thought of Orson Pratt.)
Historian’s Office. Minutes and Reports, 1840–1886. CHL.
England, Breck. The Life and Thought of Orson Pratt. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1985.