Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Errata



Due to an unfortunate oversight, an earlier version of the text for Hearken O Ye People was published, not its
final form. As a result, a number of typos and other small errors remain in the text. The
most egregious of these are corrected in this errata sheet. For a complete list of corrections
see below .

p. 6, 6 lines from bottom. Delete “late 1750s and”
p. 29, line 6. Delete “things”
p. 73, line 22. Delete first “the”
p. 82, lines 31–33, should read: “Ezra Booth probably was describing Gilbert when he
wrote of ‘a merchant, who had formerly been a member of the Methodist society’
who confirmed that those speaking in tongues were speaking in an Indian ‘dialect.’”
p. 83, lines 33 and 36. Change “Brother Tanner” to “Brother Tanuer.”
p. 96, line 8. Delete “and”
p. 101, line 5. Change “thirtieth” to “twenty-fifth”
p. 133, line 19. Delete “had”
p. 135, line 20. After “sins above everything else.” insert this paragraph,
“Joseph Smith reached the point where he elected to do just as the camp meeting sermons
encouraged. He would seek in expectation of finding. Joseph’s own quest for
understanding reflected that of others in the district. He also sought forgiveness for sin
and knowledge of correct doctrine. The spring of 1820 was unusually cold. Benajah
Williams, who preached on the circuit west of Joseph’s home near Rochester, noted
the initial melt of winter snows on March 16, but snow continued to fall for weeks.96
On Tuesday April 4, 1820, Williams noted: “This morning the sun rose verry clear &
the wether was some warmer than it had been for several Days. it had ben severe Cold
wether for several Days for the time of year.”97 On May 17 “it snowed verry fast powerfully
for several hours,” and as late as May 25 “the wether was cold & it snowd the
greater part of the Day.”98
p. 151, line 1. Change “Campbell sharply differed” to “Campbell and Scott sharply differed”
p. 151, line 25. Change “neither were the early apostles.” to “neither was the office of apostle.”
p. 182, line 1. Change “but it already become” to “but it had already become”
p. 199, line 1. Change “Newel Knight Whitney” to “Newel Kimball Whitney”
p. 210, line 1. Change “current” to “currant”
p. 212, photo caption. Change “The N. K. ‘White’ Store” to “The N. K. Whitney ‘White’
Store”
p. 212, photo caption line 3. Change “Left” to “Right” and “built” to “remodeled”
p. 213, photo caption line 4. Change “They later” to “Later owners”
p. 221, lines 6–8 from “Although a number of individuals later distinctly remembered reading
or hearing about this article, it has not yet turned up in surviving newspapers” to
“A number of individuals later distinctly remembered reading or hearing about this
article, which apparently was published September 22, 1829”
p. 224, footnote 29 last line, add sentence “The best candidate for this article is “Gold
Bibles,” Painesville Telegraph 1, no. 15 (September 22, 1829): 3.
p. 232, 12 lines from bottom. Change “its use for temple” to “its use to support a sawmill
for temple”
p. 236, item 4 in list. Change “the other half had” to “the entire lot had”
p. 243, photo caption. Change “Lyman Johnson (1811–56)” to “Lyman Johnson
(1811–59)”
p. 243, photo caption lines 6–8. Change “in 1856 from a drowning accident near Kirtland, n.d.
Photograph courtesy” to “in 1859 from a drowning accident, Photograph, n.d. courtesy”
p. 263, lines 11–12. Change “and John’s father” to “John’s father” and “Else’s gave” to
“Else gave”
p. 264, lines 15–16. Change “Vermont, this animal muscle essential in dragging” to
“Vermont; this animal muscle was essential in dragging”
p. 264, line 27. Change “leeched” to “leached”
p. 271, photo caption line 1. Change “beleivers” to “believers”
p. 272, line 10. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable” here on 2 lines from bottom and elsewhere
p. 282, 5 lines from bottom. Change “if by no means deserved” to “it by no means deserved”
p. 298, 7 lines from bottom. Change “December 6, 1831” to “December 8, 1831”
p. 299, 2 lines from bottom. Change “noted during the conference that ‘Ezra Booth” to
“noted that, during the conference, ‘Ezra Booth”
p. 305, footnote 1 line 4. Change “Disciple of Christ” to “Disciples of Christ”
p. 327, line 13. Change “describe them was new” to “describe it was new”
p. 335, lines 20–21. Change “Sidney Rigdon had the responsibility for articulating and writing
down the pair’s” to “Sidney Rigdon shared the responsibility for articulating the pair’s”
p. 336, line 11. Change “Oliver” to “Olive”
p. 345, lines 6–7. Change “as a member of the First Presidency” to “as a counselor to the
presidency”
p. 353, line 1. Change “breaking his collarbone” to “injuring his collarbone”
p. 353, line 17. Change “lights of Johnson home” to “lights of the Johnson home”
p. 372, footnote 4. Change “[what page is photo on?]” to “70.”

