Kirtland Mills (post office), Kirtland Township, Ohio

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Located in Newel K. Whitney store in northwest Kirtland on northeast corner of Chardon and Chillicothe roads.

Jessee, Personal Writings, [646–647].

Jessee, Dean C., ed. and comp. The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2002.

Whitney appointed postmaster, 29 Dec. 1826.

Records of Appointment of Postmasters, vol. 3, p. 119.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. Post Office Department. Records of Appointment of Postmasters, Oct. 1789–1832. National Archives Microfilm Publications, microcopy M1131, reel 4. Washington DC: National Archives, 1980.

JS and others listed “Kirtland Mills, Geauga County, Ohio” as return address for letters mailed, 1833–1837.

Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833; Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833; Oliver Cowdery, Kirtland Mills, OH, to Ambrose Palmer, New Portage, OH, 30 Oct. 1833, in Cowdery, Letterbook, 4–5; Vilate Murray Kimball, Kirtland Mills, OH, to Heber C. Kimball, Preston, England, 12 Sept. 1837, Heber C. Kimball, Collection, CHL; William W. Phelps, Kirtland Mills, OH, to Sally Phelps, Liberty, MO, 16–18 Sept. 1835, private possession, copy at CHL; Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834; John Whitmer, Far West, MO, to Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, Kirtland Mills, OH, 29 Aug. 1837, Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cowdery, Oliver. Letterbook, 1833–1838. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Kimball, Heber C. Collection, 1837–1898. CHL. MS 12476.

Phelps, William W. Letter, Kirtland Mills, OH, to Sally Waterman Phelps, Liberty, MO, 16–18 Sept. 1835. Private possession. Copy at CHL. MS 4587.

Whitmer, John. Letter, Far West, MO, to Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, Kirtland Mills, OH, 29 Aug. 1837. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

For brief period, area of town known as Kirtland flats was called Kirtland Mills due to gristmill, sawmill, and carding mill in area.

Staker, Hearken, O Ye People, 209.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Staker, Mark L. Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith’s Ohio Revelations. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2009.

Kirtland Mills (post office), Kirtland Township, Ohio

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