Footnotes
Only the portion of the tithing records donated during JS’s tenure as trustee-in-trust are featured here. After JS’s death on 27 June 1844, it took time to appoint new people to the many offices he held. JS remained the official trustee for the church, with William Clayton acting as an agent and trustee pro tem, until August 1844. On 12 August George Miller and Newel K. Whitney filed their certificate of appointment as the new trustees for the church. Thus, while the record book contains 758 inscribed pages, only the first 61 pages are transcribed and published here, ending on 12 August 1844. (Clayton, Journal, 7 July 1844; Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, Appointment as Trustees, 12 Aug. 1844, Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848, CHL.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848. CHL.
Entries on page 208 were continued on page 215, entries on page 214 were continued on page 541, and entries on page 540 were continued on page 561.
See Clayton, Journal, 10 December 1844; and Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B, 169.)
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
“Historian’s Office Inventory G. S. L. City March 19. 1858,” [1].
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office, “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Inventory. Historians Office. G. S. L. City April 1.1857,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Historian’s Office Inventory G. S. L. City March 19. 1858,” [1]; Historian’s Office, “Historian’s Office Catalogue Book March 1858,” [11], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office Journal, 24 Mar. 1858, “List of Books from Brigham Young’s Office.”
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970, First Presidency, General Administration Files, CHL.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970. First Presidency, General Administration Files, 1921–1972. CHL.
Letter of transfer, Salt Lake City, UT, 8 Jan. 2010, CHL.
“Inventory of President Joseph Fielding Smith’s Safe,” 23 May 1970. First Presidency, General Administration Files, 1921–1972. CHL.
Footnotes
A notation on the bottom of page 231 reads: “Carried to Record B. Page 551.” (Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, 231.)
The last entry on page 477 of Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A is dated 6 May 1844. Hiram Clark had returned to Nauvoo from Great Britain in late April and brought with him tithing and donations from the British Saints. It appears that recording these donations would have required more space than was available in Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, so they were saved until they started a second record book, referred to here as Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B. The donations were recorded on the first five and a half pages of that new book. After these donations, tithing entries from 6 May 1844 as found in Tithing Day Book B were then recorded in Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B. (See “Tithing Day Book B,” 276, Trustee-in-Trust, Tithing Daybooks, CHL.)
Tithing and Donation Record, 1844–1846. CHL.
Brigham Young, Discourse, 16 Sept. 1860, George D. Watt, Papers, CHL, as transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth; Joseph F. Smith, 7 Apr. 1901, Conference Reports. . ., 1901, 70.
Watt, George D. Papers, ca. 1846–1865. CHL.
Conference Reports of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1901. (Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing, n.d.)
Clayton, Journal, 7 July 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Whitney and Miller had been elected trustees by church leaders on 9 August. (Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1844; Newel K. Whitney and George Miller, Appointment as Trustees, 12 Aug. 1844, Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848, CHL.)
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
Nauvoo Trustees Papers, 1844–1848. CHL.
The entire record book is digitized and available through the Church History Library catalog.
| 1844 | $ cts | |
| May 7 | Received of 1 Log chain w[eigh]t. 33½ <lbs> @ $0.18¾ per lb on tithing | $6.33 |
| [May 7] | Received of $1.00 in Labor by also $1.00 in Labor by Jerome Kimpton on tithing | $2.00 |
| [May 7] | Received of Titus Mousley per hand 4 Cags of Powder value $4.00 per Cag paid for Freight $3.00. the balance on | $13.00 |
| [May 7] | Received of $6.00. in Labor by David B. Dille on tithing | $6.00 |
| [May 7] | Received of 4500 shingles at $2.25 p[e]r. thousand on tithing | $10.13 |
| [May 7] | Received of 3 bus[hels] of Potatoes at 3/ [$0.37½] pr bus on tithing | $1.13 |
| [May] 8 | Received of $2.00 in Labor by Benjamin G. Mitchell on his tithing | $2.00 |
| [May] 9 | Received of 10½ <10¼> days carpinter work on tithing | $10.50 <$10.25> |
| [May 9] | Received of $25.00. as per s Receipt dated May 9th 1844 on tithing | $25.00 |
| [May 9] | Received of Vina Sheerer 61 lbs of veal @ $0.03 pr lb on tithing | $1.83 |
| [May 9] | Received of 10 days Labor at $1.00 per day on tithing | $10.00 |
| [May 9] | Received of per hand $30.00 in part for 1 Two Horse Wagon Value $45.00, also $1.50 in Labor by Morgan Thomas on his tithing | $31.50 |
| [May 9] | Received of per hand Wm W. Empey 1 Bale of Cotton wt. 360 lbs @ 1/— [$0.12½] pr lb on Property Tithing | $45.00 |
| [May 9] | Received of $98.00. as per certificate of Captain of the 4th. Ward in full for Labor and Property tithing to March 1st. 1844 | $98.00 |
| [May 9] | Received of 5 Garden Hoes $1.00 each also $23.16 in Blacksmith work on his tithing | $28.16 |
| [May 9] | Received of 1 Cythe value $1.25 also 2 p[ai]r. of Pants $1.50 per pair on his tithing | $4.25 |
| [May 9] | Received of Elijah Haws $5.00, it being an account with on his tithing | $5.00 |