5 comments:

  1. Due to site restrictions I'm not able to include the entire list of errata in one comment and so I've divided this list up in several comments.

    Complete List of Errata

    p. vii, line 14. Change “2009” to “2010”
    p. xxviii, 2 lines from bottom. Change “all” to “its”
    p. xxx, line 7. Change second “and” to “full of ”
    p. 4, line 2. Remove quote marks from “Family”
    p. 6, 6 lines from bottom. Delete “late 1750s and”
    p. 8, line 10. Remove quote marks from “Family”
    p. 12, 6 lines from bottom. Lower case “shouting”
    p. 29, line 6. Delete “things”
    p. 39, 12 lines from bottom. Delete “one step”
    p. 57, 12 lines from bottom. Delete “both”
    p. 57, 9 lines from bottin. Change “but they were, at the same time, insufficient” to “and
    that they were insufficient”
    p. 63, 4 lines from bottom. Change “to” to “near”
    p. 72, 2-3 lines from bottom. Delete “another was”
    p. 73, line 22. Delete first “the”
    p. 77, line 5. Delete “with”
    p. 82, lines 31-33, should read: “Ezra Booth probably was describing Gilbert when he wrote
    of ‘a merchant, who had formerly been a member of the Methodist society’ who confirmed
    that those speaking in tongues were speaking in an Indian ‘dialect.’”
    p. 83, lines 33 and 36. Change “Brother Tanner” to “Brother Tanuer”
    p. 86, 13 lines from bottom. Change “about” to “of ”
    p. 87, footnote 21 line 2. Delete “Telegraph”
    p. 88, footnote 28 line 15. Change “Church” to “LDS Church”
    p. 96, line 8. Remove comma after “overseer” and delete “and”

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  2. More Errata

    p. 101, line 5. Change “thirtieth” to “twenty-fifth”
    p. 103, line 3. Delete “which was”
    p. 122, line 22. Change “father came the fall” to “father came in the fall”
    p. 132, line 11. Change period to comma
    p. 133, line 19. Change “the had district shared” to “the district had shared”
    p. 135, line 20. After “sins above everything else.” insert this paragraph:
    “Joseph Smith reached the point where he elected to do just as the camp meeting sermons
    encouraged. He would seek in expectation of finding. Joseph’s own quest for
    understanding reflected that of others in the district. He also sought forgiveness for sin
    and knowledge of correct doctrine. The spring of 1820 was unusually cold. Benajah
    Williams, who preached on the circuit west of Joseph’s home near Rochester, noted
    the initial melt of winter snows on March 16, but snow continued to fall for weeks.96
    On Tuesday April 4, 1820, Williams noted: “This morning the sun rose verry clear &
    the wether was some warmer than it had been for several Days. it had ben severe Cold
    wether for several Days for the time of year.”97 On May 17 “it snowed verry fast powerfully
    for several hours,” and as late as May 25 “the wether was cold & it snowd the
    greater part of the Day.”98
    p. 151, line 1. Change “Campbell sharply differed” to “Campbell and Scott sharply differed”
    p. 151, line 25. Change “neither were the early apostles.” to “neither was the office of apostle.”
    p. 162, line 19. Change “than imagined” to “than previously imagined”
    p. 165, line 23. Change “which was” to “which he implies was”
    p. 169, footnote 20 line 3. Change “Campbell” to “he”
    p. 173, footnote 78 line 3. Change “but did not” to “but he did not”
    p. 178, 12 lines from bottom. Change “unrelated Carroll family” to “unrelated Carroll/
    Carrel family”
    p. 182, line 1. Change “but it already become” to “but it had already become”
    p. 199, line 1. Change “Newel Knight Whitney” to “Newel Kimball Whitney”

