Footnotes
Catalog, Mar. 1858, [43], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Contents of the Historian’s and Recorder’s Office, Jul. 1858, 5, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Contents of H.O. Box No. 1, 11 Feb. 1859, [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; Historian’s Office Catalogue, 1859, [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; List of Books in Chest, 24 Mar. 1859, [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
See the full bibliographic entry for Carthage Trial Proceedings, 1845, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
See Carruth, “George D. Watt’s Pitman Shorthand,” in Liverpool to Great Salt Lake, xxv–xxvi.
Carruth, LaJean Purcell. “George D. Watt’s Pitman Shorthand and the Process of Transcription.” In Liverpool to Great Salt Lake: The 1851 Journal of Missionary George D. Watt, xxv–xxvi. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
Historian’s Office, Journal, 24 Aug. 1858.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Clayton, Journal, 31 May 1845.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
State of Illinois v. Williams et al., Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, 30 May 1845
Wednesday, 21 May 1845.
TEXT: Shorthand reads “r-ch-s-n” or “r-ch-d-s-n”; Watt consistently spelled Richardson’s name this way.
TEXT: Shorthand reads “p-r-k-t-k” or “p-r-g-t-k”; intent was possibly “practically”.
TEXT: Or “end”; intent was possibly “any”.
TEXT: Possibly “one”.
TEXT: Shorthand reads “n-t-l”; intent was possibly “intend”.
TEXT: Or “efforts”.
TEXT: Possibly “tried”; however, affidavits usually start “Personally appeared before me. . . .”
TEXT: Shorthand reads “p-n-t”, “b-n-t”, “b-ng”, “v-ng”, or “f-n-t”.
TEXT: Or “enemies”.
TEXT: Shorthand reads “w-ch-r”. Watt frequently mixed up shorthand r and l hooks connected to another character.
TEXT: Numbers transcribed here as numerals are written as numerals in the shorthand; numbers written out are written out in the shorthand.
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