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.
1842 | ||
January 29 Saturday | Sister , wife of Elder , of the , who has been absent from his family since the 15 of April 1840. presented her offering for the , a Table Cloth value $5.00. which was acceptd and returned to her again, for her benefit. she having to Support herself. & two little children by her industry while her husband is absent, and this offering shall be her memorial to all generations. wherever the knowledge of the building of the of the Lord in the city of shall come— being on the First Mission, to ; of the Last. days;— or of the . | $5.00 |
Monday 31 | Sister . Widow of , presented her offering, four large, & twelve smaller glass. curtain knobs value. $8.00 and 1 fir. for a coat collar, $2.00 which was accepted and returned, to her. benefit. & her three little daughters. and may the blessings of Abraham be sealed upon them forever through the , & the of the Son of God— Amen— | $10.00 |
Sunday 30 | . wife of , presented 1 gospel Reflector, $1.00— 1 Book of Mormon $2.50.— 1 Polyglot Bible, $1.50— 2 but[t]er knives germen Silver— $1.50. 2 butter knives. white handles $2.00, 1 box paints $0.20 $0.25— 1 breast pin and ear drops $1.50.— 1 fine gold breast pin $2.00.— 1 Breast pin $1.00.— 1. [ear drops]— $0.75.— 1 [breast pin] $0.75— 1 [breast pin] $1.00— 1 [breast pin] $0.37— 1 [breast pin] $0.75.— 1 belt buckle $0.13.— | $17.50 |
31 | Rec[e]ived of Sister 1 wedding Ring per . | $2.00 |
Feb 1st | Recived of . 5¼ bls [lbs] Rolls.— | $2.62½ |
Recived of the spinning of 5¼ lbs Rods at $0.25. | $1.31¼ | |
[February 1] | Received of 1 bed Quilt— | $4.00 |
[Received of ] 1 [bed quilt] | $4.00 | |
[Received of ] 5 yds muslin $0.25— | $1.25 | |
[February 1] | Received of 1 p[ai]rs Socks | $0.37½ |
[February 1] | Received of a note against F. B. Janaury [January] $14.00— | $14.00 |
3 | Received of <Nahum> a Note against Parley Jackson of $50.00 to be answered on any lot in — on tything | $50.00 |
Benjamin Winchester, a presiding elder of the church in Philadelphia, edited the Gospel Reflector, a semimonthly newspaper for church members and investigators in the area. The paper printed twelve issues between 1 January and 15 June 1841. Following the publication of the twelfth and final issue, Winchester sold bound collections of the full run. (See Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:144–146.)
Crawley, Peter. A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church. 3 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997–2012.
Insertion in handwriting of William Clayton.
Insertion in handwriting of William Clayton.