Footnotes
JS also expressed frustration with the way Rigdon and his son-in-law, George W. Robinson, ran the Nauvoo post office in letters he wrote in 1842. (Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 Sept. 1842; Letter to George W. Robinson, 6 Nov. 1842.)
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At the time Rigdon wrote this letter, Bryan was responsible for the United States Appointment Office. Accordingly, all “complaints about postmasters” were directed to him. (Blain, Table of Post-Offices in Ohio, 70.)
Blain, John T. A Table of Post-Offices in Ohio, Arranged by Counties, Townships, and Towns; As They Were, January 1, 1843. . . . Columbus, OH: Wright and Legg, 1843.
Rollosson moved to Nauvoo around 1840 and operated a grocery firm known as Finch & Rollosson with John Finch. (Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois, 938, 944–945.)
Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.
Sidney Rigdon. (U.S. Post Office Department, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, reel 28, vol. 12B, p. 514; Robert Johnston to Richard M. Young, 21 Apr. 1840, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 135.)
U.S. Post Office Department. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–September 30, 1971. National Archives Microfilm Publications, microcopy M841. 145 microfilm reels. Washington DC: National Archives, 1977.
TEXT: Possibly “Shundays”. During the nineteenth century, mail was commonly delivered on Sundays. Accordingly, the mail day referred to above would have been either Thursday, 16 February 1843, or Sunday, 19 February 1843. (See “Review of Reports on Sunday Mails,” 149–159.)
“Review of Reports on Sunday Mails.” Christian Spectator Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1829): 149–175.
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