Footnotes
For information on the other bond, which involved land that Hotchkiss, John Gillet, and Smith Tuttle owned jointly, see Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A.
William White, Receipt, Commerce, IL, to JS, 23 Apr. 1840, JS Receipts and Accounts, CHL. Hotchkiss did not have the title to the land because he had not yet paid White. The bond featured here required the First Presidency to pay White as well as Hotchkiss in order to receive the title to the land.
William White, Receipt, Commerce, IL, to JS, 23 Apr. 1840, JS Receipts and Accounts, CHL.
See JS et al., Promissory Note, Nauvoo, IL, to Horace Hotchkiss, 23 Oct. 1840, JS Collection, CHL.
A bond was canceled when the terms were fulfilled or when the parties involved agreed to terminate it. In the case of the bond featured here, the payments had been made or arranged and Hotchkiss provided JS and his counselors with a deed indicating fulfillment of the agreement with White and Hotchkiss.
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