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  3. More Errata

    p. 210, line 1. Change “current” to “currant”
    p. 212, photo caption. Change “The N. K. ‘White’ Store” to “The N. K. Whitney ‘White’
    Store”
    p. 212, photo caption line 3. Change “Left” to “Right” and “built” to “remodeled”
    p. 212, photo caption line 4-5. Change “the floor” to “the tannery’s floor” and “the building”
    to “it”
    p. 213, photo caption line 4. Change “They later” to “Later owners”
    p. 219, paragraphs two, three, and four. Remove extra indentation before paragraph opening.
    p. 220, paragraph five. Remove extra indentation before paragraph opening.
    p. 221, paragraphs one, two, and three. Remove extra indentation before paragraph opening.
    p. 221, lines 6-8 from “Although a number of individuals later distinctly remembered reading
    or hearing about this article, it has not yet turned up in surviving newspapers” to
    “A number of individuals later distinctly remembered reading or hearing about this
    article, which apparently was published September 22, 1829”
    p. 223, footnote 20 line 1. Delete space before August.
    p. 224, footnote 29 last line, add sentence “The best candidate for this article is “Gold
    Bibles,” Painesville Telegraph 1, no. 15 (September 22, 1829): 3.
    p. 228, 14 lines from bottom. Italicize consecrate
    Hearken, O Ye People
    p. 232, 12 lines from bottom. Change “its use for temple” to “its use to support a sawmill
    for temple”
    p. 236, item 4 in list. Change “the other half had” to “the entire lot had”
    p. 241, line 11. Change “made first and then” to “made first by direction of the congregation
    and then”
    p. 241, line 14. Change “afterward was it approved by the membership” to “afterward did
    the members approve”
    p. 243, photo caption. Change “Lyman Johnson (1811-56)” to “Lyman Johnson (1811-59)”
    p. 243, photo caption lines 6-8. Change “in 1856 from a drowning accident near Kirtland,
    n.d. Photograph courtesy” to “in 1859 from a drowning accident, Photograph, n.d.
    courtesy”
    p. 247, footnote 2 line 4. Add close parenthesis after Church to read Church.”
    p. 250, lines 18-19. Change “summer kitchen” to “work kitchen” in two places
    p. 263, lines 11-12. Change “and John’s father” to “John’s father” and “Else’s gave” to “Else
    gave”
    p. 264, lines 15-16. Change “Vermont, this animal muscle essential in dragging” to
    “Vermont; this animal muscle was essential in dragging”
    p. 264, 16 lines from bottom. Change “leeched” to “leached”
    p. 271, photo caption line 1. Change “beleivers” to “believers”
    p. 272, line 10. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable” here on 2 lines from bottom and elsewhere
    p. 274, footnote 11 line 4. Change “Republican Antimasonic Elector” to “County Convention
    . . . The Republican Antimasonic Electors”
    p. 282, 5 lines from bottom. Change “if by no means deserved” to “it by no means deserved”
    p. 283, line 19. Change “Right” to “Wright”
    p. 290, footnote 34 line 4. Change “Republican Antimasonic Elector” to “County Convention
    . . . The Republican Antimasonic Electors”
    p. 290, footnote 34 line 5. Change “September 4” to “September 1”
    p. 291, footnote 45 line three. Change “Right” to “Wright” in both instances.
    p. 298, 7 lines from bottom. Change “December 6, 1831” to “December 8, 1831”
    p. 299, 2 lines from bottom. Change “noted during the conference that ‘Ezra Booth” to
    “noted that, during the conference, ‘Ezra Booth”

