On 12 August 1839, produced a bond outlining the sale of 89½ acres in the vicinity of , Illinois, to JS, , and . This bond is one of two that Hotchkiss prepared that day to formalize land transactions with the . The bond featured here was for land that Hotchkiss had arranged to purchase from but had not yet paid for. Hotchkiss agreed that JS and his could buy the land, which he held a claim to, if they paid both him and White. In connection with this bond, the First Presidency signed three promissory notes totaling $3,500. Two of the notes were for $1,250 each—one due in five years and another due in ten years—and were given to Hotchkiss. The third note—for $1,000—was signed by the three men and given to White. No due date was specified for this note, but a receipt that White made indicates the note was paid by April 1840, and White gave the First Presidency a deed for the specified land several months later. The two notes given to Hotchkiss were renegotiated on 23 October 1840, with JS and his counselors providing Hotchkiss a new promissory note for $2,500 due in eight months. Because White had been paid and Hotchkiss’s notes were renegotiated, the bond was officially canceled on 23 October 1840.