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 | ||
| May 11 | Received of Newman G. Blodjet $2.50 in Labor by on tithing | $2.50 |
| [May 11] | Received of 3 Palm leaf Hats @ $0.50 each on tithing | $1.50 |
| [May 11] | Received of $3.00 in Labor by Charles Drewry on tithing | $3.00 |
| [May 11] | Received of $5.00, in Labor by on tithing | $5.00 |
| [May 11] | Received of 1 Barrel of Pork value $10.00 on tithing | $10.00 |
| [May] 13 | Received of per Montgomery E. Button 1 Coverlett value $9.00 on his tithing | $9.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of John Crage per $1.50 in exchange of Watches on his tithing | $1.50 |
| [May 13] | Received of George W. Allen per $1.00 in Labor by on his tithing | $1.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of William Brothers $19.50 in Labor at $1.00 per day on tithing | $19.50 |
| [May 13] | Received of 6 p[ai]r of Pantaloons value $5.00 also 3 vests value $0.38 also 1 old over coat value $1.00 also 1 Body Coat value $5.00 also 1 Millatery Jacket value $1.00 also 1 pr. of old Boots value $0.25 also 25½ days Labor at $1.00 per day on tithing (as good as Cash) | $38.13 |
| [May 13] | Received of Randle Meyles $5.00, in Cash it being 1/10 of his money on tithing | $5.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of $5.00 in Labor by on tithing | $5.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of $9.00 as per Certificate of captain of the 9th. Ward dated May 9th. 1844 on tithing | $9.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of per Lewis Harvey 1 Coat value $1.50 on tithing | $1.50 |
| [May 13] | Received of $0.75 in Labor by J. G. Hovey & on tithing | $0.75 |
| [May 13] | Received of Cash $20.00, on his tithing | $20.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of $4.00 it being an ac/— [account] per on tithing | $4.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of James Stinson per hand Cash in Gold on tithing | $5.00 |
| [May 13] | Received of $10.00 balance on Book ac/— with the on tithing | $10.00 |