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.
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August 8 | Received of Jane Pugh $0.83 p[ar]t. of 1 Bed Quilt Value $2.50 on tithing | $0.83 |
[August 8] | Received of Elizabeth C. Pugh $0.84 bal[ance] of the above Quilt on tithing | $0.84 |
[August 8] | Received of 1 Peck of Tomatoes value $0.25 on tithing | $0.25 |
[August 8] | Received of p[e]r. Hiram Murdock 1 Iron Barr w[eigh]t 20¼ lbs at $0.10 per lb on tithing | $2.03 |
[August 8] | Received of David Holman 1 p[ai]r. of Socks value $0.31 on tithing | $0.31 |
[August 8] | Received of Ellen Whimer 1 Peck of Beets on tithing | $0.10 |
[August 8] | Received of William O. Smith 1 days Labor with Team $2.00 also 250 lbs of Fresh Beef @ $0.02½ per lb $6.25 on tithing | $8.25 |
[August 8] | Received of Susanna Bright per hand John Bright $10.00 it being pt. for one Horse value $35.00 on tithing | $10.00 |
[August 8] | Received of John Bright $25.00, bal. of the above Horse on tithing | $25.00 |
[August 8] | Received of 15 . [hundredweight] of Hay value $4.00. p[e]r. Ton on tithing | $3.00 |
[August 8] | Received of John Mc.Connell per hand Cash on tithing | $1.00 |
[August 8] | Received of 4 bus[hels] of Wheat @ $0.40 per bus. on tithing | $1.60 |
[August 8] | Received of Benjamin Frost $7.00. pt of 1 Watch value $10.00. on tithing | $7.00 |
[August 8] | Received of Abner Frost per hand B[enjamin] Frost. $3.00. balance of the above Watch value $10.00 on tithing | $3.00 |
[August 8] | Received of Levi S. Nickerson $31.00. as per Certificate of the Dated December 29th. 1841 in full on Labor tithing to October 12th. 1841 also $1.25 balance on Book ac/— [account] with the on tithing | $32.25 |
[August 8] | Received of per John B. Frazier $13.00 it being an ac/— of Labor on Black River as per receipt of on tithing | $13.00 |
[August 8] | Received of Truman P. Richards 6 yds of cloth at $1.00 pr yd on tithing | $6.00 |
[August] 9th. | Received of Sarah Moss 2 p[ai]r. of socks $0.62 also 1 Bed Cover $3.50. on tithing | $4.12 |
[August 9th.] | Received of Moses Cutler 2 Ton of Hay at $4.50 p[e]r ton on tithing | $9.00 |