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    p. 305, footnote 1 line 4. Change “Disciple of Christ” to “Disciples of Christ”
    p. 320, 15 lines from bottom. Change “the subject” to “the creation”
    p. 320, 13 lines from bottom. Change “of the old bottles” to “of old bottles”
    p. 327, line 13. Change “describe them was new” to “describe it was new”
    p. 335, lines 20-21. Change “Sidney Rigdon had the responsibility for articulating and writing
    down the pair’s” to “Sidney Rigdon shared the responsibility for articulating the pair’s”
    p. 336, line 11. Change “Oliver” to “Olive”
    p. 339, footnote 15. Change “Ferguson” to “Jesse Ferguson”
    p. 345, lines 6-7. Change “as a member of the First Presidency” to “as a counselor to the
    presidency”
    p. 348, 6-8 lines from bottom. Change all three instances of “Susannah” to “Susanna”
    Errata 3
    p. 352, 17 lines from bottom. Change “Joseph‘s” to “Joseph’s”
    p. 353, line 1. Change “breaking his collarbone” to “injuring his collarbone”
    p. 353, line 17. Change “lights of Johnson home” to “lights of the Johnson home”
    p. 354, line 7. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable”
    p. 362, line 16. Change “stoop off the summer kitchen” to “stoop off the west side of the
    work kitchen”
    p. 362, line 17. Change “barn in back.” to “barn in back—a distance of less than a foot”
    p. 365, footnote 30 line 1. Change “Brown, History of Portage County, Ohio, 16 ½,” to “Everts,
    Combination Atlas Map of Portage County, 16 ½,”
    p. 365, footnote 30 line 8. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable”
    p. 372, footnote 4. Change “[what page is photo on?]” to “70.”
    p. 378, lines 7 and 9. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable”
    p. 385, 15 lines from bottom. Change “in 1838 in although” to “in 1838 although”
    p. 385, 2 lines from bottom. Change “Mehetable” to “Mehitable”
    p. 392, line 11. Delete “]” at end of sentence.
    p. 395, line 5. Change “Peter and his wife, Sally” to “Peter French, and his wife, Sally”
    p. 398, line 18. Change “Orson Hyde was also Homes’s employee, noting in his” to “Orson
    Hyde noted in his”

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  5. Final Errata

    p. 405, line 11. Change “and their children” to “and some of their children”
    p. 406, 7 lines from bottom. Change “decision” to “decisions”
    p. 416, 5 lines from bottom. Delete first “also”
    p. 419, 18 lines from bottom. Change “not recorded.” to “not recorded at the time.”
    p. 436, 18-19 lines from bottom. Change “workers, land” to “workers and land”
    p. 437, 20 lines from bottom. Change “window” to “windows”
    p. 464, 10 lines from bottom. Change “a lame Methodist preacher” to “a lame former
    Methodist preacher”
    p. 486, 5 lines from bottom. Change “was” to “fell”
    p. 494, line 3. Change “achieved” to “achieve”
    p. 494, line 17-18. Change “two other factors may have been” to “it may have been instigated
    by”
    p. 495, line 18. Change “used his Bank of ” to “used some of his Bank of ”
    p. 497, line 6. Change “alternative” to “possibility”
    p. 509, footnote 100 line 7. Change “No Series C notes” to “No surviving Series C notes”
    p. 527, 12 lines from bottom. Change “request that members like Boynton” to “request that
    Boynton”
    p. 532, 11 lines from bottom. Delete “As”
    p. 533, line 19. Delete “relate”
    p. 552, 7 lines from bottom. Change “member of his Kirtland congregation” to “member
    of Kirtland’s congregation”
    p. 559, 5 lines from bottom. Change “Historical” to “History”

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