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 | ||
| July 24 | Received of Elam Ludington $5.00. in Labor by Samuel Hodge also $5.00. in Labor by Peter Campbell on tithing | $10.00 |
| [July 24] | Received of Gustavous Williams $8.00 in Labor by making Horse Collars on tithing | $8.00 |
| [July 24] | Received of Richard Lilly 6 bus. [bushels] of Potatoes @ 3/— [$0.37½] p[e]r. bus. on tithing | $2.25 |
| [July 24] | Received of $12.00. in Labor by Jerome Kempton also $1.50 in Labor by on tithing | $13.50 |
| [July 24] | Received of Jesse Haven 1 Stand Table Value $2.00, also 1 Water Pale value $0.37 on tithing | $2.37 |
| [July 24] | Received of $2.50 in Labor by Chancy Gaylord on tithing | $2.50 |
| [July] 25 | Received of $20.00 in Paper money on tithing | $20.00 |
| [July 25] | Received of 3 bus 22 lbs of Wheat at $0.50 pr. bus. it being 1/10 of his wheat on tithing | $1.68 |
| [July 25] | Received of 9¼ cords of Wood @ $0.75 per Cord pr Maid of Iowa on tithing | $6.93 |
| [July 25] | Received of $31.00 as per Certificate of Captain of the first Ward dated July 24th. 1844 also 14 days Labor at $1.00 per day on tithing | $45.00 |
| [July 25] | Received of William Van Matre 165 lbs of Beef @ $0.02½ pr lb on tithing | $4.12 |
| [July 25] | Received of per hand 1 bus of Corn $0.44 also 1 bus. of Potatoes $0.37 also 85 lbs of Veal @ $0.02½ pr. lb on tithing | $2.93 |
| [July] 26 | Received of Elisha Hill 141½ lbs of Beef @ $0.02½ pr. lb on tithing | $3.53 |
| [July 26] | Received of $0.75 in Labor by on tithing | $0.75 |
| [July 26] | Received of $2.00, in Labor by on tithing | $2.00 |
| [July 26] | Received of Evelina Hales $0.50 in Labor by Samuel Hodge on tithing | $0.50 |
| [July 26] | Received of Forester Harwood $7.95 in Labor by B. T. Mitchell on tithing | $7.95 |
| [July] 27 | Received of John Perrey Smith 1 Watch Value $12.00, on tithing | $12.00 |