Footnotes
Volume 1, entry 2355, in Written records index, ca. 1935–1973, CHL.
Footnotes
JS, Journal, 13 Dec. 1841; JS, “To Whom It May Concern,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Introduction to the Trustee Records; Historical Introduction to Tithing Daybook B; Introduction to the Book of the Law of the Lord.
Introduction to the Trustee Records. The recorder’s office, also referred to as the tithing office, was initially run by Willard Richards. When Richards planned to leave Nauvoo for a trip to the eastern United States in June 1842, William Clayton assumed the recordkeeping responsibilities of the office and was appointed temple recorder in place of Richards in September 1842. (JS and Willard Richards, “To the Eastern Churches,” Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842, 3:814; JS, Journal, 29 June 1842; Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 30–31.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, 1845. CHL
Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A, 27, 263. The index is incomplete and includes up to page 263 in Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A.
See, for example, Invoice from A. I. Chittenden, circa 2 November 1841.
Trustee Account Book, 28–57, 64–67, 112.
Trustee Ledger A, 7–79. When William Clayton began recording in Trustee Ledger A in October 1842, he copied invoices 1–26 to the temple committee from this record book to the new ledger; later invoices were copied directly into the ledger.
Only a few Nauvoo businesses are included in the record book. The Nauvoo House Association figures prominently, both for its shares of stock, which were valued at fifty dollars each, as well as for its receipts and due bills that were submitted as tithing. The church’s printing office and newspaper editor’s office were also identified with distinct accounts. An unidentified “Store” is named on several pages. It is unclear if the store was the store run by the temple committee, JS’s Nauvoo store, or another local store. (See, for example, Trustee Account Book, 60, 62, 75–77, 83–86.)
See, for example, Trustee Account Book, 72–74.
Memorandum of Deeds | |||
March 17 | to Trustees p[ar]t L[ot] 1. B[lock] 3. ’s ad[dition] 1 | $80.00 | <Sold to Jas Beck & deeded—> |
1846 [March] 26 | to Trustees E[ast] 1/2 of F[ractional] L No 2 B No 1 add | 50.00 | |
[March] 31 | to Trustees E 1/2 L 3 B 9 add | 75.00 | |
April 1st. | to Trustees pt. L 35 B 6 add to a one story frame House and a good large Barn on s[ai]d Lot worth about $250.00 when sold to be appropriated to use of Eliza Cravath | <Deeded April 29/46 by order of grantor for benefit of E. Cravath> | |
[April] 9 | John Spiers to Trustees pt. L 72 B 2 add a one story Brick House 21½ by 15 feet to assist poor. | <Returned May 15th. 1846> | |
[April] 11 | puts into the Hands of the Trustees his claim on L 1 B. 37 purchase he had paid $292.00 on Con to assist poor to <go> west | ||
[April 11] | to Trustees pt of Section 36 (4 acres) | ||
[April] 16 | Deed for L 4 B 4 Worthingtons add | ||
[April] 18 | to Trustees for sale pt L 3 B 6 add | <sold Decr. 26/46 to Case> | |
[April] 21 | to Trustees for pt. L 2 B 24 add | <sold July 21/46 to Fish for $50.00 in P> | |
[April 21] | Asa Barton to Trustees F. L 1 B 13 add belonging to J. Robinson Deceased also 1 acre in S[outh] 1/2 of N. W. [northwest] 1/4 Sec[tion] 30 T[ownship] 7 N 9 W. |
William Clayton handwriting ends; James Whitehead begins.