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 | ||
April 13th. | Received of 1 Heifer $6.00 on his tithing | $6.00 |
[April 13th.] | Received of p[e]r Dr Ells 1741 lbs Bacon @ $0.03 $52.23 on tithing | $52.23 |
14 | Received of pr Mail $20.00 it being in part of a Draft on Asiatic Bank, Salem. dated March 22nd. 1842.— on | $20.00 |
[14] | Received of Nancy Richardson $5.00 as pr receipt of Sepr. 7th. 1841. & Cash $3.00— Also 2 p[ai]r Socks @ $0.50 ea[ch] $1.00— Also 2 pr Stockings @ $0.87½ ea $1.75— on | $10.75 |
[14] | Received of 1 Horse & Saddle $175.00. also 1 Two Horse Waggon $100.00. Also 1 one Horse Buggy and Harness $100.00. Also 1 Two Horse Waggon $60.00— Also 1 Two Horse Waggon $40.00. Also 1 Chesnut cold Horse $70.00. 1 White Horse $30.00— Also 2 Log Chains $6.00— Also 4 yoke of Oxen & yokes $160.00. Also 7 Cows @ $12.00 ea— $84.00 And 6 Calves @ $4.00 ea— $24.00— | $849.00 |
[14] | Received of Joseph Smith 1 Black Horse $150.00— | $150.00 |
[14] | Received of p[e]r hand Cash £5–0–0— on tithing | $25.00 |
[14] | Received of pr hand Cash £1–5–0— on | $6.25 |
[14] | Received of Edward Leather pr hand Cash £0–6–0— on | $1.50 |
[14] | Received of pr hand Cash £0–10–0— on | $2.50 |
[14] | Received of pr hand Cash £0–1–0— on | $0.25 |
[14] | Received of pr hand Cash £5–0–0— on tithing | $25.00 |
[14] | Received of $31.00 as per receipt of Octr. 12th. 1841. on his labor tithing | $31.00 |
[14] | Received of $22.00 on labor tithing. as pr receipt of April 5th. 1842— Also 11 oz Composition $0.50 on | $22.50 |
15 | Received of 1 Saddle, Bridle & Martingales value $12.00 on his tithing as pr receipt of April 9th. 1842 | $12.00 |
16 | Received of $50.00 on tithing as pr receipt of Sepr. 13th. 1841. Also $5.75 as pr receipt of April 5th. 1842. Also 1 Watch $10.00— and 1 Watch $8.50— Also 1 Shot Gun $6.00— on tithing | $80.25 |
[16] | Received of pr 16 Doz Coopers Bits @ $1.00 pr Doz $16.00 also 58 lbs Nails @ $0.10 pr lb $5.80. Also 62 Small Axes @ $0.44 ea $27.28— on tithing | $49.08 |
James Burnham, who had been serving a mission in England and Wales, was assigned to lead a group of emigrating Saints to Nauvoo in February 1842. He also carried tithing and donations from Parley P. Pratt and other Saints in England. Burnham and his group landed in New Orleans in early April 1842 and arrived in Nauvoo on 13 April. (See Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 5 Feb. 1842.)
British currency in the nineteenth century consisted of coins of varying values. The primary currency used was the pound sterling, often in the form of a gold sovereign. Smaller coins called shillings and pence were also commonly used. A pound was traditionally divided into twenty shillings, and each shilling was divided into twelve pennies, or pence. The two smallest coins were divisions of a penny, into four farthings or two halfpennies. The abbreviation used in ledgers and other financial records for this form of currency was “£ s d.” The pound symbol (£) derived from the word “Libra,” meaning “a pound” in Latin. The “s” was an abbreviation for the Latin “solidus,” which in English was referred to as a “shilling.” The “d” was an abbreviation of “denarius,” or a Roman silver coin, which was also initially used as the name of the English silver penny. While other countries in the British empire abandoned this system, currency in the United Kingdom of Great Britain was not decimalized and standardized into units of one hundred until 1971. (“Pound,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 7:1202; “Solidus,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 10:401; “Denarius,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 3:191; Sutherland, English Coinage 600–1900; see also “Pounds, Shillings and Pence,” The Royal Mint Museum, accessed 3 July 2023, https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/.)
The Oxford English Dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. 12 vols. 1933. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. English Coinage 600–1900. London: B. T. Batsford, 1973.
The Royal Mint Museum. https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/.