Footnotes
On 12 August 1839, Hotchkiss, Tuttle, and Gillet sold most of their land holdings in the Commerce area to JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith. (Bonds from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A and B.)
John Smith, Journal, 1836–1840, 29 Feb. 1840, [58].
Smith, John (1781-1854). Journal, 1833–1841. John Smith, Papers, 1833-1854. CHL. MS 1326, box 1, fd. 1.
Coray, Autobiographical Sketch, 17, 19.
Coray, Howard. Autobiographical Sketch, after 1883. Howard Coray, Papers, ca. 1840–1941. Photocopy. CHL. MS 2043, fd. 1.
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This 17 March 1840 letter and other letters Hotchkiss wrote to JS, as well as to Hotchkiss’s business partners, were either addressed or postmarked from Fair Haven, Connecticut; however, Hotchkiss gave his legal residence as nearby New Haven, Connecticut. (Bonds from Horace Hotchkiss, 12 Aug. 1839–A and B.)
Around 31 January 1840, JS departed Philadelphia for Washington DC with Higbee and others, though Rigdon stayed behind in Philadelphia for a time. (Historian’s Office, JS History, Draft Notes, 27 Jan. 1840, 2.)
By the time Hotchkiss wrote this letter, Congress had concluded its review of the church’s memorial for redress. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary submitted their report on 4 March with the unanimous resolution that “the case presented for their investigation is not such a one as will justify or authorize any interposition by this Government.” (Historical Introduction to Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, ca. 30 Oct. 1839–27 Jan. 1840; Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 Mar. 1840.)
The Illinois delegates to the Twenty-Sixth Congress were representatives Zadok Casey, John Reynolds, and John Todd Stuart; and senators Richard M. Young and John M. Robinson. On 7 December 1839, JS and Higbee met with the Illinois congressional delegates to seek their assistance in petitioning Congress. Stuart agreed to help prepare the memorial to Congress, Young introduced the memorial in the Senate, and Reynolds introduced JS and Higbee to President Martin Van Buren. (Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 Dec. 1839; Historical Introduction to Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, ca. 30 Oct. 1839–27 Jan. 1840; Reynolds, My Own Times, 575.)
Reynolds, John. My Own Times: Embracing Also, the History of My Life. Belleville, IL: B. H. Perryman and H. L. Davison, 1855.
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