Footnotes
Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105:12].
Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 Feb. 1835. Harrison Burgess, who was appointed to the Seventy, later recalled that “during the winter and spring” of 1835, “the Zion camp was called together to receive an especial blessing, according to a promise which had been made” in the June 1834 revelation. (Burgess, Autobiography, 52.)
Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.
See, for example, Blessing for Charles C. Rich, 24 Apr. 1836, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:37–38; and Blessing for Harpin Riggs, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:42. Some individuals, such as Harpin and Burr Riggs, were ordained members of the Seventy in March 1835 but received Zion blessings at a later date as well. (Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 Mar. 1835; Blessing for Burr Riggs, 7 June 1835, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:26–27; see also Park, “Zion’s Blessings in the Early Church,” 27–37.)
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Park, Benjamin E. “‘ Thou Wast Willing to Lay Down Thy Life for Thy Brethren’: Zion’s Blessings in the Early Church.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 29 (2009): 27–37.
This “book of ordination blessings” is apparently neither Minute Book 1 nor the patriarchal blessing book, as the blessing for “Father Duncan,” which is mentioned in these minutes, appears in neither of these books.
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The minutes do not specify whether this person is JS or Joseph Smith Sr. The placement of the name before the names of Sidney Rigdon and Oliver Cowdery suggests it refers to JS, although it is possible that JS had already left Kirtland on a trip to Michigan Territory. (See JS History, vol. B-1, 606.)
JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.
The term “sons of Zion” was used as a name for the Seventy in the minutes of a meeting held on 17 August. The term was also used in the blessings of several individuals who were designated seventies at that meeting. However, as used here, the name seems to refer more generally to those who had gone on the Camp of Israel expedition. (Minutes, 17 Aug. 1835; see also Blessing for Burr Riggs, 7 June 1835, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:26–27; Blessing for Charles C. Rich, 24 Apr. 1836, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:37–38; and Blessing for Harpin Riggs, in Patriarchal Blessings, 1:42.)
Patriarchal Blessings, 1833–. CHL. CR 500 2.
Father Duncan is almost certainly John Duncan (1780–1872), who went on the Camp of Israel expedition with JS. Duncan, who had been ordained a priest by Orson Pratt, arrived in Kirtland from Missouri in July 1835. (Johnson, History of John Duncan, 1, 13; Account with the Church of Christ, ca. 11–29 Aug. 1834; Duncan, Reminiscences, 1, 6; Phelps, “Letters of Faith from Kirtland,” 529.)
Johnson, Eldred A., comp. The History of John Duncan (1780–1872) and His Wife Betsy Taylor Putnam (1784–1828). Lindon, UT: By the author, 1991.
Duncan, Chapman. Reminiscences, 1852–1874. Typescript. CHL. MS 6936.
Phelps, Leah Y. “Letters of Faith from Kirtland.” Improvement Era 45, no. 8 (Aug. 1942): 529.
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