Footnotes
Hancock Co., IL, Bonds and Mortgages, 1840–1904, vol. 1, microfilm 954,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Footnotes
See Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A; and Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. 12G, p. 299, 7 July 1843, microfilm 954,195, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. In addition to signing the bond with Tuttle, Gillet, and Horace Hotchkiss for approximately 400 acres of land, the First Presidency signed a bond with Hotchkiss on 12 August 1839 for 89½ acres that had belonged to William White. White received payment for this land by April 1840 and provided JS, Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith with a deed. The debt owed to Hotchkiss for the 89½ acres was renegotiated in October 1840, and Hotchkiss was given a new promissory note for $2,500 that was due eight months later. (Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–B; Promissory Note to Horace Hotchkiss, 23 Oct. 1840; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. H, pp. 510–511, 20 July 1840, microfilm 954,598, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
Half the amount was to be paid to Hotchkiss in twenty interest payments of $1,500 each, due annually for the next twenty years, with a final principal payment of $25,000 due in 1859. The other half was to be paid to Tuttle and Gillet jointly in the same manner. JS, Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith made out forty-two promissory notes for these payments. (Bond from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A; Promissory Note to John Gillet and Smith Tuttle, 12 Aug. 1839.)
Brigham Young et al., “An Epistle of the Twelve,” Times and Seasons, 15 Oct. 1841, 2:568.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
See, for example, Bond to Elijah Able, 8 Dec. 1839.
See Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 Dec. 1840; Appointment as Trustee, 2 Feb. 1841; and Hancock Co., IL, Bonds and Mortgages, 1840–1904, vol. 1, pp. 223–224, 31 Jan. 1842, microfilm 954,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Horace Hotchkiss, Fair Haven, CT, to Sidney Rigdon, Nauvoo, IL, 8 Nov. 1842, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; JS, Journal, 23 Feb. 1843.
Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.
Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. 12G, p. 299, 7 July 1843, microfilm 954,195, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Clayton, Journal, 7 July 1843.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 20 July 1843.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 12 July 1844; see also Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. N, pp. 366–368, 28 Oct. 1844, microfilm 954,195, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
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TEXT: The recorder added this and the following two lines in the left margin when copying the bond into the bonds and mortgages book; “6289” is an identification number.
TEXT: Both instances of “LS” (which stands for locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) are inscribed within hand-drawn representations of seals.
These promissory notes are extant. The word “Paid” was written across the notes, indicating not that they had been paid for but that they had become void as a result of the 7 July 1843 agreement to cancel the original 1839 transaction. (See, for example, Promissory Note to John Gillet and Smith Tuttle, 12 Aug. 1839.)