Footnotes
The length of time the Smiths stayed with the Harris family is unknown, but the Smiths may have left the home by 3 May. (JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, p. 16; Historical Introduction to Receipt from Samuel Musick, 14 July 1838.)
JS, Journal, 10 May 1839; Woodruff, Journal, 18 May 1839; Alanson Ripley, Statements, ca. Jan. 1845, Historian’s Office, JS History Documents, 1839–1860, CHL. As an agent for the church, Alanson Ripley purchased land from White in the Commerce area on 30 April 1839. (See Introduction to Part 4: 24 Apr.–12 Aug. 1839.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Historian’s Office. Joseph Smith History Documents, 1839–1860. CHL. CR 100 396.
The Clevelands eventually owned a lot in block 147, located diagonally across the street from JS. (Trustees Land Book A, White Purchase Index, block [147], lot 2; Trustees Land Book B, 250.)
Trustees Land Books / Trustee-in-Trust, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Land Books, 1839–1845. 2 vols. CHL. MS 3437.
Minutes, 5–7 Oct. 1839, Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:30. Harris eventually owned property four blocks northeast of JS’s lot. (Trustees Land Book B, 250, 252.)
Trustees Land Books / Trustee-in-Trust, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Land Books, 1839–1845. 2 vols. CHL. MS 3437.
Mulholland copied this letter into JS Letterbook 2 after a letter dated 25 May 1839, making that the earliest likely copying date for this letter to Harris.
JS’s journal entry for 20–24 May 1839 notes that he was “at home” and “employed dictating letters and attending to the various business of the Church.” (JS, Journal, 20–24 May 1839.)