Footnotes

1. [1]

   See Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 Mar. 1838. Howden operated a dry goods store on Main Street in Painesville in 1836 and 1837. It is not clear whether the store was still functioning in 1838. (See Advertisement, Painesville [OH] Telegraph, 4 Nov. 1836, [3]; Advertisement, Painesville [OH] Republican, 1 Dec. 1836, [4]; and Advertisement, Painesville Republican, 2 Feb. 1837, [4].)  

   Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.

   Painesville Republican. Painesville, OH. 1836–1841.

2. [2]

   Painesville merchants Thomas Griffith and John Seymour later stated that Granger’s actions confirmed “there was no intention on their [JS and Rigdon’s] part of defrauding their Creditors,” suggesting that some people previously suspected JS and Rigdon of fraud. (Thomas Griffith and John Seymour, Letter of Introduction, Painesville, OH, for Oliver Granger, 19 Oct. 1838, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 40.)  

3. [3]

   See Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 Feb. 1838.  

4. [4]

   See Historical Introduction to Notice, ca. Late Aug. 1837.  

5. [5]

   See Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117].  

6. [6]

   See Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 Mar. 1838.  

7. [7]

   Thomas Griffith and John Seymour, Letter of Introduction, Painesville, OH, for Oliver Granger, 19 Oct. 1838, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 40. Griffith and Seymour operated a dry goods store in Painesville in 1836 and 1837. In October 1837, JS and Rigdon were brought to court for not paying four promissory notes (totaling $147) they had given to Griffith and Seymour. (Advertisement, Painesville [OH] Republican, 12 Jan. 1837, [4]; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Seymour and Griffith v. JS and Rigdon [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Final Record Book U, p. 383, microfilm 20,279, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)  

   Painesville Republican. Painesville, OH. 1836–1841.

8. [8]

   Kingsbury apparently became disaffected from the church in 1837. It is unclear what business Granger settled with Kingsbury by October 1838, but it may have related to land transactions or Kingsbury’s involvement with the Kirtland Safety Society. (JS History, vol. B-1, 767; Vilate Murray Kimball, Kirtland, OH, to Heber C. Kimball, Preston, England, ca. 10–12 Sept. 1837, Heber C. Kimball, Collection, CHL; Historical Introduction to Kirtland Safety Society Notes, 4 Jan.–9 Mar. 1837.)  

   Kimball, Heber C. Collection, 1837–1898. CHL. MS 12476.

9. [9]

   Horace Kingsbury, Letter of Introduction, Painesville, OH, for Oliver Granger, 26 Oct. 1838, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 40.  

10. [10]

    JS’s history characterized the letters of recommendation for Granger as evidence that JS was not attempting to defraud creditors. (JS History, vol. B-1, 837.)  

11. [11]

    See Lilburn W. Boggs, Jefferson City, MO, to John B. Clark, Fayette, MO, 27 Oct. 1838, copy, Mormon War Papers, MSA; and Introduction to Part 3: 4 Nov. 1838–16 Apr. 1839.  

    Mormon War Papers, 1838–1841. MSA.

12. [12]

    See Minutes, 4–5 May 1839.  

13. [13]

    See John Howden, Letter of Introduction, Painesville, OH, for Oliver Granger et al., 27 Oct. 1838, JS Office Papers, CHL.  

14. [14]

    Mulholland copied his own 29 May 1839 letter to Edward Partridge on page 15 of JS Letterbook 2, making that the earliest likely copying date for documents he subsequently copied but that had dates preceding 29 May. The latest that Mulholland could have copied the letter was 3 November 1839, the day he died, though the latest likely copying date is 30 October, after which illness presumably precluded scribal duties. (Emma Smith, Nauvoo, IL, to JS, Washington DC, 6 Dec. 1839, Charles Aldrich Autograph Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; Obituary for James Mulholland, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:32.)  

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.